#1Famous people · Fort Atkinson
Josh Sawyer tops a list of 14 famous people born in Fort Atkinson
Articles in 16 languages make the American video game designer Josh Sawyer the best known. Keith Neubert is second and Robert J. Shelby third. 6 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Josh Sawyer
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Glenn D. Vosburg
Youngest
1975
Josh Sawyer
Most common field
Sports
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What stands out about Fort Atkinson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Atkinson’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Fort Atkinson
Counted by languages, Josh Sawyer is ahead of Keith Neubert and Robert J. Shelby: 16, 3 and 3.
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What Fort Atkinson is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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11 more, from 1883 to 1970.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Atkinson 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)
- Josh Sawyer: JESawyer1975, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Shelby: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Marquart: Chadriddersen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Kindlin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons