Famous people · Jefferson
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Jefferson
Butch Vig, born in Viroqua, 5 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Jefferson is on record yet. Next door, Viroqua lists 11, led by Butch Vig. The longest list of any town in Wisconsin belongs to Racine, with 85.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Butch Vig
Best known
Butch Vig
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Jefferson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Jefferson
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Amos Fries
1873–1963Second chief of the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service
Laverne Nelson Black
1887–1938American painter, illustrator, and sculptor
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2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jefferson and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Butch Vig: Holywood56, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark C. Lee: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gillett: Bushnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Fries: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter Bean: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leif Erickson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ludvig Hektoen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Patterson: Breisch-Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons