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Famous people · Floodwood

Floodwood has just one famous person to its name: John Raymond Ylitalo

The American ambassador John Raymond Ylitalo was born in 1916. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Across Minnesota, 448 towns list someone born there.

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1
notable people
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John Raymond Ylitalo
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
John Raymond Ylitalo
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known

Born in Floodwood

JY#1
Politics & Law

John Raymond Ylitalo

1916–1987

American ambassador

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Floodwood 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.