#1Famous people · Mount Zion
Mount Zion is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the NASCAR crew chief Drew Blickensderfer, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Paul Smith, the major League Baseball outfielder. Alison Krauss leads the 61 names listed next door in Decatur. No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Drew Blickensderfer
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Paul Smith
The best known
Born in Mount Zion
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Known for
What Mount Zion is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Close by, Decatur counts 61 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Zion 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 (2)
- Drew Blickensderfer: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alison Krauss: Original photo by Forrest L. Smith, III. Cropped by Sven Manguard at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons