#1Military
John Bradley
1923–1994Navy corpsman in World War II, flagraiser at Iwo Jima
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Famous people · Antigo
The 15 famous people born in Antigo, led by John Bradley
John Bradley is the best known, with articles in 11 languages. Second place goes to the American horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, third to Ernest J. Dawley. Fewer than a quarter of the 652 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
John Bradley
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Ernest J. Dawley
Youngest
1984
Justin Berg
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Antigo
John Bradley, D. Wayne Lukas and Ernest J. Dawley are written about in 11, 7 and 6 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Antigo’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotableFaith
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What Antigo is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 5.6 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Antigo 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 (7)
- John Bradley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Wayne Lukas: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest J. Dawley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Piskula: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clayton Bailey: Left Coast Arts, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul E. Knapp: National Guard Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty G. Bailey: Drew Altizer Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons