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Famous people · Genoa

Genoa is the birthplace of 3 famous people

At the top of the list is the American football player Scott Shanle, covered in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Frank McCormick and Glen Little. From Frank McCormick in 1894 to Scott Shanle in 1979, the births cover 85 years. 233 towns across Nebraska can name a famous person born there.

Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Scott Shanle
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Frank McCormick
Youngest
1979
Scott Shanle
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Genoa

Counted by languages, Scott Shanle is ahead of Frank McCormick and Glen Little: 4, 3 and 2.

SS#1
Sports

Scott Shanle

born 1979

American football player

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
FM#2
Sports

Frank McCormick

1894–1976

Player of American Football

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GL#3
Notable

Glen Little

1925–2010

American clown

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Genoa 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.