#1Famous people · Mayville
Mayville counts 5 famous people, first among them Lute Olson
At the top of the list is the basketball player and coach Lute Olson, covered in 10 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball coach Ben Jacobson, third to Richard Holman. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Lute Olson
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1934
Lute Olson
Youngest
1970
Ben Jacobson
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Mayville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mayville’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mayville
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2RH#3
Known for
What Mayville is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Mayville
2 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mayville 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)
- Lute Olson: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Jacobson: Asolsma1988, CC0, Wikimedia Commons