#1Famous people · Indianola
Performers stand out among the 13 famous people born in Indianola
Priscilla Lane, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 30 languages. The American actress Rosemary Lane ranks second, ahead of Ilo Wallace. In the age of mills and railroads, 8 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 471 towns in Iowa with famous people list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Priscilla Lane
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
George Windle Read
Youngest
1975
Joel West
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Indianola’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Indianola is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 4.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Indianola
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Through the years
When Indianola’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
Film, TV & StageMilitaryWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Indianola
The other 10 span the years 1860 to 1975.
Mary Barton
1917–2003American quilter, quilt historian, collector and philanthropist
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A chosen home
Also called Indianola home
One more notable person made the town home: Paolo Maldini Osbourne.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Indianola 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)
- Priscilla Lane: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosemary Lane: George Hurrell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ilo Wallace: Danor, George, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leota Lane: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Windle Read: Harris and Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Paul Jones: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Junior D. Edwards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paolo Maldini Osbourne: Eva Rinaldi from Sydney Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons