Guess Who’s Famous From Hibbing, Minnesota

GUESS WHO’S FAMOUS FROM HIBBING, MINNESOTA?

Today, I read something incredible that’s worth sharing. Unless you live in a small town in Minnesota, chances are, you didn’t know this either. Not until now.

Hibbing, Minnesota is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The town has only 16,000 residents. Most little towns of that size don’t produce anyone famous. At most, a town of 16,000 people should have maybe one famous person, perhaps two — at most.

Well, there must be something magic in the water in Hibbing, Minnesota. It’s a city with no logical reason to produce so many former natives who later went on to become successful and influential in music, sports, business, and popular culture.

Consider the following people (listed alphabetically) who were either born and/or raised (or both) in Hibbing, Minnesota:

— Corey Adam (stand-up comedian)
— Vincent Bugliosi (author and prosecutor of serial killer Charles Manson)
— Bruce Carlson (USAF General and head of NRO)
— Frankie Campbell (heavyweight boxer)
— Bob Dylan (singer-songwriter-cultural icon)
— Gus Hall (former head of the Communist Party of America and a four-time presidential candidate)
— ChiChi LaRue (drag queen and exotic filmmaker)
— Roger Maris (broke Babe Ruth’s MLB season home run record)
— Kevin McHale (Boston Celtics great, and former NBA coach)
— Bethany McLean (journalist and co-author of “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”)
— Robert Mondavi (winemaker)
— Gary Puckett (singer and founder of 60s’ band Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)
— Carl Wickman (founder and longtime CEO of Greyhound Lines)

This list does not include many other former NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB players, political leaders, and others who all have roots in that small town.

Just……WOW.

We might expect outlier results in a very affluent small town, or perhaps an area known for the arts or something significant. But Hibbing, Minnesota?

I thought this was interesting. Hope you agree.