#1Famous people · Aberdeen
Of the 31 famous people born in Aberdeen, an unusual share are scientists and doctors
Tom Daschle, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Second and third on the list are Brad Walker and Debra Mooney. The largest group, 24, was born between 1920 and 1969. Among the 127 towns in South Dakota with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Tom Daschle
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Ferol Sibley Warthen
Youngest
1989
Colton Iverson
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Aberdeen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Aberdeen is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 2.7 times.
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 Aberdeen
Tom Daschle leads with articles in 28 languages, ahead of Brad Walker (26) and Debra Mooney (18).
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Through the years
When Aberdeen’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Aberdeen
28 more, 7 of them athletes.
Glenn Hartranft
1901–1970Track and field athlete, American football and baseball coach
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Joseph Hansen
1923–2004American crime writer and poet, best known for a series of novels featuring private eye Dave Brandstetter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aberdeen 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 (8)
- Tom Daschle: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Walker: Eckhard Pecher (Arcimboldo), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Colton Iverson: Ultraslansi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Francona: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Hartranft: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fakir Musafar: The original uploader was Lesv at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Baillie: hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David C. Jones: Garfield Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons