#1Famous people · Fort Madison
16 famous people were born in Fort Madison, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Dennis O'Keefe, the American actor, with articles in 20 languages. Fewer than a quarter of the 473 towns in Iowa with famous people list more. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 15.8, close to the 11.1 of the typical Iowa town. The list runs from Aloysius Schulte, born in 1858, to Ryan Bowen, born in 1975.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Dennis O'Keefe
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
Aloysius Schulte
Youngest
1975
Ryan Bowen
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Fort Madison
By how many languages cover them, Dennis O'Keefe comes first (20), then Ryan Bowen (13) and Patty Judge (7).
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Politics & Law
Patty Judge
born 194346th Lieutenant Governor and former Secretary of Agriculture for the U.S. State of Iowa.
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Through the years
When Fort Madison’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fort Madison is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fort Madison
13 more, best known first.
James Duderstadt
1942–2024American nuclear engineer and academic administrator
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Ike Armstrong
1895–1983American football player and coach, basketball coach, track coach, college athletics administrator
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Aloysius Schulte
1858–1940Catholic priest of the Diocese of Davenport who was the first president of St. Ambrose University.
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Lowell Junkins
born 1944American politician and candidate for governor of Iowa
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A chosen home
Also called Fort Madison home
One more notable person made the town home: Gene Fraise.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Madison 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.
Photo credits (8)
- Dennis O'Keefe: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Bowen: Rmtip21, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Farmer: Billyjoekoepsel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Duderstadt: National Science Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hamilton: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobbie Moline-Kramer: Geoff Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Hoenig: Federalreserve, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Junkins: Mary Jane Odell, Secretary of State; Michael L. Triggs, Editor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons