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Famous people · Arcadia
7 famous people call Arcadia their birthplace
Articles in 10 languages make the Roman Catholic bishop Robert Brom the best known. Close behind are James Haines and Louise Erickson. For every 10,000 residents the town has 18.4, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Robert Brom
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
John C. Gaveney
Youngest
1954
James Haines
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Arcadia
Two of the three are athletes.
JH#2
LE#3
Sports
Louise Erickson
1929–2016All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Through the years
When Arcadia’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Arcadia is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Arcadia
Here are 4 more, born from 1863 to 1934.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Arcadia 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 (1)
- Ernest D. Nelson: scanned by Weatherman90, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons