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Film, TV & Stage
John Whitesell
born 1961American television and film director
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Famous people · Iowa Falls
10 famous people from Iowa Falls, many of them performers
John Whitesell, the American television and film director, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. The next two names are Sean Whitesell and Brad Meester. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 8 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 477 towns in Iowa with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
John Whitesell
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Madge Meredith
Youngest
1977
Brad Meester
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
4 people
What stands out about Iowa Falls’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Iowa Falls is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 4.3 times.
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Through the years
When Iowa Falls’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Iowa Falls
Two of the three are performers.
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Everyone else born in Iowa Falls
The rest number 7, with 3 athletes among them.
Patrick Whitesell
born 1965American businessman, and executive chairman of Endeavor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Iowa Falls 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 (4)
- Brad Meester: Steelcityhobbies, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Whitesell: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles F. Lettow: United States Court of Federal Claims, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Madge Meredith: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons