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Science & Medicine
Charles Torrey Simpson
1846–1932American botanist, malacologist, and conservationist
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Famous people · Tiskilwa
4 famous people come from Tiskilwa, Charles Torrey Simpson the best known
Charles Torrey Simpson is the best known, with articles in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Bertha Marion Lahman and Warren Crandall Giles. The first birth on record is Charles Torrey Simpson’s, in 1846, and the last Wayne Broeren’s, in 1933. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Charles Torrey Simpson
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1846
Charles Torrey Simpson
Youngest
1933
Wayne Broeren
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Tiskilwa
Three names lead: Charles Torrey Simpson (10 languages), Bertha Marion Lahman (6) and Warren Crandall Giles (6).
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#3Through the years
When Tiskilwa’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1840s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Science & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Tiskilwa is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 2.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Tiskilwa
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tiskilwa 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)
- Warren Crandall Giles: Staff photographer of the newspaper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons