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Famous people · Melrose
Most of the 12 famous people born in Melrose came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Walter Breuning, the American supercentenarian, is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. The American professional wrestler and manager Paul Ellering ranks second, ahead of Mark Olberding. Born in 1896, Walter Breuning is the first name on record, and Mark Olberding, born in 1956, the most recent. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 32.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Walter Breuning
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Walter Breuning
Youngest
1956
Mark Olberding
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Melrose
Two of the three are athletes.
#2Sports
Paul Ellering
born 1953American professional wrestler and manager
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#3Through the years
When Melrose’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Melrose is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Melrose
The other 9 span the years 1906 to 1951.
Alan W. Welle
born 1945American politician – Minnesota -House 1983-92 (District 15B); House 1993-94 (District 15A)
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Edmund Conrad Tiemann
1922–2009American politician – Minnesota -House 1951-62 (District 46)
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Melrose 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)
- Paul Ellering: Aradkins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Olberding: United States Forest Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Daley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard M. Fish: USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons