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Famous people · Yuma

Cory Gardner tops a list of 4 famous people born in Yuma

The best known is the united States Senator from Colorado Cory Gardner, with articles in 31 languages. Second and third on the list are Don Brown and Stan Fail. The oldest name on the list belongs to Dick Ottele, born in 1926, the newest to Cory Gardner, born in 1974. Half or more of the towns in Colorado have no one on record, but this one has 11.6 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownCory GardnerPolitics & Law · born 1974
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Cory Gardner
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
Dick Ottele
Youngest
1974
Cory Gardner
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Yuma

Leaders take two of the three places.

Cory Gardner#1
Politics & Law

Cory Gardner

born 1974

United States Senator from Colorado

31 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DB#2
Politics & Law

Don Brown

born 1954

American politician and farmer

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
SF#3
Sports

Stan Fail

1936–2025

American speed skater

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Yuma’s famous people were born

The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 1.

The American centuryToday19502000Cory Gardner
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Known for

What Yuma is known for

2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.

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 Yuma

1 more, best known first.

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Dick Ottele

1926–1982

American football player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yuma 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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