No famous person yet from Franklin
Viroqua’s list, next door, has 11 names, Butch Vig first among them. Across Wisconsin, 672 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Wisconsin belongs to Racine, with 85. After Racine, the next longest list in Wisconsin is Green Bay’s, with 57.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Franklin), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Franklin has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Franklin
The neighbour with the most names is Viroqua, at 11.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin 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 (1)
- Butch Vig: Holywood56, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons