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Famous people · Papillion
7 famous people from Papillion, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American historian Merle Eugene Curti, covered in 8 languages. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period. Merle Eugene Curti (1897) and Cade Johnson (1998) mark the two ends of the list. For its size the list is short: 2.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 8.5 in the typical Nebraska town.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Merle Eugene Curti
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Merle Eugene Curti
Youngest
1998
Cade Johnson
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Papillion’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Papillion’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Papillion is known for
Papillion has 2× the usual share of athletes.
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 Papillion
Athletes take two of the three places.
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AW#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Papillion
Of the other 4, 3 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is La Vista’s, with 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Papillion 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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- Becca Swanson: Becca Swanson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons