#1Famous people · Rock Falls
7 famous people come from Rock Falls, Louie Bellson the best known
Articles in 20 languages make the American jazz drummer Louie Bellson the best known. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 5 of them. The biggest group are athletes: 3. The list runs from Zelma O'Neal, born in 1903, to Seth Blair, born in 1989.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Louie Bellson
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Zelma O'Neal
Youngest
1989
Seth Blair
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Rock Falls
First, Louie Bellson (20 languages), then Zelma O'Neal (9) and Cal Howe (3).
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Through the years
When Rock Falls’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 2.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rock Falls is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Rock Falls
Here are 4 more, born from 1940 to 1989.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Sterling: 27.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rock 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 (4)
- Louie Bellson: Wojciech Soporek, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zelma O'Neal: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott L. Pratt: APShepherd63, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Flory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons