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Famous people · Palmyra
Palmyra has just one famous person to its name: Joe McManus
Joe McManus, the American baseball player, was born in 1887. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. 3 languages have an article about them. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Joe McManus
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Joe McManus
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Palmyra
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palmyra 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.