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Sturgis is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 2 languages make the American murder victim Brenda Cowan the best known. Tommy Womack and Bill Baird follow. From Ralph Wright to Brenda Cowan, the births on the list run from 1908 to 1963. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Brenda Cowan
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Ralph Wright
Youngest
1963
Brenda Cowan
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Sturgis
Brenda Cowan has articles in 2 languages, Tommy Womack in 2 and Bill Baird in 1.
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Through the years
When Sturgis’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 2.
SportsNotableMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sturgis is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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 Sturgis
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sturgis 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.