#1Famous people · Winthrop
Michelle Monaghan tops a list of 3 famous people born in Winthrop
Michelle Monaghan, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 59 languages. Second and third on the list are Robert S. Doran and Howard Gilkey. Births span 1890 to 1976, from Howard Gilkey to Michelle Monaghan. The longest list in Iowa is Waterloo’s, with 61 names.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Michelle Monaghan
in 59 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Howard Gilkey
Youngest
1976
Michelle Monaghan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Winthrop’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Winthrop
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#2Writing & Arts
Robert S. Doran
born 1937Author, professor, mathemetician
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Winthrop is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winthrop 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 (2)
- Michelle Monaghan: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert S. Doran: Robert S. Doran, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons