#1Famous people · Adel
The 4 famous people born in Adel, led by Nile Kinnick
The best known is the American football player Nile Kinnick, with articles in 10 languages. The next two names are Charles R. Scott and Jake Chapman. The list comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 residents, below the 11.1 of the typical town in Iowa. Everett Sweeley (1880) and Jake Chapman (1985) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Nile Kinnick
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Everett Sweeley
Youngest
1985
Jake Chapman
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Adel
Two of the three are leaders.
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Through the years
When Adel’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Adel is known for
2 of them work in Sports, 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 Adel
1 more, best known first.
Everett Sweeley
1880–1957American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach
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A chosen home
Also called Adel home
Born elsewhere, Harry Stine lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Adel 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 (2)
- Nile Kinnick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Sweeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons