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Famous people · Le Mars
13 famous people were born in Le Mars, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 17 languages make the American anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn the best known. Gregory Kelly and Keith Knudsen follow. Births span 1899 to 1990, from Roman Frederick Starzl to Travis Sitzmann. Only 34 of the 459 towns in Iowa with anyone on record list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Clyde Kluckhohn
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Roman Frederick Starzl
Youngest
1990
Travis Sitzmann
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Le Mars
The three are covered in 17, 9 and 7 languages: Clyde Kluckhohn, Gregory Kelly and Keith Knudsen.
#2Faith
Gregory Kelly
born 1956American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Le Mars’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 6 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsNotableFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Le Mars is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Le Mars 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 (7)
- Gregory Kelly: Scott Wagner from Dallas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Knudsen: IFA-International Famous Agency (management), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Gunther: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don L. Short: Zac Short, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger C. Schultz: National Guard Bureau, Office of Public Affairs, circa 2005, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roman Frederick Starzl: Stellar Publishing / unidentified staff artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vern Den Herder: Miami Dolphins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons