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Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Fox Lake
Fox Lake has just one famous person to its name: Dell Matthews
Dell Matthews, the American baseball player, was born in 1880. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. 2 languages have an article about them. Next door, Randolph lists 2, led by Greg Stiemsma.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Dell Matthews
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Dell Matthews
Most common field
Sports
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Fox Lake
A chosen home
Also called Fox Lake home
One more notable person made the town home: William Campbell North.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Randolph, with 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fox Lake 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.
Photo credits (2)
- William Campbell North: Halford Erickson, compiler of the 1903 Wisconsin Blue Book (Life time: 1973), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Stiemsma: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons