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Famous people · Vinton
12 famous people were born in Vinton, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 16 languages make the American geologist Bruce Charles Heezen the best known. Bing Miller is second and Calvin Pearl Titus third. For every 10,000 residents there are 24.3 on the list, well above the typical Iowa town’s 11.1. From Cato Sells to Jeff Streeter, the births on the list run from 1859 to 1979.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Bruce Charles Heezen
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Cato Sells
Youngest
1979
Jeff Streeter
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Vinton
Languages with an article: 16 for Bruce Charles Heezen, 5 for Bing Miller, 5 for Calvin Pearl Titus.
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#3Military
Calvin Pearl Titus
1879–1966United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Through the years
When Vinton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Vinton is known for
Share of Vinton’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Vinton
A further 9 follow, born between 1859 and 1979.
A chosen home
Also called Vinton home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Vinton, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vinton 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 (8)
- Bing Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Pearl Titus: McManus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert C. Willford: "Des Moines Tribune" (Des Moines, IA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradford Knapp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cato Sells: Bain News Service, publisher; original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Miller: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Loizeaux: Njwiki86, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seaman Asahel Knapp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons