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Famous people · Rifle

The 5 famous people born in Rifle, led by David L. Bernhardt

Best known of all is David L. Bernhardt, written about in 20 languages. Close behind are Bo Nickal and Robert Winslow. Between 1920 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.7, while at least half the towns in Colorado list nobody born there.

#1 best knownDavid L. BernhardtPolitics & Law · born 1969
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Born here
5
notable people
Best known
David L. Bernhardt
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Robert Winslow
Youngest
1996
Bo Nickal
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people

What stands out about Rifle’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Rifle’s famous people were born

The 1940s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Bo NickalDavid L. Bernhardt
Politics & LawSports

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

The best known

Born in Rifle

David L. Bernhardt, Bo Nickal and Robert Winslow are written about in 20, 10 and 3 languages.

David L. Bernhardt#1
Politics & Law

David L. Bernhardt

born 1969

53rd United States Secretary of the Interior

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Bo Nickal#2
Sports

Bo Nickal

born 1996

American wrestler

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RW#3
Sports

Robert Winslow

1916–1994

American football player and coach

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Rifle is known for

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.

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 Rifle

Here are 2 more, born from 1945 to 1946.

LN

Leslie Nutting

born 1945

American politician in Wyoming

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
RG

Russell George

born 1946

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rifle 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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