Postville’s famous people span 108 years: 3 births from 1860 to 1968
The best known is the American basketball player Brett Szabo, with articles in 5 languages. The next two names are Mark Zieman and Hiram Booth. The list comes to 10.1 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Iowa, at 11.1. Brett Szabo was born in 1968.

Born in Postville
The three are covered in 5, 3 and 2 languages: Brett Szabo, Mark Zieman and Hiram Booth.
#3What Postville is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Postville 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 (1)
- Hiram Booth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons