25 famous people from Rexburg, many of them leaders
Articles in 13 languages make the American water polo player and coach Heather Moody the best known. The next two names are Card Walker and Paul Kruger. 11 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 7 of the names.
What stands out about Rexburg’s famous people
What Rexburg is known for
Rexburg has 1.7× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
When Rexburg’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1920s, with 7 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Rexburg
The three are covered in 13, 7 and 7 languages: Heather Moody, Card Walker and Paul Kruger.
#3Everyone else born in Rexburg
Here are 22 more, born from 1898 to 1985.


Christian Jacobs
born 1972American actor, model, television writer/producer






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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Sugar City’s: one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rexburg 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 (10)
- Paul Kruger: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Lindstrom: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Jacobs: Miles Constantine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clayton Mortensen: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Chandler: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Robertson: Utah Reps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Parkinson: Oregon Secretary of State, published by Marion County, Oregon for distribution to voters without a copyright notice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Walters: Kwoilem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vernon M. Guymon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: GRuban, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
