#1Famous people · McFarland
4 famous people were born in McFarland
Articles in 9 languages make the American biochemist Conrad Elvehjem the best known. Close behind are Jana Schneider and Steve Lacy (runner). Theodore G. Lewis, born in 1890, is the earliest name and Steve Lacy (runner), born in 1956, the latest. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.4, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Conrad Elvehjem
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Theodore G. Lewis
Youngest
1956
Steve Lacy (runner)
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in McFarland
First, Conrad Elvehjem (9 languages), then Jana Schneider (5) and Steve Lacy (runner) (4).
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Through the years
When McFarland’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 2 births.
Science & MedicineWriting & ArtsSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What McFarland is known for
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in McFarland
1 more, best known first.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McFarland 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 (5)
- Conrad Elvehjem: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jana Schneider: Evstafiev, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bardeen: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Vetter: _becaro_, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Halvor Steenerson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons