Famous people · Kickapoo
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Kickapoo
Butch Vig is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. Closest of all is Henry Benn, from Viola, 4 mi away. Across the town line, Viroqua lists 11, Butch Vig first. Not one famous person on record comes from Kickapoo yet.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Butch Vig
Best known
Butch Vig
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Kickapoo’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Kickapoo
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Laverne Nelson Black
1887–1938American painter, illustrator, and sculptor
Amos Fries
1873–1963Second chief of the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Viroqua counts 11 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kickapoo 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
- Charles R. Savage: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Fries: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter Bean: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ludvig Hektoen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmer Kraemer: Tevaboi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons