Famous people · Rickardsville
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Rickardsville
Kate Mulgrew, born in Dubuque, 10 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Rickardsville as a birthplace. Across Iowa, the lists cover 466 towns. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Kate Mulgrew
Best known
Kate Mulgrew
in 43 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Rickardsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Rickardsville
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
David Drake
1945–2023American author of science fiction and fantasy literature
Ferdinand August Geiger
1867–1939United States federal judge
John Castell Hopkins
1864–1923Canadian-American bank clerk and biographer
Robert Osterhaus
born 1931American pharmacist and politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rickardsville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Kate Mulgrew: Mike Muegel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Lindsay: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kayla Banwarth: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Morley: Editors George E. Lewis and D. F. Stackelbeck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Josiah MacDonald: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Mackenzie: Clinedinst, Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons