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Famous people · Lakeville
13 famous people from Lakeville, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American ice hockey player Brady Skjei, covered in 15 languages. Since 1970, 10 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 1.7 for every 10,000 residents. Ian Seidenfeld, born in 2001, is the youngest, and Joseph Andrew Quinn, born in 1886, the first on record.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Brady Skjei
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Joseph Andrew Quinn
Youngest
2001
Ian Seidenfeld
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Lakeville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lakeville’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 8 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lakeville is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.2 times the usual share.
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 Lakeville
Brady Skjei leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of Jake Oettinger (15) and Charlie Lindgren (12).
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Everyone else born in Lakeville
The rest number 10, with 7 athletes among them.
Joseph Andrew Quinn
1886–1939American politician – Minnesota -House 1923-28 (District 51)
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A chosen home
Also called Lakeville home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Janelle Pierzina the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Burnsville leads the towns around it, with 14 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lakeville 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)
- Jake Oettinger: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Lindgren: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Poehling: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. P. Macura: Erik Drost on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Reuvers: MGoBlog, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradley Ellingboe: reluctant_maker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Aldrich: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Sexton: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Nelson: Michael Wilson on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons