#1Famous people · Belle Fourche
9 famous people were born in Belle Fourche, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 6 languages make the American baseball player Jason Kubel the best known. Bill Pearson, the American writer, comes second, with Lem Overpeck third. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 7 of them. Per head, the list is long: 15.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in South Dakota has 6.9.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Jason Kubel
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Lem Overpeck
Youngest
1982
Jason Kubel
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Belle Fourche’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Belle Fourche is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Belle Fourche’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Belle Fourche
The three are covered in 6, 3 and 3 languages: Jason Kubel, Bill Pearson and Lem Overpeck.
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Everyone else born in Belle Fourche
Of the other 6, 3 are leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Belle Fourche 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 (3)
- Jason Kubel: User Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Strohmayer: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Giacometto: ExhumeJackal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons