#1Film, TV & Stage
Tippi Hedren
born 1930American actress, model and activist
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Famous people · New Ulm
Of the 22 famous people born in New Ulm, an unusual share are performers
Best known of all is Tippi Hedren, written about in 50 languages. Wanda Gág is second and Kathryn Adams Doty third. The largest group, 11, was born between 1920 and 1969. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 15.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Tippi Hedren
in 50 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Albert Held
Youngest
1986
Ali Bernard
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about New Ulm’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What New Ulm is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in New Ulm
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Wanda Gág
1893–1946American artist and children's writer
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Kathryn Adams Doty
1920–2016Actress, psychologist, writer
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Through the years
When New Ulm’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFaithMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in New Ulm
Of the other 19, 7 are athletes.
Marion Downs
1914–2014American pediatric audiologist, researcher, and professor
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Albert Pfaender
1873–1946American politician – Minnesota -House 1909-14 (District 19); House 1933-34 (District 14)
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Ulm 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)
- Tippi Hedren: Hollywood Press Syndicate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Gág: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Adams Doty: RKO Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Finstad: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lenore Ulric: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Rysdahl: Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Steinbach: Mother's Cookies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willibald C. Bianchi: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons