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Famous people · Rigby

5 famous people call Rigby their birthplace

With articles in 11 languages, Larry Wilson is the most widely known. H. Rex Lee, the American politician, comes second, with Brent Hill third. Born in 1910, H. Rex Lee is the first name on record, and Brent Hill, born in 1949, the most recent. Per head, the list is long: 9.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Idaho has 3.4.

#2 best knownH. Rex LeePolitics & Law · 1910–2001
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Larry Wilson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
H. Rex Lee
Youngest
1949
Brent Hill
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known

Born in Rigby

Two of the three are leaders.

LW#1
Sports

Larry Wilson

1938–2020

American football player, coach, executive

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H. Rex Lee#2
Politics & Law

H. Rex Lee

1910–2001

American politician

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
BH#3
Politics & Law

Brent Hill

born 1949

American politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Rigby’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1930s, with 2 people born in that decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000H. Rex Lee
Politics & LawSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Rigby is known for

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.8 times.

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 Rigby

2 more, best known first.

DL

Dennis Lake

born 1937

American congressman in Idaho

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JR

Jerald Raymond

American rancher and politician

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rigby 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.

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