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Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Monongah
2 famous people call Monongah their birthplace
Articles in 2 languages make the distinguished military officer Ruth Broe the best known. The list has one more: the American football player Jim Lipinski. Jim Lipinski, born in 1926, is the youngest, and Ruth Broe, born in 1911, the first on record. The longest list in West Virginia is Huntington’s, with 62 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Ruth Broe
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Ruth Broe
Youngest
1926
Jim Lipinski
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Monongah
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monongah 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.