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Famous people · Aplington
3 famous people call Aplington their birthplace
Betty Lee Babcock, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The American football player Jared DeVries ranks second, ahead of Darian DeVries. Over 54 years of births, the list goes from Betty Lee Babcock (1922) to Jared DeVries (1976). The longest list in Iowa is Waterloo’s, with 61 names.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Betty Lee Babcock
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Betty Lee Babcock
Youngest
1976
Jared DeVries
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Aplington
Athletes take two of the three places.
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What Aplington is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aplington 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 (1)
- Darian DeVries: U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons