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Famous people · Baraboo

Baraboo’s famous people span 127 years: 18 births from 1850 to 1977

Daryl Morey, the American basketball executive, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Close behind are May Wood Simons and Stuart Palmer. 7 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Daryl Morey, dates from 1972.

#1 best knownDaryl MoreySports · born 1972
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Born here
18
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

Daryl Morey, May Wood Simons and Stuart Palmer are written about in 7, 7 and 6 languages.

Daryl Morey#1
Sports

Daryl Morey

born 1972

American basketball executive

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
May Wood Simons#2
Writing & Arts

May Wood Simons

1876–1948

American writer, teacher, and socialist

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
SP#3
Writing & Arts

Stuart Palmer

1905–1968

American writer

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Baraboo’s famous people were born

More were born in the 1900s than in any other decade: 4.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday1850190019502000Ellet J. WaggonerDaryl MoreyMay Wood Simons
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitaryMusicFaithFilm, TV & StageNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Baraboo is known for

Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.

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

Here are 15 more, born from 1850 to 1977.

SA

Sheryl Albers

born 1954

Wisconsin legislator and politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Stan Barnes

Stan Barnes

1900–1990

American football player and federal judge

BN

Beryl Newman

1911–1998

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Ellet J. Waggoner

Ellet J. Waggoner

1855–1916

American Seventh-day Adventist minister

LK

Len Koenecke

1904–1935

American baseball player

Mary Bonnin

Mary Bonnin

?–2026

United States Navy Master Chief, underwater diver

Mike Reinfeldt

Mike Reinfeldt

born 1953

American football player and executive

EB

Edward Brooks

1942–2019

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Tiny Cahoon

Tiny Cahoon

1900–1973

American football player

BM

Benjamin Franklin Millard

1850–1926

19th century American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
EC

Ella D. Crawford

1852–1932

American temperance movement organizer

HC

Herbert Cramer

1894–1963

American 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.

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