Riverside, Iowa, claims Star Trek‘s James T. Kirk as a future native. In a 1968 book, series creator Gene Roddenberry had written that Kirk was born in Iowa; in 1985 city council member Steve Miller proposed that this will happen in Riverside, and the motion passed unanimously.

Two Star Trek novels have taken up the conceit, though it’s not considered canon. I guess we’ll see what happens — he’s due to arrive (somewhere!) on March 22, 2228.

01/10/2026 UPDATE: This is now canon — in Season 2, Episode 3 of the television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Kirk says he was born in Riverside, Iowa. (Thanks, Alessia.)