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Spencer is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 4 languages make the American football player Bernie Scherer the best known. John C. Whitehorn and Richard D. Johnson follow. Born in 1894, John C. Whitehorn is the first name on record, and Richard D. Johnson, born in 1935, the most recent. In all of Nebraska, the famous people on record come from 235 towns.

Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Bernie Scherer
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
John C. Whitehorn
Youngest
1935
Richard D. Johnson
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Spencer

Counted by languages, Bernie Scherer is ahead of John C. Whitehorn and Richard D. Johnson: 4, 1 and 1.

BS#1
Sports

Bernie Scherer

1913–2004

American football player

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JW#2
Notable

John C. Whitehorn

1894–1974

American psychiatric educator

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RJ#3
Politics & Law

Richard D. Johnson

1935–2022

American politician

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

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spencer 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.