CITY

Population:
26839 (2000 census)

County:
Des Moines County

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wallace Hume Carothers	Chemist	27-Apr-1896	29-Apr-1937	Inventor of Nylon
William Frawley	Actor	26-Feb-1887	3-Mar-1966	Fred on I Love Lucy
Mary Kramer	Diplomat	14-Jun-1935		US Ambassador to Barbados, 2004-06
Aldo Leopold	Naturalist	11-Jan-1887	21-Apr-1948	A Sand County Almanac
Robert Noyce	Inventor	12-Dec-1927	3-Jun-1990	Co-Inventor, integrated circuit
Kay A. Orr	Politician	2-Jan-1939		Governor of Nebraska, 1987-91
Kurt Warner	Football	22-Jun-1971		Un-drafted NFL star quarterback

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