Famous people · Brownsville
Born near Brownsville: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Armand James Quick, born in Theresa, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is King Camp Gillette, with articles in 39 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Brownsville. The longest list of any town in Wisconsin belongs to Racine, with 85.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
King Camp Gillette
Best known
King Camp Gillette
in 39 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brownsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brownsville
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Rob Schrab
born 1969American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
Ronald Langacker
born 1942Professor emeritus in the field of linguistics at the University of California, San Diego.
F. Ryan Duffy
1888–1979United States federal judge and U.S. Senator
Charles Williams
1844–1922Member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Florence Eliza Allen
1876–1960American mathematician and women's suffrage activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brownsville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- King Camp Gillette: Benjamin Joseph Falk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Diener: Francesco Canu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brigid Bazlen: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott McCallum: Jreinemann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Ryan Duffy: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hawks, Jr.: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Reilly: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Schrab: JD Lasica, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons