#1Famous people · Gooding
4 famous people were born in Gooding
Robert LeFevre, the American libertarian businessman, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The American businessman Frank T. Cary ranks second, ahead of Elaine Smith. Per head, the list is long: 10.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Idaho has 3.4. Born in 1911, Robert LeFevre is the first name on record, and Elaine Smith, born in 1946, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Robert LeFevre
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Robert LeFevre
Youngest
1946
Elaine Smith
Most common field
Business
2 people
The best known
Born in Gooding
Ranked by languages covered: Robert LeFevre with 8, then Frank T. Cary with 5 and Elaine Smith with 3.
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Politics & Law
Elaine Smith
1946–2024American congresswoman from Idaho
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Through the years
When Gooding’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
BusinessPolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Gooding is known for
The field with the most names is Business: 2.
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 Gooding
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gooding 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)
- Robert LeFevre: Mises Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank T. Cary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons