#1Famous people · Edina
Of the 44 famous people born in Edina, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the American tennis player Mardy Fish, covered in 41 languages. Since 1970, 31 were born, the most of any period. Meg Gustafson, born in 2009, is the youngest, and Dick Burg, born in 1936, the first on record. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.3, while at least half the towns in Minnesota list nobody born there.
Born here
44
notable people
Best known
Mardy Fish
in 41 Wikipedia languages
First
1936
Dick Burg
Youngest
2009
Meg Gustafson
Most common field
Sports
38 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Edina’s famous people
Still making names41 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2009.A town of athletesAmong the 44 people born here, 38 are athletes: 2.4 times the usual share.Known worldwideMardy Fish has an article in 41 languages, more than anyone else from here.A chosen home3 more notable people chose to live here, Ric Flair among them.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Edina’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 12.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Edina is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Edina
By how many languages cover them, Mardy Fish comes first (41), then Paige Bueckers (21) and Anders Lee (17).
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Everyone else born in Edina
Of the other 41, 35 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Edina home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Ric Flair.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Bloomington’s, at 27 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Edina 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 (17)
- Mardy Fish: Michele Sandberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paige Bueckers: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anders Lee: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Thompson: Lega Pallavolo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riddick Moss: Shared Account, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Mittelstadt: CloutsnChara Sports Cards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie McBain: RangerRick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Randall: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ike Davis: dbking on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieffer Bellows: Mikael Hervestad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Acton: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Finley: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ric Flair: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Zimmern: Punch Pizza, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Muscala: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samantha Harris: Group_Shot_1_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg: The Heart Truth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons