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Samantha Harris
born 1973American model, actress, and television host
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Famous people · Hopkins
Of the 9 famous people born in Hopkins, an unusual share are athletes
Best known of all is Samantha Harris, written about in 14 languages. Amir Coffey and Courtney Dauwalter follow. 5 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 4.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Samantha Harris
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Adele Parkhurst
Youngest
2001
Joseph Fahnbulleh
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Hopkins’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hopkins’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hopkins is known for
Hopkins has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
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 Hopkins
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Hopkins
Here are 6 more, born from 1885 to 2001.
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Of the towns around it, Edina has the most on record: 44.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hopkins 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 (9)
- Samantha Harris: Group_Shot_1_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg: The Heart Truth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amir Coffey: Alexander Jonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Dauwalter: Heike Maria Seitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Fahnbulleh: BACHELOR45, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- BeBe Shopp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Korn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adele Parkhurst: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mardy Fish: Michele Sandberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Muscala: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons