#1Famous people · Hastings
Of the 40 famous people born in Hastings, an unusual share are scientists and doctors
Articles in 44 languages make the American actress Sandy Dennis the best known. Second and third on the list are Ivan Sutherland and Neal Hefti. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 26 of them. Hastings ranks 2nd of the 246 towns in Nebraska with anyone listed.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Sandy Dennis
in 44 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Jay Leland Benedict
Youngest
2000
Baylor Scheierman
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Hastings’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Hastings is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Hastings
Ranked by languages covered: Sandy Dennis with 44, then Ivan Sutherland with 41 and Neal Hefti with 21.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Ivan Sutherland
born 1938American computer scientist and Internet pioneer
41 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
NH#3
Music
Neal Hefti
1922–2008American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Hastings’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 9 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitaryNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hastings
Here are 37 more, born from 1882 to 2000.
Tom Osborne
born 1937American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician
SportsWikipedia ↗
Randall Ray Rader
born 1949Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Hastings home
One more notable person made the town home: May Gorslin Preston Slosson.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hastings 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 (16)
- Sandy Dennis: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Sutherland: Dick Lyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Lee: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Hicks: W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baylor Scheierman: Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Osborne: US Congress;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Leland Benedict: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Hopp: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William O. Cowger: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Sutherland: Richard F. Lyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randall Ray Rader: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Sheehy: U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward/Released, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Greenlief: Office of Public Affairs, National Guard Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald T. Whelan: Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo D. Hermle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Carriker: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons