#1Politics & Law
Jeff Trandahl
born 1964Clerk of the US House of Representatives
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Famous people · Spearfish
7 famous people call Spearfish their birthplace
The best known is the clerk of the US House of Representatives Jeff Trandahl, with articles in 3 languages. The basketball player Amy Williams ranks second, ahead of Edward R. McLaughlin. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. Amy Williams, born in 1976, is the youngest, and Frank Schoonmaker, born in 1905, the first on record.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Jeff Trandahl
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Frank Schoonmaker
Youngest
1976
Amy Williams
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Spearfish’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Spearfish’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Spearfish
Jeff Trandahl has articles in 3 languages, Amy Williams in 2 and Edward R. McLaughlin in 2.
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Known for
What Spearfish is known for
Spearfish has 2.1× the usual share of leaders.
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Everyone else born in Spearfish
A further 4 follow, born between 1905 and 1972.
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Also called Spearfish home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Spearfish, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spearfish 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)
- Jeff Trandahl: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Williams: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kai Staats: Kai Staats, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons