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Famous people · Steamboat Springs

Athletes stand out among the 23 famous people born in Steamboat Springs

At the top of the list is the American Nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick, covered in 20 languages. Second and third on the list are Johnny Spillane and Arielle Gold. Most were born since 1970: 17 of them. Half or more of the towns in Colorado have no one on record, but this one has 17.1 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownTodd LodwickSports · born 1976
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Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Todd Lodwick
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Carey McWilliams
Youngest
2003
Niklas Malacinski
Most common field
Sports
18 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents

What stands out about Steamboat Springs’ famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Steamboat Springs’s famous people were born

More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 6.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Todd LodwickJohnny SpillaneBuddy Werner
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Steamboat Springs is known for

Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.2 times as common.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

The best known

Born in Steamboat Springs

By how many languages cover them, Todd Lodwick comes first (20), then Johnny Spillane (19) and Arielle Gold (15).

Todd Lodwick#1
Sports

Todd Lodwick

born 1976

American Nordic combined skier

20 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Johnny Spillane#2
Sports

Johnny Spillane

born 1980

American Nordic combined skier

19 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AG#3
Notable

Arielle Gold

born 1996

American snowboarder

15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Steamboat Springs

20 more, 16 of them athletes.

TF

Taylor Fletcher

born 1990

Ski jumper and Nordic combined skier

Carey McWilliams

Carey McWilliams

1905–1980

American journalist, non-fiction writer

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Chris Baumann

Chris Baumann

born 1987

American rugby union player

JG

Jasper Good

born 1996

American Nordic combined skier

NM

Niklas Malacinski

born 2003

Nordic combined skier

RD

Ryan Dingle

born 1984

American ice hockey player

ES

Evan Schwartz

born 1987

American soccer player

SW

Skeeter Werner Walker

1933–2001

American alpine skier

A chosen home

Also called Steamboat Springs home

Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Jim Barrows.

Austin Eubanks

Austin Eubanks

1981–2019

American addiction recovery advocate and Columbine High School massacre survivor

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Steamboat Springs 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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