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The American baseball player and coach Clyde Sukeforth is the one famous person from Washington

The American baseball player and coach Clyde Sukeforth was born in 1901. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Union’s list, next door, has 4 names, Christine Savage first among them.

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Clyde Sukeforth
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1901
Clyde Sukeforth
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Clyde Sukeforth

1901–2000

American baseball player and coach

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Washington 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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