#1Famous people · Montevideo
Most of the 10 famous people born in Montevideo came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 16 languages make the American-Spanish basketball player Wayne Brabender the best known. Leo Hale Taylor and Nelbert Chouinard follow. Only 52 of the 413 towns in Minnesota with anyone on record list more. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 18.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Wayne Brabender
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Nelbert Chouinard
Youngest
1951
Steve Zaiser
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Montevideo
By how many languages cover them, Wayne Brabender comes first (16), then Leo Hale Taylor (5) and Nelbert Chouinard (2).
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Through the years
When Montevideo’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Montevideo is known for
Montevideo has 1.4× the usual share of leaders.
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 Montevideo
7 more, best known first.
Alfred M. Falkenhagen
1898–1968American politician – Minnesota -- "Al" House 1961-66 (District 5); House 1967-68 (District 3B)
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Vernon K. Jensen
1912–1982American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1965-72 (District 22)
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montevideo 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 (1)
- Wayne Brabender: Zoser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons