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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Passenger Depot-Dows · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Dows
3 famous people call Dows their birthplace
Keith Robertson, the American children's writer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Charlie Frisbee, third to Stewart Iverson. Born in 1874, Charlie Frisbee is the first name on record, and Stewart Iverson, born in 1950, the most recent. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Keith Robertson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Charlie Frisbee
Youngest
1950
Stewart Iverson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Dows
Keith Robertson has articles in 3 languages, Charlie Frisbee in 2 and Stewart Iverson in 2.
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The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 1 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dows 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.