Photo: Appraiser at English Wikipedia · Public domainMinnetonka has yet to put a famous person on the list
Next door, Edina lists 44, led by Mardy Fish. The Minnesota lists hold names for 425 towns. Duluth has the most of any town in Minnesota: 50. After Duluth, the next longest list in Minnesota is St. Cloud’s, with 48.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Minnetonka), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Minnetonka has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Minnetonka
Edina has the longest list next door: 44.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Minnetonka 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 (6)
- Mardy Fish: Michele Sandberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Klobuchar: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Muscala: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samantha Harris: Group_Shot_1_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg: The Heart Truth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Laurinaitis: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curry: Hockeytigers (Eva Fuchs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons