#1Robert A. Dahl
1915–2014American political scientist
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Articles in 44 languages make the American political scientist Robert A. Dahl the best known. Swen Swenson and Herma Albertson Baggley follow. Over 34 years of births, the list goes from Herma Albertson Baggley (1896) to Swen Swenson (1930). Only 108 of the 490 towns in Iowa with anyone on record list more.
Languages with an article: 44 for Robert A. Dahl, 6 for Swen Swenson, 5 for Herma Albertson Baggley.
#1American political scientist
#3American park ranger, naturalist, author, botanical collector and teacher
The 1910s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Inwood 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.