#1Cloquet, birthplace of Jessica Lange and 13 more famous people
The American actress Jessica Lange is written about in 90 languages. Barbara Payton, the American actress, comes second, with Derek Plante third. 3 were born in 1970 or later. The largest group, 6, was born in the age of mills and railroads.
What stands out about Cloquet’s famous people
Born in Cloquet
The three are covered in 90, 20 and 7 languages: Jessica Lange, Barbara Payton and Derek Plante.
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#2When Cloquet’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 3 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Cloquet is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Cloquet
11 more names, born between 1887 and 1995.



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cloquet 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)
- Jessica Lange: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Payton: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2 Uploaded by Noirish at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Larson: doe-oakridge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Luomala: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Hanley: United States Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons