George Lawrence Jr. Clarke House · Photo: porterhse · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Butler yet, but Milwaukee next door has 29
Across Wisconsin, the lists cover 650 towns. The longest list in Wisconsin is Racine’s, with 85 names. After Racine, the next longest list in Wisconsin is Green Bay’s, with 57. The best known born in Milwaukee is Gene Wilder.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Butler), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Butler has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Butler
Of the towns nearby, Milwaukee lists the most people: 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Butler 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 (3)
- Gene Wilder: Warner Brothers/Tandem Production, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Ingalls: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Szohr: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons