#1Famous people · Duluth
Bob Dylan and 49 more famous people were born in Duluth
Bob Dylan, the American singer-songwriter, has articles in 184 languages. Behind the leader come Bill Berry and Don LaFontaine. 22 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The list has 1.9 times the usual share of performers, 9 in all.
Born here
50
notable people
Best known
Bob Dylan
in 184 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Carol Dempster
Youngest
1997
Maddie Rooney
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Duluth’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Duluth
Counted by languages, Bob Dylan is ahead of Bill Berry and Don LaFontaine: 184, 28 and 25.
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Through the years
When Duluth’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 8 births.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMusicFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Duluth is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
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 Duluth
Of the other 47, 16 are athletes.
Arthur Burks
1915–2008American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer
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A chosen home
Also called Duluth home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Duluth, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Superior has the longest list next door: 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Duluth 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 (15)
- Bob Dylan: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Berry: joesomeone2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gena Lee Nolin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marguerite De La Motte: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Knudsen: CBS Television via Bureau of Industrial Service. This was a division of advertising agency Young & Rubicam. It was common in the 1950s and 1960s for networks, sponsors of programs and studios to use either advertising or publicity agencies to distri…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol Dempster: Studio of Luther S. White, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Jurek: Windriverwild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alison Frantz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan Finlay: andywitchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Williams: NoTalentHack, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Burks: User:Robert K S, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maddie Rooney: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Stauber: U.S. House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Odin Biron: Radio Baltkom I Mixnews, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver E. Williamson: Prolineserver, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons