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Writing & Arts
Wallace Stegner
1909–1993American historian, writer, and environmentalist
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Famous people · Lake Mills
The 4 famous people born in Lake Mills, led by Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner leads the list, covered in 31 languages. Second and third on the list are Selmer Jackson and Gary G. Dahl. From Selmer Jackson in 1888 to Cody Nickson in 1985, the births cover 97 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 498 towns in Iowa with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Wallace Stegner
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Selmer Jackson
Youngest
1985
Cody Nickson
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Lake Mills
Counted by languages, Wallace Stegner is ahead of Selmer Jackson and Gary G. Dahl: 31, 11 and 3.
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Through the years
When Lake Mills’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lake Mills is known for
2 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Mills 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 (1)
- Selmer Jackson: Charles Beyer (agent for Jackson), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons