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Famous people · Waterman

Duane Swanson tops a list of 2 famous people born in Waterman

Duane Swanson, the basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 18 languages. The other is David H. Baker, the American animal nutritionist. The oldest name on the list belongs to Duane Swanson, born in 1913, the newest to David H. Baker, born in 1939. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Duane Swanson
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Duane Swanson
Youngest
1939
David H. Baker
Most common field
Sports
1 people
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Born in Waterman

DS#1
Sports

Duane Swanson

1913–2000

Basketball player

18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DB#2
Notable

David H. Baker

1939–2009

American animal nutritionist

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waterman 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.