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Famous people · Richmond
Tom Amandes tops a list of 3 famous people born in Richmond
Tom Amandes, the actor, is the most widely known, written about in 18 languages. The American politician Earl Cooley ranks second, ahead of Hugh P. Mullin. For every 10,000 residents the town has 11.4, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there. The earliest on the list is Hugh P. Mullin, born in 1878, and the youngest Tom Amandes, born in 1959.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Tom Amandes
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Hugh P. Mullin
Youngest
1959
Tom Amandes
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Richmond
Tom Amandes, Earl Cooley and Hugh P. Mullin are written about in 18, 5 and 2 languages.
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What Richmond is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Richmond 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 (1)
- Hugh P. Mullin: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons