#1Famous people · Elko
Elko counts 11 famous people, first among them Morley Griswold
The best known is the American politician Morley Griswold, with articles in 11 languages. Jenny Lee Lindberg and Joseph L. Henderson follow. Half or more of the towns in Nevada have no one on record, but this one has 5.3 for every 10,000 residents. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Morley Griswold
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Morley Griswold
Youngest
1992
Cy Sneed
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Elko’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Elko’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineMusicNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Elko
Morley Griswold, Jenny Lee Lindberg and Joseph L. Henderson are written about in 11, 8 and 5 languages.
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Known for
What Elko is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.3 times.
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8 more, from 1905 to 1992.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elko 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 (5)
- Morley Griswold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Lee Lindberg: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Marion Clawson: Jennifer Reese, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cy Sneed: TSUBAME98, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Kornze: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons