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Famous people · Campbell

2 famous people call Campbell their birthplace

Barney Koch, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The other is Jacklyn Smith, the American politician. Born in 1923, Barney Koch is the first name on record, and Jacklyn Smith, born in 1934, the most recent. The longest list of any town in Nebraska belongs to Lincoln, with 45.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Barney Koch
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Barney Koch
Youngest
1934
Jacklyn Smith
Most common field
Sports
1 people
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Born in Campbell

BK#1
Sports

Barney Koch

1923–1987

American baseball player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JS#2
Politics & Law

Jacklyn Smith

1934–2021

American politician

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Campbell 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.