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Famous people · Central City

Central City has just one famous person to its name: Earl Madery

In 1918, the sound engineer Earl Madery was born. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 5 languages. Waterloo has the most of any town in Iowa: 61.

Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Earl Madery
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1918
Earl Madery
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known

Born in Central City

EM#1
Science & Medicine

Earl Madery

1918–2014

Sound engineer

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central City 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.