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Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Cumberland
John Peterson tops a list of 3 famous people born in Cumberland
John Peterson, the Olympic wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Second place goes to the American ice hockey player David Hanson, third to Jules Alfonse. Born in 1911, Jules Alfonse is the first name on record, and David Hanson, born in 1954, the most recent. 653 of the towns in Wisconsin list at least one person.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Peterson
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Jules Alfonse
Youngest
1954
David Hanson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Cumberland
All three are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cumberland 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.