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Famous people · Weeping Water
4 famous people call Weeping Water their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American politician Roy W. Johnson, covered in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are F. P. Reed and Arthur Garfield Kennedy. From F. P. Reed in 1870 to Orville Ralston in 1894, the births cover 24 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 246 towns in Nebraska with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Roy W. Johnson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
F. P. Reed
Youngest
1894
Orville Ralston
The best known
Born in Weeping Water
By how many languages cover them, Roy W. Johnson comes first (3), then F. P. Reed (2) and Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1).
FR#2
AK#3
Through the years
When Weeping Water’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
NotablePolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Weeping Water is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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 Weeping Water
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Weeping Water 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)
- Orville Ralston: Air Service, United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons