#1Famous people · Neola
3 famous people come from Neola, R. A. Lafferty the best known
R. A. Lafferty, the American writer, is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. The next two names are Red Downs and Red Morgan. Born in 1883, Red Downs is the first name on record, and R. A. Lafferty, born in 1914, the most recent. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
R. A. Lafferty
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Red Downs
Youngest
1914
R. A. Lafferty
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Neola
Two of the three are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Neola 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 (2)
- R. A. Lafferty: Keith Purtell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Downs: Detroit Free Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons