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Famous people · Cashton

2 famous people call Cashton their birthplace

Articles in 4 languages make the American judge Leif Erickson the best known. The list has one more: the American politician Otto M. Peterson. From Otto M. Peterson in 1877 to Leif Erickson in 1906, the births cover 29 years. Racine has the most of any town in Wisconsin: 85.

#1 best knownLeif EricksonPolitics & Law · 1906–1998
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Leif Erickson
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Otto M. Peterson
Youngest
1906
Leif Erickson
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Cashton

Leif Erickson#1
Politics & Law

Leif Erickson

1906–1998

American judge

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
OP#2
Politics & Law

Otto M. Peterson

born 1877

American politician

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cashton 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.

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