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The American journalist Edwin Leland James is the one famous person from Irvington
Edwin Leland James, the American journalist, was born in 1890. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their name appears in articles in 5 languages. The longest list of any town in Virginia belongs to Arlington, with 84.
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Edwin Leland James
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Edwin Leland James
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Irvington
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Irvington 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.