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Famous people · Crystal City

Crystal City counts 5 famous people, first among them Bill Bradley

Articles in 32 languages make the American basketball player and politician Bill Bradley the best known. Tom Santschi is second and Margaret B. Kelly third. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 4 of them. The biggest group are athletes: 3.

#1 best knownBill BradleySports · born 1943
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Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Bill Bradley
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Tom Santschi
Youngest
1943
Bill Bradley
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Crystal City

Ranked by languages covered: Bill Bradley with 32, then Tom Santschi with 14 and Margaret B. Kelly with 3.

Bill Bradley#1
Sports

Bill Bradley

born 1943

American basketball player and politician

32 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Tom Santschi#2
Film, TV & Stage

Tom Santschi

1878–1931

American actor

14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Margaret B. Kelly#3
Politics & Law

Margaret B. Kelly

born 1935

American politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Crystal City’s famous people were born

The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American century19001950Margaret B. KellyTom SantschiBill Bradley
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Crystal City is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Crystal City

The other 2 span the years 1922 to 1939.

DL

Dan LaRose

1939–2019

American football player

JD

Jay Difani

1922–2003

American baseball player

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Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Festus: 5.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crystal City 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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