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Famous people · Dixon

Dixon has no famous person on record yet

Waterloo’s 61 names make the longest list in Iowa. After Waterloo, the next longest list in Iowa is Iowa City’s, with 54. Across Iowa, the lists cover 446 towns.

Who’s listed here

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

Back to Dixon

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dixon 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.