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Ames, Iowa (usa)

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Ames, Iowa ranks 2,018th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Petrópolis, Aubervilliers, and Lesbos. Memorable people born in Ames, Iowa include Tommy Gunn, Peter Schickele, and Sara Paretsky. 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 the home of Iowa State University (ISU). According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth-most populous city. Iowa State University was home to 30,177 students as of Fall 2023, which make up approximately one half of the city's population. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1935 and 1996, Ames, Iowa was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Tommy Gunn, Peter Schickele, and Sara Paretsky.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Ames, Iowa were pornographic actors (2), writers (2), composers (1), astronauts (1), and basketball players (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, pornographic actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ames, Iowa, including Tommy Gunn, and Evan Stone. Whereas, throughout history, pornographic actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ames, Iowa, including Tommy Gunn, and Evan Stone.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Ames, Iowa since 1700.