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Famous people · Lake Mills
6 famous people call Lake Mills their birthplace
Laura L. Kiessling, the American chemist, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969. From Louis Wescott Myers in 1872 to Laura L. Kiessling in 1960, the births cover 88 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 681 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Laura L. Kiessling
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Louis Wescott Myers
Youngest
1960
Laura L. Kiessling
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Lake Mills
Ranked by languages covered: Laura L. Kiessling with 6, then Carleton B. Joeckel with 3 and Jim Wilson with 3.
CJ#2
JW#3
Through the years
When Lake Mills’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lake Mills is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Lake Mills
3 more, from 1872 to 1932.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Waterloo, with 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Mills 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)
- Louis Wescott Myers: State of California, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everis A. Hayes: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Sullivan: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank E. Beatty: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons