#1Famous people · Madison
7 famous people from Madison, many of them athletes
Levi Randolph, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Since 1970, 4 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1891, Lewie Hardage is the first name on record, and Zach Harting, born in 1997, the most recent. The list comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 residents, below the 3 of the typical town in Alabama.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Levi Randolph
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Lewie Hardage
Youngest
1997
Zach Harting
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Madison’s famous people
Through the years
When Madison’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 3 births.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Madison
Ranked by languages covered: Levi Randolph with 12, then Zach Harting with 8 and Jordan Matthews with 6.
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Everyone else born in Madison
The rest number 4, with 4 athletes among them.
Lewie Hardage
1891–1973American college football player, college football coach, college baseball coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Madison and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (4)
- Levi Randolph: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Matthews: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chip Lindsey: Logan Wetzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewie Hardage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons