#1Science & Medicine
Seymour Cray
1925–1996Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer
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Famous people · Chippewa Falls
Seymour Cray tops a list of 23 famous people born in Chippewa Falls
Best known of all is Seymour Cray, written about in 46 languages. The earliest on the list is Irving J. Carr, born in 1875, and the youngest Kyle Cody, born in 1994. In the age of mills and railroads, 11 were born, the most of any period. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Seymour Cray
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Irving J. Carr
Youngest
1994
Kyle Cody
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Chippewa Falls’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Chippewa Falls
Ranked by languages covered: Seymour Cray with 46, then Alexander Wiley with 13 and Eddy Waller with 10.
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When Chippewa Falls’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 5 births.
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What Chippewa Falls is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 8.
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Everyone else born in Chippewa Falls
Another 20, 8 of them athletes.
Gus Dorais
1891–1954American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chippewa Falls 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 (7)
- Seymour Cray: Michael Hicks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Wiley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddy Waller: Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Grant: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Ellenson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gus Dorais: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irving J. Carr: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons