#1Famous people · Bricelyn
3 famous people call Bricelyn their birthplace
Most widely known is Magnus Hestenes, the American mathematician, with articles in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American politician from Iowa Theresa Greenfield, third to Shannon Savick. The first birth on record is Magnus Hestenes’, in 1906, and the last Theresa Greenfield’s, in 1963. Duluth has the most of any town in Minnesota: 50.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Magnus Hestenes
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Magnus Hestenes
Youngest
1963
Theresa Greenfield
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Bricelyn
Two of the three are leaders.
#1#2Politics & Law
Theresa Greenfield
born 1963American politician from Iowa
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What Bricelyn is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bricelyn 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 (3)
- Magnus Hestenes: Konrad Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Theresa Greenfield: Theresa Greenfield, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Savick: Kriers1735, CC0, Wikimedia Commons