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Famous people · Hooper

4 famous people call Hooper their birthplace

The best known is the united States Army Medal of Honor recipient Donald K. Schwab, with articles in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Lillian Boyer and Marty Lang. Fewer than a quarter of the 233 towns in Nebraska with famous people list more. Ray Janssen, born in 1937, is the youngest, and Lillian Boyer, born in 1901, the first on record.

#1 best knownDonald K. SchwabMilitary · 1918–2005
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Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Donald K. Schwab
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Lillian Boyer
Youngest
1937
Ray Janssen
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known

Born in Hooper

Three names lead: Donald K. Schwab (4 languages), Lillian Boyer (4) and Marty Lang (3).

Donald K. Schwab#1
Military

Donald K. Schwab

1918–2005

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Lillian Boyer#2
Notable

Lillian Boyer

1901–1989

American stunt pilot

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
ML#3
Sports

Marty Lang

1905–1968

American baseball player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Hooper’s famous people were born

The 1900s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Lillian BoyerDonald K. Schwab
MilitaryNotableSportsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Hooper is known for

1 of them work in Military, the biggest field.

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 Hooper

1 more, best known first.

RJ

Ray Janssen

1937–2022

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hooper 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.

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