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Politics & Law
W. Wallace Smith
1900–1989Prophet-President of Community of Christ
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Famous people · Lamoni
3 famous people call Lamoni their birthplace
W. Wallace Smith, the prophet-president of Community of Christ, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The American baseball player Eddie Watt ranks second, ahead of David A. Dancer. Over 45 years of births, the list goes from David A. Dancer (1896) to Eddie Watt (1941). The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
W. Wallace Smith
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
David A. Dancer
Youngest
1941
Eddie Watt
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Lamoni
Two of the three are leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lamoni 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.
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- Eddie Watt: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons