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Bowbells, North Dakota 5-21-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Famous people · Bowbells

2 famous people call Bowbells their birthplace

Most widely known is Les Jepsen, the American basketball player, with articles in 9 languages. The list has one more: the American gridiron football player Doug Drew. Over 47 years of births, the list goes from Doug Drew (1920) to Les Jepsen (1967). The longest list in North Dakota is Fargo’s, with 91 names.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Les Jepsen
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Doug Drew
Youngest
1967
Les Jepsen
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Bowbells

LJ#1
Sports

Les Jepsen

born 1967

American basketball player

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DD#2
Sports

Doug Drew

1920–2005

American gridiron football player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bowbells 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.