MD#1
Faith
Maurice John Dingman
1914–1992Sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines
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2 famous people call St. Paul their birthplace
Maurice John Dingman leads the list, covered in 7 languages. One more name completes the list: Sebastian Menke. Births span 1910 to 1914, from Sebastian Menke to Maurice John Dingman. 461 towns in Iowa have at least one famous person on record.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Maurice John Dingman
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Sebastian Menke
Youngest
1914
Maurice John Dingman
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2 people
The best known
Born in St. Paul
SM#2
Faith
Sebastian Menke
1910–2002Catholic priest of the Diocese of Davenport who was the tenth president of St. Ambrose University.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Paul 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.