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Famous people · Mendota Heights
Mendota Heights counts 5 famous people, first among them Ann Bancroft
Ann Bancroft, the American explorer, is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. The American basketball player David Hicks ranks second, ahead of Becky Holder. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. The first birth on record is Ann Bancroft’s, in 1955, and the last David Hicks’, in 1988.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ann Bancroft
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1955
Ann Bancroft
Youngest
1988
David Hicks
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Mendota Heights’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mendota Heights’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
NotableSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mendota Heights
Ann Bancroft leads with articles in 22 languages, ahead of David Hicks (5) and Becky Holder (3).
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What Mendota Heights is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Mendota Heights
2 more, best known first.
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A chosen home
Also called Mendota Heights home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Mendota Heights, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mendota Heights 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)
- Becky Holder: Henry Bucklow/Lazy Photography (Sffubs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Richardson: MN Senate DFL, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Nickolas Muray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Big Eagle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons