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Famous people · Beloit
Rodger Ward tops a list of 8 famous people born in Beloit
At the top of the list is the American racecar driver Rodger Ward, covered in 18 languages. Behind the leader come Nancy Moritz and George Darrow. 4 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 26.4, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Rodger Ward
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
E. R. Moon
Youngest
1981
Robbie McClellan
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Beloit’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Beloit’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Beloit
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Known for
What Beloit is known for
Beloit has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
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Everyone else born in Beloit
The rest number 5, with 2 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beloit 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)
- Nancy Moritz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Darrow: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret H'Doubler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. R. Moon: Kellenberger Library Northwest Christian University, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons