#1Famous people · Shoreview
11 famous people from Shoreview, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Billy Turner, the American football player, with articles in 5 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 10 in all. From Nancy Steen in 1950 to Sam Hentges in 1996, the births cover 46 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 410 towns in Minnesota with famous people list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Billy Turner
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Nancy Steen
Youngest
1996
Sam Hentges
Most common field
Sports
8 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Shoreview’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Shoreview’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Shoreview is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2 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 Shoreview
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Shoreview
Another 8, the earliest born in 1950.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Shoreview home
Born elsewhere, Kelly Moller lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Roseville’s, with 13.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shoreview 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)
- Billy Turner: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Weber: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Carroll: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa Bender: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Moller: MySPNN, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Stecklein: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Brandt: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Alt: Munnaf Joarder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons