Ames, Iowa
Ames, Iowa ranks 2,158th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hackensack, New Jersey, Poland, and Meridian, Mississippi. Memorable people born in Ames, Iowa include Evan Stone, Sara Paretsky, and Laurel Clark. Ames, Iowa has been the birth place of many pornographic actors and writers. Ames, Iowa is located in United States.
Ames is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medicine colleges. A United States Department of Energy national laboratory, Ames Laboratory, is located on the ISU campus. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1947 and 1992, Ames, Iowa was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Evan Stone, Sara Paretsky, and Laurel Clark.
People Born in Ames, Iowa
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Evan Stone
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 1
Sara Paretsky
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 2
Laurel Clark
1961 - 2003
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 3
Kagney Linn Karter
1987 - 2024
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 4
Harrison Barnes
1992 - Present
HPI: 30.45
Rank: 5
Jane Espenson
1964 - Present
HPI: 26.46
Rank: 6
Most individuals born in present day Ames, Iowa were pornographic actors (2), writers (2), astronauts (1), and basketball players (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ames, Iowa since 1700.
