Born here
49
notable people
Best known
Orson Welles
in 113 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Charles Wallace Richmond
Youngest
2000
Carlee Bright
Most common field
Sports
18 people
What stands out about Kenosha’s famous people ★ What stands out · The best known Born in Kenosha All three are performers.
#1 Film, TV & Stage Orson Welles 1915–1985 American actor and filmmaker
#2 Film, TV & Stage Mark Ruffalo born 1967 American actor
#3 Film, TV & Stage Don Ameche 1908–1993 American actor
Known for What Kenosha is known for Kenosha has 2.4× the usual share of performers.
Sports 18 people 37%about usual Film, TV & Stage 11 people 22%2.4× usual Politics & Law 7 people 14%below usual Science & Medicine 6 people 12%2.1× usual Writing & Arts 3 people 6%below usual Notable 2 people 4% Business 1 person 2%about usual Music 1 person 2%below usual
Through the years When Kenosha’s famous people were born Count by decade and the 1910s come out on top, with 10 births.
Mills & railroads The American century Today 1850 1900 1950 2000 Mark Ruffalo Orson Welles Daniel J. Travanti Don Ameche Charles Wallace Richmond
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone Everyone else born in Kenosha Of the other 46, 18 are athletes.
All · 46 Politics & Law · 7 Sports · 18 Music · 1 Film, TV & Stage · 8 Writing & Arts · 3 Science & Medicine · 6 Business · 1 Notable · 2
Any time Mills & railroads · 13 The American century · 27 Today · 6
BG Bert Ira Gordon 1922–2023 American filmmaker
Nick Van Exel born 1971 American basketball coach and former player
Charles Wallace Richmond 1868–1932 American ornithologist
Daniel J. Travanti born 1940 American actor
CW Carl A. Wirtanen 1910–1990 American astronomer
Angelica Ross born 1980 American businesswoman and actress
Mark Pocan born 1964 United States Congressman from Wisconsin
JS John Stephenson 1923–2015 American actor
NG Nathan Greno born 1975 American film director and animator
WM Walter Maurer 1893–1983 American wrestler
BT Bobby Thomas 1912–2008 Cyclist
WS Will Schaefer 1928–2007 American musician
JR Jim Rygiel born 1955 American visual effects supervisor
MP Michael Phillips born 1961 American film critic, formerly newspaper drama critic
PS Paul Sorensen 1926–2008 American actor
RJ Raymond Edward Johnson 1911–2001 American actor
RP Robert Pfarr 1920–2006 Cyclist
LO Lloyd John Ogilvie 1930–2019 American chaplain
BH Bob Hartman 1937–2010 American baseball player
BR Bob Regh 1912–1999 American basketball player
CC Charles F. Cooper 1924–1994 American ecologist
DC Donald Clarke born 1940 American music critic
EM Earl D. Morton 1918–1995 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
HG Harvey Green 1915–1970 American baseball player
JM Joseph E. Meyer 1878–1950 American botanist
JZ Joseph Zimmermann 1912–2004 American inventor
JH Joyce Hill 1925–2021 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
MG Myron L. Gordon 1918–2009 United States federal judge
RT Ralph Thomas 1929–2024 American football player
RB Ronald Baecker born 1942 American computer scientist
TH Thomas Huffman 1944–2022 South African archaeologist
AS Augie Schmidt born 1961 American baseball player and coach
CB Carlee Bright born 2000 American professional wrestler
CS Cathy Stepp born 1963 American politician
DN Daviyon Nixon born 1998 American football player
ED Eugene Dorff 1930–2005 American politician in Wisconsin
FB Fred Borak 1912–2009 American football player
JS John Steinbrink born 1949 American politician
KH Ken Huxhold 1929–2020 American football player
LH Lou Holland 1941–2016 Canadian football player
MP Michael Pucci born 1963 American-born Australian politician
RG Robert Glaeser born 1934 American biochemist
TB Tom Braatz 1933–2018 American football player and executive
TR Tom Regner 1944–2014 American football player
TF Troy Fabiano born 1972 American soccer player-coach
WR William Albert Robinson 1902–1988 American writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kenosha 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 (8) Orson Welles: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Mark Ruffalo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Don Ameche: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Nick Van Exel: Brent Hellickson, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Charles Wallace Richmond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Daniel J. Travanti: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Angelica Ross: Miss Ross, Inc. crop by me, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Mark Pocan: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons 
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