#1Famous people · Pine City
5 famous people were born in Pine City
Most widely known is Rube Walberg, the American baseball player, with articles in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Jason Rarick and Ben Boo. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14.4, while at least half the towns in Minnesota list nobody born there. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Rube Walberg
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Rube Walberg
Youngest
1969
Jason Rarick
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Pine City
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#2BB#3
Through the years
When Pine City’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 1.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pine City is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Pine City
2 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pine City 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 (3)
- Rube Walberg: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Rarick: Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Petersen: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons