#1Famous people · St. Louis Park
10 famous people were born in St. Louis Park, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Mike Muscala, the American basketball player, with articles in 18 languages. Second and third on the list are Peggy Flanagan and Ethan Coen. 4 were born in 1970 or later. The first birth on record is Jim Mattson’s, in 1931, and the last Molly Kreklow’s, in 1992.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Mike Muscala
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1931
Jim Mattson
Youngest
1992
Molly Kreklow
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about St. Louis Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When St. Louis Park’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageFaithWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in St. Louis Park
Ranked by languages covered: Mike Muscala with 18, then Peggy Flanagan with 16 and Ethan Coen with 15.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Peggy Flanagan
born 1979Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota since 2019
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
Ethan Coen
born 1957American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor
15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What St. Louis Park is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in St. Louis Park
7 more names, born between 1931 and 1992.
Joel Coen
born 1954American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called St. Louis Park home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 5 in all, led by Emmanuel Iwe.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Edina leads the towns around it, with 44 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Louis Park 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 (11)
- Mike Muscala: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Flanagan: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan Coen: Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Coen: No machine-readable author provided. Nikita~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Scheid: http://gavinsullivan.com/, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belo Cipriani: Gabriela Barragan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Latz: MN Senate DFL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mardy Fish: Michele Sandberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Lynch: Michael Locke from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samantha Harris: Group_Shot_1_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg: The Heart Truth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons