Famous people · Milwaukee
30 famous people were born within 35 miles of Milwaukee
Dwight Stephenson, born in Murfreesboro, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Chris Daughtry, with articles in 25 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Milwaukee. Famous people are on record for 346 of the towns in North Carolina.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Chris Daughtry
Best known
Chris Daughtry
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Milwaukee’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Milwaukee
Nobody born in Milwaukee is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
William Nathan Harrell Smith
1812–1889American politician
Julian Myrick
1880–1969American insurance salesman and tennis promoter
Marshall Parker
1922–2008American politician in South Carolina
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
1890–1964North Carolina politician; Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient
Chris Daughtry
born 1979American musician and American Idol contestant
Jim Gillette
1917–1990Professional American football halfback in the National Football League 1940 to 1948
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milwaukee and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (16)
- Chris Daughtry: LUIS BLANCO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Bazemore: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Eaton: Posthumes Porträt von de:Robert Walter Weir (1803–1889) aus dem Jahre 1873, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grizzard: The Bureau of Industrial Service for CBS Television. The Bureau, a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam, was widely used by those in the television industry in the 1950s and 1960s for distributing publicity material., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Brown: No machine-readable author provided. Gyrofrog assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Amber O'Neal: Hypnotica Studios from Atlantic City . New Jersey, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Delaney Rudd: The Chronicle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Rooke: Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Walton Kitchin: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilson Roosevelt Jerman: Tina Hager, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ruffin Cox: Mrs. Eliphalet F. Andrews (Marietta Minnigerode Andrews), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Kitchin: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Nathan Harrell Smith: Philadelphia: C. Robson & Co., publishers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilson Goode: Nick-philly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Paul Kitchin: Henry L. Kitchin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons