#1Science & Medicine
Alan J. Heeger
born 1936American chemist, physicist
58 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Sioux City
Of the 48 famous people born in Sioux City, an unusual share are musicians
Best known of all is Alan J. Heeger, written about in 58 languages. W. Edwards Deming is second and Harry Hopkins third. Between 1920 and 1969, 22 were born, the most of any period. Only 4 of the 473 towns in Iowa with anyone on record list more.
Born here
48
notable people
Best known
Alan J. Heeger
in 58 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Roger Thomas Foley
Youngest
1998
Chase Bromstedt
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Sioux City’s famous people
Known worldwideRead in 58 languages, Alan J. Heeger is known far beyond the town.A town of musicians4 of the 48 people born here are musicians, 1.5× the usual share.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 20, the most recent in 1998.48 notable peopleWith 48 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Sioux City
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
W. Edwards Deming
1900–1993American professor, author, and consultant
38 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Politics & Law
Harry Hopkins
1890–1946American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce, assistant to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
34 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Sioux City is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sioux City’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicNotableBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sioux City
A further 45 follow, born between 1886 and 1998.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Sioux City home
One more notable person made the town home: Ron Wieck.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Dakota Dunes has the most on record, with 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sioux 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 (9)
- Alan J. Heeger: Vogler, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Edwards Deming: FDA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Hopkins: NOAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Bolin: John McDavid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk Hinrich: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Clements: Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Phillips: Easter Seals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Macdonald Carey: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph F. Beermann: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons