#1Famous people · Watertown
5 famous people come from Watertown, Marion Ross the best known
The best known is the American actress Marion Ross, with articles in 32 languages. Matt Janning and Joe McDonald follow. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 4 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 441 towns in Minnesota with famous people list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Marion Ross
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Marion Ross
Youngest
1988
Matt Janning
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Watertown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Watertown’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Watertown
The three are covered in 32, 10 and 3 languages: Marion Ross, Matt Janning and Joe McDonald.
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Known for
What Watertown is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Watertown
Here are 2 more, born from 1930 to 1963.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Watertown 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 (2)
- Marion Ross: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Janning: AssassinsCreed, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons