#1Famous people · Waukee
4 famous people call Waukee their birthplace
Payton Sandfort, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second place goes to the American soccer player Matt Nickell, third to Paul Gregory. Over 85 years of births, the list goes from Hal Manders (1917) to Payton Sandfort (2002). For its size the list is short: 1.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 11.1 in the typical Iowa town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Payton Sandfort
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Hal Manders
Youngest
2002
Payton Sandfort
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Waukee
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Waukee’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 2000s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Waukee is known for
Waukee has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.
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 Waukee
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to West Des Moines, with 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waukee 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 (3)
- Payton Sandfort: Alexander Jonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Nickell: Jarrett Campbell from Cary, North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Feller: dbking, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons