#1Music
Meredith Willson
1902–1984American composer, conductor, musical arranger, flautist, bandleader and playwright
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Famous people · Mason City
Mason City counts 35 famous people, first among them Meredith Willson
Best known of all is Meredith Willson, written about in 19 languages. Behind the leader come Tanna Frederick and Ralph Senensky. The list comes to 12.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Iowa, at 11.1. The earliest on the list is James J. Montague, born in 1873, and the youngest Seth Tuttle, born in 1992.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Meredith Willson
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
James J. Montague
Youngest
1992
Seth Tuttle
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Mason City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mason City’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 5.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mason City
Ranked by languages covered: Meredith Willson with 19, then Tanna Frederick with 8 and Ralph Senensky with 7.
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Known for
What Mason City is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 14.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mason City
Here are 32 more, born from 1873 to 1992.
Del Tenney
1930–2013American actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer
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Paul Prehn
1892–1973NotableWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mason City 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 (12)
- Meredith Willson: Rogers & Cowan-publicity agency in Beverly Hills, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanna Frederick: Lesley Bohm, http://www.bohmphotography.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Tuttle: GoIowaState.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Usher: Producers Releasing Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hanford MacNider: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James J. Montague: James Jackson Montague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Rule, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roberto Garcia Lachner: Wikihostgator, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Laudner: Park Press Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Secory: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen H. Locher: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lester Belding: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons