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Floyd IowaPhoto: Billwhittaker · Public domain
Famous people · Floyd

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

The longest list in Iowa is Waterloo’s, with 61 names. After Waterloo, the next longest list in Iowa is Iowa City’s, with 54. Famous people are on record for 440 of the towns in Iowa.

Who’s listed here

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

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Floyd 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.