#1Politics & Law
Carol Molnau
born 194946th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
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Famous people · Waconia
5 famous people were born in Waconia
With articles in 8 languages, Carol Molnau is the most widely known. The next two names are Bob Stinson and Don Herbert. 2 of them were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 426 towns in Minnesota with famous people list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Carol Molnau
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Don Herbert
Youngest
2001
Graeme Clarke
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Waconia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Waconia’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Waconia
Carol Molnau has articles in 8 languages, Bob Stinson in 6 and Don Herbert in 6.
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What Waconia is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone else born in Waconia
2 more names, born between 1978 and 2001.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waconia 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 (4)
- Carol Molnau: Air Force Photo/Paul Zadach, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Stinson: Distributed by Twin/Tone Records. Photographer uncredited and unknown., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Herbert: NBC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graeme Clarke: Wheatzilopochtli, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons