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Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Madison
Madison is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 3 languages make the American architect Charles E. Peterson the best known. Michael Hunt and Doug Peterson follow. The earliest on the list is Charles E. Peterson, born in 1906, and the youngest Michael Hunt, born in 1956. The longest list of any town in Minnesota belongs to Duluth, with 50.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Charles E. Peterson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Charles E. Peterson
Youngest
1956
Michael Hunt
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Madison
Ranked by languages covered: Charles E. Peterson with 3, then Michael Hunt with 3 and Doug Peterson with 1.
MH#2
DP#3
Politics & Law
Doug Peterson
born 1948American politician in the state of Minnesota born 1948
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Through the years
When Madison’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Madison is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Madison
1 more, best known first.
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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.