Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person yet from Westphalia
459 towns across Iowa can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Iowa is Waterloo’s, with 61 names. After Waterloo, the next longest list in Iowa is Iowa City’s, with 54.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Westphalia), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Westphalia has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westphalia 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.