#1Politics & Law
Jim Hagedorn
1962–2022U.S. Representative from Minnesota
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Famous people · Blue Earth City Township
Leaders stand out among the 7 famous people born in Blue Earth City Township
With articles in 12 languages, Jim Hagedorn is the most widely known. Arlen Erdahl is second and Tom Hagedorn third. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 5 of them. Only 77 of the 467 towns in Minnesota with anyone on record list more.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Jim Hagedorn
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Donald Deskey
Youngest
1962
Jim Hagedorn
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Blue Earth City Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Blue Earth City Township is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.7 times.
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The best known
Born in Blue Earth City Township
Jim Hagedorn has articles in 12 languages, Arlen Erdahl in 8 and Tom Hagedorn in 7.
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When Blue Earth City Township’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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A further 4 follow, born between 1894 and 1941.
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Blue Earth leads the towns around it, with 7 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blue Earth City Township 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 (5)
- Jim Hagedorn: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arlen Erdahl: Scroggsbro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hagedorn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Wolfe: shstrng, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgette Valle: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons