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Famous people · Bertram

No one born in Bertram has made the famous people list yet

Cedar Rapids’ list, next door, has 41 names, Elijah Wood first among them. Across Iowa, 433 towns list someone born there. No town in Iowa lists more than Waterloo, with 61. After Waterloo, the next longest list in Iowa is Iowa City’s, with 54.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Bertram), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Bertram has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Bertram

Cedar Rapids has the longest list next door: 41.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bertram 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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