#1Famous people · Delafield
The 4 famous people born in Delafield, led by Alex Rigsby
At the top of the list is the women's ice hockey player Alex Rigsby, covered in 10 languages. Close behind are Alonzo Cushing and William B. Cushing. Alonzo Cushing (1841) and Alex Rigsby (1992) mark the two ends of the list. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Alex Rigsby
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
Alonzo Cushing
Youngest
1992
Alex Rigsby
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Delafield
Soldiers and sailors take two of the three places.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Delafield’s famous people were born
The 1840s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Delafield is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Delafield
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Pewaukee has the longest list next door: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Delafield 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)
- Alex Rigsby: BDZ Sports, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo Cushing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Cushing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Hassin: West Point - The U.S. Military Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Koepp: Claudette Barius, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Zenoni: Wilson Wong (Wikipedia user: Wwongbc), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edwards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons