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Crooksville is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the herpetologist Joseph T. Collins the best known. Second place goes to the American magician Ralph W. Hull, third to Wally Kinnan. Ralph W. Hull (1883) and Joseph T. Collins (1938) mark the two ends of the list. The longest list of any town in Ohio belongs to Warren, with 54.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Joseph T. Collins
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Ralph W. Hull
Youngest
1938
Joseph T. Collins
The best known
Born in Crooksville
Joseph T. Collins leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of Ralph W. Hull (2) and Wally Kinnan (1).
RH#2
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Film, TV & Stage
Wally Kinnan
1919–2002American World War II hero, television newscaster, weatherman, and meteorologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crooksville 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.