#1Famous people · Little Falls
20 famous people were born in Little Falls, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Brian Kobilka, the American physiologist, with articles in 60 languages. The next two names are Louise Erdrich and Duane Bobick. The list runs from Arthur DeLacy Wood, born in 1876, to Ben Hanowski, born in 1990. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 21.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Brian Kobilka
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Arthur DeLacy Wood
Youngest
1990
Ben Hanowski
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Little Falls’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Little Falls
Counted by languages, Brian Kobilka is ahead of Louise Erdrich and Duane Bobick: 60, 39 and 9.
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#2Writing & Arts
Louise Erdrich
born 1954American-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's writer
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#3Through the years
When Little Falls’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Little Falls is known for
8 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Little Falls
The other 17 span the years 1876 to 1990.
Anne C. Petersen
born 1944Elected 1992 | Michigan United States Psychology (Section J) Univ of Michigan
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Little 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 (8)
- Brian Kobilka: Charles Parnot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Erdrich: Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duane Bobick: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Hanowski: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Becky Lourey: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Thompson: Info Taxpayersleague of Minnesota, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Aloysius Meyers: Vibert Jeffers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herb Joesting: Chicago Tribune, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons