#1Famous people · Brookfield
17 famous people from Brookfield, many of them athletes
Caroline Ingalls, the wife of Charles ingalls, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. The American writer and game designer Douglas Niles ranks second, ahead of Joe Thomas. Since 1970, 11 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.1, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there.
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
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 5 births.
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
By how many languages cover them, Caroline Ingalls comes first (16), then Douglas Niles (10) and Joe Thomas (9).
#1DN#2
Writing & Arts
Douglas Niles
born 1954American writer and game designer
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Brookfield
Here are 14 more, born from 1841 to 2005.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Brookfield home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, David J. Eicher the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is West Allis’, with 19.
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 (10)
- 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
- Liberace: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Szohr: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons