#12 famous people call Carleton their birthplace
Roy Hitt, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the American mining engineer Marling J. Ankeny. No town in Nebraska lists more than Lincoln, with 45. In Nebraska, 233 towns have someone on the list.

Born in Carleton
#1What Carleton is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Who’s the most famous person from Carleton?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Carleton’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carleton 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 (1)
- Roy Hitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons