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Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Famous people · West Branch
West Branch is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the American politician in Iowa David Johnson the best known. The other is Marv Cook, the American football player. The earliest on the list is David Johnson, born in 1950, and the youngest Marv Cook, born in 1966. Waterloo’s 61 names make the longest list in Iowa.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
David Johnson
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
David Johnson
Youngest
1966
Marv Cook
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in West Branch
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Branch 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.