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Science & Medicine
Clara Penniman
1914–2009American political scientist
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Famous people · Steger
3 famous people call Steger their birthplace
Clara Penniman, the American political scientist, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are John Holecek and Luke Butkus. The nearest list is next door in Chicago Heights: 39 names, starting with John Stossel. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.2, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Clara Penniman
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Clara Penniman
Youngest
1979
Luke Butkus
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Steger
The three are covered in 2, 2 and 1 languages: Clara Penniman, John Holecek and Luke Butkus.
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What Steger is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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The most names next door are in Chicago Heights: 39.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Steger 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 (3)
- John Stossel: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Porter J. McCumber: The original uploader was CommonCause at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Allen: Jeff Allen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons