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Politics & Law
Melissa Hortman
1970–2025American lawyer and politician
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Famous people · Fridley
11 famous people were born in Fridley, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 31 languages make the American lawyer and politician Melissa Hortman the best known. Since 1970, 9 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Chris Dahlquist, born in 1962, the newest to Mia Zutter, born in 1999. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.6, while at least half the towns in Minnesota list nobody born there.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Melissa Hortman
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1962
Chris Dahlquist
Youngest
1999
Mia Zutter
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Fridley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fridley’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fridley is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
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 Fridley
Melissa Hortman has articles in 31 languages, Brooke Elliott in 19 and Kristofer M. Helgen in 9.
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Everyone else born in Fridley
The other 8 span the years 1962 to 1999.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Minneapolis has the most people on record, 20 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fridley 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 (8)
- Brooke Elliott: Valder Beebe, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mikey Anderson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Hjelle: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ducky DooLittle: Hillary Hartley from San Francisco, CA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarod Palmer: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Hosch: Mark Dayton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Carlson: 'Michael Scott Bogdonoff / MSB Media, LLC', CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons