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Famous people · Ridgeville

Ridgeville has just one famous person to its name: Wendell Meredith Stanley

Wendell Meredith Stanley came into the world in 1904. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 63 languages. In Indiana, 407 towns have someone on the list.

#1 best knownWendell Meredith StanleyScience & Medicine · 1904–1971
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Wendell Meredith Stanley
in 63 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Wendell Meredith Stanley
Most common field
Science & Medicine
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Wendell Meredith Stanley#1
Science & Medicine

Wendell Meredith Stanley

1904–1971

American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ridgeville 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.

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