Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Cambridge yet, but Oakland next door has 2
Across Wisconsin, the lists cover 648 towns. No town in Wisconsin lists more than Racine, with 85. Green Bay has the second-longest list in Wisconsin, after Racine, with 57. The best known born in Oakland is Billy Sullivan.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cambridge), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cambridge has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Cambridge
The best known from each town bordering Cambridge.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cambridge 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 (1)
- Billy Sullivan: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons