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Calamus Creek Bridge · Photo: KatelynFoster22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Maxwell
3 famous people were born in Maxwell
The best known is the major League Baseball catcher Clyde Southwick, with articles in 2 languages. Behind the leader come Roy Cheville and Olive A. Greeley. Births span 1886 to 1901, from Clyde Southwick to Olive A. Greeley. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Clyde Southwick
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Clyde Southwick
Youngest
1901
Olive A. Greeley
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Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Maxwell
Counted by languages, Clyde Southwick is ahead of Roy Cheville and Olive A. Greeley: 2, 2 and 1.
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Film, TV & Stage
Olive A. Greeley
1901–1982Assistant field director and bolometer assistant for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maxwell 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.