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Famous people · Beaver Dam
Delia Akeley tops a list of 20 famous people born in Beaver Dam
The best known is the American explorer Delia Akeley, with articles in 14 languages. Bobby Hatfield and Michael E. Burke follow. 9 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Over 123 years of births, the list goes from Michael E. Burke (1863) to Bill Rentmeester (1986).
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Delia Akeley
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Michael E. Burke
Youngest
1986
Bill Rentmeester
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Beaver Dam’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Beaver Dam’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Beaver Dam
Languages with an article: 14 for Delia Akeley, 12 for Bobby Hatfield, 9 for Michael E. Burke.
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What Beaver Dam is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
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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17 more, from 1872 to 1986.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beaver Dam 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 (9)
- Michael E. Burke: Homer Bishop Hubbell, author. S. J. Clarke (Chicago, IL) publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Kastenmeier: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Nehls: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Baldwin: flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Maas: IcE MaN from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Sirota: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Creutz: Ann Jo Carmel Creutz Cosgrove, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pink Hawley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic George Young: Oregon Historical Society (Life time: (organization, not individual)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons