#1Famous people · Delafield
4 famous people come from Delafield, Alex Rigsby the best known
Articles in 10 languages make the women's ice hockey player Alex Rigsby the best known. Behind the leader come Alonzo Cushing and William B. Cushing. For every 10,000 residents the town has 5.6, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there. Born in 1841, Alonzo Cushing is the first name on record, and Alex Rigsby, born in 1992, the most recent.
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 alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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What Delafield is known for
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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
- Jane Wiedlin: Annette Wamser from Elk Grove, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Zenoni: Wilson Wong (Wikipedia user: Wwongbc), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Kemper Adams: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons