#1Famous people · Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the birthplace of 6 famous people
At the top of the list is the united States Air Force airmen Ben Kuroki, covered in 8 languages. Milan Creighton is second and Art Stevenson third. The largest group, 4, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Fewer than a quarter of the 246 towns in Nebraska with famous people list more.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Ben Kuroki
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
P. L. Siemiller
Youngest
1951
David Bernard-Stevens
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Gothenburg
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Gothenburg’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Gothenburg is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gothenburg
A further 3 follow, born between 1904 and 1951.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gothenburg 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)
- Ben Kuroki: SDASM Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons