#1Politics & Law
Mark Felt
1913–2008Whistleblower who exposed the Watergate scandal
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Famous people · Twin Falls
25 famous people from Twin Falls, many of them leaders
Best known of all is Mark Felt, written about in 34 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 17 were born, the most of any period. The list runs from Mark Felt, born in 1913, to Michael Creed, born in 1981. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.6, close to the 3.4 of the typical Idaho town.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Mark Felt
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Mark Felt
Youngest
1981
Michael Creed
Most common field
Politics & Law
14 people
What stands out about Twin Falls’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Twin Falls is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Twin Falls’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Twin Falls
Counted by languages, Mark Felt is ahead of Grant Sawyer and Michael Creed: 34, 11 and 7.
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#2Politics & Law
Grant Sawyer
1918–1996Democratic Governor of Nevada, 1959 to 1967
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Everyone else born in Twin Falls
22 more names, born between 1917 and 1976.
H. George Frederickson
1934–2020American professor of public administration
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Twin Falls 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 (8)
- Mark Felt: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Sawyer: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Bastian: B W Bastian Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard J. Arrington: Susan Arrington Madsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Bedke: Darren Damon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Brailsford: United States District Court for the District of Idaho, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Celia Gould: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Korby Lenker: Birgitphelps, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons