#1Famous people · Waterloo
2 famous people call Waterloo their birthplace
Everis A. Hayes, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The other is Tom Hamilton, the American sportscaster. Next door, Lake Mills lists 6, led by Laura L. Kiessling. The earliest on the list is Everis A. Hayes, born in 1855, and the youngest Tom Hamilton, born in 1956.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Everis A. Hayes
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Everis A. Hayes
Youngest
1956
Tom Hamilton
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Waterloo
#1#2Known for
What Waterloo is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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Lake Mills has the longest list next door: 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waterloo 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 (2)
- Everis A. Hayes: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hamilton: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons