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Famous people · Ashton

Ashton is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Lewis C. Beebe leads the list, covered in 2 languages. The other is George F. Veenker. Births span 1891 to 1894, from Lewis C. Beebe to George F. Veenker. In Iowa, 443 towns have someone on the list.

#1 best knownLewis C. BeebeMilitary · 1891–1951
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Lewis C. Beebe
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Lewis C. Beebe
Youngest
1894
George F. Veenker
Most common field
Military
1 people
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Born in Ashton

Lewis C. Beebe#1
Military

Lewis C. Beebe

1891–1951

Brigadier General of the United States Military

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George F. Veenker#2
Sports

George F. Veenker

1894–1959

American college basketball coach, college athletic director

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashton 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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