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Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Yorkville
Yorkville is the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the American football player Jon Blackman, covered in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Mike Radja and Corinne Clark. The nearest list is next door in Plano: 7 names, starting with Cole Bennett. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.3, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jon Blackman
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Corinne Clark
Youngest
1985
Mike Radja
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Yorkville
The three best known are all athletes.
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CC#3
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The fullest list close by belongs to Plano, with 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yorkville 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 (4)
- Cole Bennett: GuapJosh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julianne Sitch: Heather L, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Ferriss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carole Mathews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons