#116 famous people from Menomonee Falls, many of them performers
Articles in 39 languages make the American actress and model Jessica Szohr the best known. The next two names are Richard Riehle and Vic Perrin. Most were born since 1970: 10 of them. Matt Henningsen, born in 1999, is the youngest, and Peter J. Somers, born in 1850, the first on record.
What stands out about Menomonee Falls’ famous people
What Menomonee Falls is known for
Performers stand out most, at 2.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
When Menomonee Falls’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Menomonee Falls
Jessica Szohr, Richard Riehle and Vic Perrin are written about in 39, 23 and 10 languages.
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#2Everyone else born in Menomonee Falls
13 more, 9 of them athletes.






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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Milwaukee’s, with 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Menomonee Falls 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 (13)
- Jessica Szohr: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Riehle: Germar Derron, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter J. Somers: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Borchardt: Creamygreen, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Bilicki: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Philippi: Artur Andrzej, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Henningsen: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robb Kahl: Gary Becker from Madison,WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Wilder: Warner Brothers/Tandem Production, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Ingalls: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Koepp: Claudette Barius, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry V. Schwalbach: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edwards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons





