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Famous people · Peru
Peru is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Madelyn Dunham, the maternal grandmother of Barack obama, with articles in 8 languages. One more name completes the list: Charles T. Payne. Born in 1922, Madelyn Dunham is the first name on record, and Charles T. Payne, born in 1925, the most recent. Lawrence has the most of any town in Kansas: 48.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Madelyn Dunham
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Madelyn Dunham
Youngest
1925
Charles T. Payne
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Peru
#2Military
Charles T. Payne
1925–2014Soldier from America who fought in World War II
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Known for
What Peru is known for
1 of them work in Business, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Peru 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)
- Charles T. Payne: Pete Souza, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons