#1Famous people · Baraboo
Baraboo’s famous people span 127 years: 22 births from 1850 to 1977
At the top of the list is the American basketball executive Daryl Morey, covered in 7 languages. The largest group, 8, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Daryl Morey, the best known, was born in 1972. 2 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Daryl Morey
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
Benjamin Franklin Millard
Youngest
1977
Brittany Shane
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Baraboo
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
May Wood Simons
1876–1948American writer, teacher, and socialist
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Through the years
When Baraboo’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 5.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitaryMusicFaithFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Baraboo is known for
Baraboo has 3.8× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Baraboo
Another 19, the earliest born in 1850.
Herbert Cramer
1894–1963American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Baraboo 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 (13)
- Daryl Morey: Morbidthoughts, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- May Wood Simons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Barnes: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellet J. Waggoner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Glodell: CAMP BELL PRODUCTIONS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Bonnin: Mdb8900, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Reinfeldt: Houston Oilers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ringling North: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiny Cahoon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archie Simonson: Not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur H. Noyes: Hugh J. McGrath, Minneapolis Journal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Baer: United States Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert G. Siebecker: Hunter, Paul F., Editor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons