#1Famous people · Dodgeville
Of the 7 famous people born in Dodgeville, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the German-American athlete Archie Hahn, covered in 29 languages. The American football player Don Perkins ranks second, ahead of Glenn A. Abbey. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 4 of them. Fewer than a quarter of the 681 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Archie Hahn
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
Platt Whitman
Youngest
1945
John William Rowe
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Dodgeville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dodgeville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Dodgeville
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Dodgeville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1880s than in any other decade: 1.
SportsPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dodgeville
4 more, from 1871 to 1945.
Forrest Perkins
1920–2014American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
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John William Rowe
1945–2022Chief Executive Officer of Exelon Corporation of Chicago
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Mineral Point has the most on record, with 8.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dodgeville 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 (4)
- Archie Hahn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Platt Whitman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen Ludden: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hammill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons