#1Famous people · Brookfield
17 famous people from Brookfield, many of them athletes
Articles in 16 languages make the wife of Charles ingalls Caroline Ingalls the best known. Since 1970, 11 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Caroline Ingalls, born in 1839, the newest to Marcus Mueller, born in 2005. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 26.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Caroline Ingalls
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Caroline Ingalls
Youngest
2005
Marcus Mueller
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Brookfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Brookfield’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 5.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brookfield is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Brookfield
Caroline Ingalls has articles in 16 languages, Douglas Niles in 10 and Joe Thomas in 9.
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Writing & Arts
Douglas Niles
born 1954American writer and game designer
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Brookfield
Another 14, the earliest born in 1841.
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A chosen home
Also called Brookfield home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Brookfield, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Brookfield.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brookfield 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 (12)
- Caroline Ingalls: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Thomas: Staff Sgt. Richard Williams; cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Grosenick: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Walsh: Dinur Blum, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Rechlicz: AuroraHcky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Nortman: original: Keith Allisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Patten Story: Major Robert Arthur, author. U.S. Army Coast Artillery School Press, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David J. Eicher: DEicher116, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Paul: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Szohr: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Koepp: Claudette Barius, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edwards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons