Joseph Orlean Christian
1898–1979American football, basketball, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Joseph Orlean Christian came into the world in 1898. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. An article about them exists in one language. 455 towns across Iowa can name a famous person born there.
American football, basketball, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Roland’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roland 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.