#1Famous people · Golden Valley
14 famous people from Golden Valley, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American actress Kelly Lynch, covered in 35 languages. The largest group, 7, was born since 1970. From Joe Frasson to Boye Mafe, the births on the list run from 1935 to 1998. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.4, while at least half the towns in Minnesota list nobody born there.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Kelly Lynch
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Joe Frasson
Youngest
1998
Boye Mafe
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Golden Valley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Golden Valley’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Golden Valley is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 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 Golden Valley
Two of the three are performers.
#1SB#2
Film, TV & Stage
Scott Z. Burns
born 1962American screenwriter, producer, and director
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Everyone else born in Golden Valley
The rest number 11, with 7 athletes among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Golden Valley 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 (10)
- Kelly Lynch: Michael Locke from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Leopold: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trent Lockett: Guysela25, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Sele: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torrey Westrom: Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Klobuchar: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curt Hennig: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Muscala: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Richards: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons