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Famous people · Mount Vernon

2 famous people were born in Mount Vernon

Articles in 3 languages make the American baseball player George Payne the best known. The other is Katharine McCall. Over 38 years of births, the list goes from Katharine McCall (1851) to George Payne (1889). The longest list of any town in Kentucky belongs to Covington, with 54.

#2 best knownKatharine McCallNotable · 1851–1931
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
George Payne
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1851
Katharine McCall
Youngest
1889
George Payne
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Mount Vernon

GP#1
Sports

George Payne

1889–1959

American baseball player

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Katharine McCall#2
Notable

Katharine McCall

1851–1931

Peerage person ID=332513

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Vernon 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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