
Born near Thor: 26 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Harry Reasoner, was born in Dakota City, 8 mi away. George Reeves is the most widely known, written about in 35 languages. No famous person’s birth in Thor is on record yet. Across Iowa, 434 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Thor’s famous people
Famous people born near Thor
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Lynn Poole
1910–1969American TV producer and popular science writer





Jenny Simpson
born 1986American middle-distance runner and steeplechaser

MacKinlay Kantor
1904–1977American journalist, novelist and screenwriter

Rod Rust
1928–2018American football player, coach, and executive, college athletics administrator
Who’s the most famous person from Thor?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Thor’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thor and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Jenny Simpson: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- MacKinlay Kantor: Florida Memory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Porter: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Reasoner: ABC News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Gotch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Z. Arkoff: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abastenia St. Leger Eberle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archie Stout: film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons