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Famous people · Wells
Ross Lee Finney tops a list of 6 famous people born in Wells
Ross Lee Finney, the American composer, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Carl Wood Riddick and Larry Buendorf. Only 86 of the 410 towns in Minnesota with anyone on record list more. The earliest on the list is Carl Wood Riddick, born in 1872, and the youngest Cooper Boone, born in 1963.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Ross Lee Finney
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Carl Wood Riddick
Youngest
1963
Cooper Boone
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Wells
Ross Lee Finney, Carl Wood Riddick and Larry Buendorf are written about in 10, 7 and 4 languages.
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When Wells’s famous people were born
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wells 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 (3)
- Carl Wood Riddick: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Buendorf: David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cooper Boone: Mark Veeder, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons