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Famous people · Moab
5 famous people call Moab their birthplace
Jacques Boyer, the American racing cyclist, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American football player Rex Berry, third to Arnie Beyeler. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in Utah.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Jacques Boyer
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
Rex Berry
Youngest
1964
Arnie Beyeler
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Moab’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Moab’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Moab
The three best known are all athletes.
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#3Known for
What Moab is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Another 2, the earliest born in 1932.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Moab 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 (1)
- Arnie Beyeler: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons