#1Athletes 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.
What stands out about Steamboat Springs’ famous people
When Steamboat Springs’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 6.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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.
Born in Steamboat Springs
By how many languages cover them, Todd Lodwick comes first (20), then Johnny Spillane (19) and Arielle Gold (15).
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#2Everyone else born in Steamboat Springs
20 more, 16 of them athletes.







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Also called Steamboat Springs home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Jim Barrows.

Austin Eubanks
1981–2019American 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.
Photo credits (10)
- Todd Lodwick: Schitti, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Spillane: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Fletcher: Granada, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Sisco: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Doll: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Werner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carey McWilliams: George Rose, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Baumann: @sebastian1906, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reese Roper: STMVRK, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Eubanks: Austin Eubanks, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons