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Lawrence Welk
1903–1992American musician, bandleader, and impresario
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Famous people · Strasburg
Lawrence Welk tops a list of 3 famous people born in Strasburg
Lawrence Welk is the best known, with articles in 13 languages. Second place goes to the American politician Toby Roth, third to Claudia Volk. The earliest on the list is Lawrence Welk, born in 1903, and the youngest Claudia Volk, born in 1947. Fewer than a quarter of the 130 towns in North Dakota with famous people list more.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Lawrence Welk
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Lawrence Welk
Youngest
1947
Claudia Volk
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Strasburg
Two of the three are leaders.
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2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Strasburg 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)
- Lawrence Welk: Photographer-James J. Kriegsmann. An older ABC logo is also partly visible., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toby Roth: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claudia Volk: ', Public domain, Wikimedia Commons