#1Famous people · Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine, birthplace of the American physicist Jesse Beams
The American physicist Jesse Beams was born in 1898. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 13 languages. The longest list of any town in Kansas belongs to Lawrence, with 48.
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notable people
Best known
Jesse Beams
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Jesse Beams
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Belle Plaine
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Belle Plaine 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 (1)
- Jesse Beams: Donald Cooksey / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons