#1Famous people · Grimes
Grimes is the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the American soccer player Brandon Fricke, with articles in 5 languages. Close behind are Brett Moffitt and Inez Scott Ryberg. Births span 1893 to 1992, from Albert L. Weiser to Brett Moffitt. Fewer than a quarter of the 444 towns in Iowa with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Brandon Fricke
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
Albert L. Weiser
Youngest
1992
Brett Moffitt
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Grimes
Two of the three are athletes.
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Science & Medicine
Inez Scott Ryberg
1901–1980American academic and archaeologist
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Grimes’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Grimes is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Urbandale counts 2 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grimes 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 (2)
- Brandon Fricke: Bfricke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Moffitt: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons