#1Famous people · International Falls
16 famous people were born in International Falls, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the American evangelist Tammy Faye Messner, with articles in 18 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 12 of them. The earliest on the list is Constance Edith Fowler, born in 1907, and the youngest Brady Hjelle, born in 1990. For every 10,000 residents the town has 28.4, while at least half the towns in Minnesota list nobody born there.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Tammy Faye Messner
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Constance Edith Fowler
Youngest
1990
Brady Hjelle
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about International Falls’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What International Falls is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When International Falls’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in International Falls
Two of the three are athletes.
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KC#3
Sports
Kevin Constantine
born 1958American ice hockey player and coach
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Of the other 13, 10 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is International Falls 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 (4)
- Tammy Faye Messner: Darwin Bell, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Blais: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Borcher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irv Anderson: Minnesota Secretary of State, CC0, Wikimedia Commons