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Famous people · Powell

Leaders stand out among the 8 famous people born in Powell

Best known of all is Darren Dalton, written about in 10 languages. The player of American football Chris Cooley ranks second, ahead of Alan Swallow. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. Per head, the list is long: 12.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Wyoming has 5.1.

#2 best knownChris CooleySports · born 1982
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Darren Dalton
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Alan Swallow
Youngest
1982
Chris Cooley
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people

What stands out about Powell’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Powell is known for

No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.4 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Through the years

When Powell’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Chris Cooley
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageBusiness

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Powell

The three are covered in 10, 6 and 2 languages: Darren Dalton, Chris Cooley and Alan Swallow.

DD#1
Film, TV & Stage

Darren Dalton

born 1965

American actor, screenwriter and film producer

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Chris Cooley#2
Sports

Chris Cooley

born 1982

Player of American football

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AS#3
Business

Alan Swallow

1915–1966

American publisher & academic

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Powell

5 more, from 1947 to 1958.

DB

David Blevins

born 1949

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
DH

Dennis Havig

born 1949

American football player

LH

Larry S. Hicks

born 1958

American politician in Wyoming

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
CH

Charles Hessenthaler

1947–2023

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Powell 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.

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