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Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Sheffield
Red Gunkel, born in 1894, is Sheffield’s famous person on record
In 1894, the American baseball player Red Gunkel was born. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their story is told in 2 languages. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
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notable people
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Red Gunkel
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Red Gunkel
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sheffield 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.