No one from Dayton is on the famous people list yet
Across the town line, Anoka lists 14, Garrison Keillor first. In Minnesota, 423 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Minnesota belongs to Duluth, with 50. St. Cloud has the second-longest list in Minnesota, after Duluth, with 48.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Dayton), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Dayton has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Dayton
Close by, the fullest list is Anoka’s, at 14 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dayton 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)
- Joel Otto: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brock Faber: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Axel: Krystal Bogner from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Giorgos Papandreou: Basilis Filis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paetyn Levis: johnnypuetz Productions, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons