#16 famous people call Rosemount their birthplace
Articles in 7 languages make the American shot putter Payton Otterdahl the best known. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. The earliest on the list is Tom Leadon, born in 1952, and the youngest Payton Otterdahl, born in 1996. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 2.2 for every 10,000 residents.
What stands out about Rosemount’s famous people
When Rosemount’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Rosemount
Ranked by languages covered: Payton Otterdahl with 7, then Lona Williams with 5 and Tom Compton with 5.
#1
#2Lona Williams
born 1966Television producer, writer and actress
#3What Rosemount is known for
Share of Rosemount’s famous people in each field.
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 Rosemount
3 more, from 1952 to 1991.



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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rosemount 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 (9)
- Payton Otterdahl: Skstroh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lona Williams: Bill Oakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Compton: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Leadon: Davidwbaker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Richman: Mike Richman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Walters: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Sexton: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seann William Scott: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Busch: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons


