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Famous people · Mequon
From 1852 to 1996, Mequon was the birthplace of 8 famous people
Most widely known is Anders Bjork, the American ice hockey player, with articles in 9 languages. The musician Willy Porter ranks second, ahead of Owen Miller. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The list’s best known name, Anders Bjork, dates from 1996.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Anders Bjork
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
William H. Timlin
Youngest
1996
Owen Miller
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Mequon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mequon’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 2.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mequon
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Mequon is known for
3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Mequon
The other 5 span the years 1852 to 1959.
Balthasar Henry Meyer
1866–1954U.S. government official and professor of sociology and economics
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The fullest list close by belongs to Milwaukee, with 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mequon 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 (7)
- Owen Miller: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balthasar Henry Meyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Kiekhaefer: CarlKiekhaefer.jpg: The original uploader was Bryce combs at English Wikipedia. derivative work: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Kenney: Students of the Creighton College of Law, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Timlin: John R. Berryman, ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Wilder: Warner Brothers/Tandem Production, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amadeus William Grabau: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons