#1Science & Medicine
Lawrence Lessig
born 1961American academic, political activist
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Famous people · Rapid City
Performers stand out among the 46 famous people born in Rapid City
Lawrence Lessig leads the list, covered in 62 languages. The American-Russian basketball player and coach Becky Hammon ranks second, ahead of Tomi Lahren. Among the 134 towns in South Dakota with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd. 23 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
46
notable people
Best known
Lawrence Lessig
in 62 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
George W. Scott
Youngest
1999
Jake Ferguson
Most common field
Sports
17 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Rapid City’s famous people
Still making names37 were born since 1950, the youngest in 1999.Known worldwideLawrence Lessig has a Wikipedia article in 62 languages.A town of performersAmong the 46 people born here, 8 are performers: 1.8 times the usual share.46 notable peopleWith 46 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rapid City’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 11 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotableWriting & ArtsFaithMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rapid City
Counted by languages, Lawrence Lessig is ahead of Becky Hammon and Tomi Lahren: 62, 31 and 17.
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#2Sports
Becky Hammon
born 1977American-Russian basketball player and coach
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#3Known for
What Rapid City is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
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 Rapid City
43 more names, born between 1889 and 1999.
David Ortiz
US Democratic Party politician, from 2021 member of Colorado State House of Representatives
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A chosen home
Also called Rapid City home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Tom Berry.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, only Box Elder has someone listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rapid City 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 (13)
- Lawrence Lessig: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Becky Hammon: Doug Davey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tomi Lahren: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Owen Jackels: Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Doolittle: Arlington National Cemetery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Ellis: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Thurman: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Layne Flack: Matt Waldron, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diane Gaidry: Katherine Brooks, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Graslie: vlogbrothers, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Hallberg: Tbonny, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Ferguson: Bely Medved, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Berry: State of South Dakota, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons