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Famous people · Iola
3 famous people call Iola their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American football player Dave Krieg the best known. Tim Polasek is second and Kristian Welch third. Born in 1958, Dave Krieg is the first name on record, and Kristian Welch, born in 1998, the most recent. No town in Wisconsin lists more than Racine, with 85.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Dave Krieg
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1958
Dave Krieg
Youngest
1998
Kristian Welch
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Iola
The three are covered in 5, 3 and 2 languages: Dave Krieg, Tim Polasek and Kristian Welch.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Iola 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)
- Tim Polasek: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons