#1Famous people · McLeansboro
Jerry Sloan tops a list of 7 famous people born in McLeansboro
Most widely known is Jerry Sloan, the American basketball player and coach, with articles in 26 languages. John Henry Stelle, the American politician, comes second, with Henry C. Warmoth third. Between 1920 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 26.2 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Jerry Sloan
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Henry C. Warmoth
Youngest
1947
Carl Mauck
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in McLeansboro
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When McLeansboro’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 2.
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What McLeansboro is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.1 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McLeansboro and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Jerry Sloan: Daveiba, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Stelle: State of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry C. Warmoth: William Kurtz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James R. Campbell: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alva B. Lasswell: U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Mauck: Jeno's Pizza, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons