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Famous people · Elgin

Elgin has one famous person on record

In 1920, the American historian Louis F. Burns was born. That places their birth between 1920 and 1969. 3 languages have an article about them. The Kansas lists hold names for 291 towns.

Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Louis F. Burns
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Louis F. Burns
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known

Born in Elgin

LB#1
Writing & Arts

Louis F. Burns

1920–2012

American historian

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elgin 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.