#1Famous people · Onawa
6 famous people call Onawa their birthplace
Vernon Prichard, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second place goes to the American politician in Iowa Brad Hansen, third to Wayne M. Ropes. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 4 of them. The first birth on record is Neil E. McNeil’s, in 1875, and the last Brad Hansen’s, in 1968.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Vernon Prichard
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Neil E. McNeil
Youngest
1968
Brad Hansen
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Onawa
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Through the years
When Onawa’s famous people were born
The 1890s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Onawa is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.4 times the usual share.
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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Everyone else born in Onawa
3 more, from 1875 to 1950.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Onawa 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)
- Vernon Prichard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne M. Ropes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons