#1Famous people · Sac City
Sac City counts 8 famous people, first among them Eric Swalwell
At the top of the list is the American lawyer and politician Eric Swalwell, covered in 24 languages. The largest group, 4, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Fewer than a quarter of the 504 towns in Iowa with famous people list more. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Eric Swalwell
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
George M. Parker
Youngest
1980
Eric Swalwell
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Sac City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sac City’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sac City
Counted by languages, Eric Swalwell is ahead of Linda Hayes and Earl Dew: 24, 6 and 5.
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What Sac City is known for
3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Still to come: 5 more, from 1889 to 1973.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sac City 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 (4)
- Eric Swalwell: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Hayes: Cine Mundial, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Zahniser: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons