#1The 4 famous people born in Prior Lake, led by Tiffany Stratton
Tiffany Stratton, the American professional wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. Behind the leader come John Roach and Lillian Dickson. Over 98 years of births, the list goes from Lillian Dickson (1901) to Scott Reedy (1999). Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 1.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born in Prior Lake
Ministers and preachers take two of the three places.
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#3When Prior Lake’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Prior Lake is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Prior Lake
1 more, best known first.
Also called Prior Lake home
Born elsewhere, Eric Pratt lived here.

Who’s the most famous person from Prior Lake?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Prior Lake’s most famous person is.
Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prior Lake 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 (7)
- Tiffany Stratton: Diego Serrano, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Roach: Mary Anne Fackelman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Dickson: KOdu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Pratt: Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Bergman: U.S. Secretary of War, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Ahcan: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Geister: Minnesota State Legislature, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


