Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Ricketts
Ricketts has yet to put a famous person on the list
Waterloo’s 61 names make the longest list in Iowa. After Waterloo, the next longest list in Iowa is Iowa City’s, with 54. The Iowa lists hold names for 439 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ricketts), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ricketts has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ricketts 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.