#1Thomas P. M. Barnett
born 1962American military geostrategist
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Articles in 8 languages make the American military geostrategist Thomas P. M. Barnett the best known. In the age of mills and railroads, 4 were born, the most of any period. Winifred Bonfils (1863) and Thomas P. M. Barnett (1962) mark the two ends of the list. Fewer than a quarter of the 647 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more.
First, Thomas P. M. Barnett (8 languages), then Francis Peter Leipzig (4) and Winifred Bonfils (4).
#1American military geostrategist
#3Births peak in the 1960s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
A further 3 follow, born between 1889 and 1960.

American lawyer, politician and football executive

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chilton 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.