#1Film, TV & Stage
Allen Ludden
1917–1981American television personality, actor, emcee and game show host
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Mineral Point
8 famous people were born in Mineral Point, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Best known of all is Allen Ludden, written about in 11 languages. The American actress Ethel Wright ranks second, ahead of Charles Wingender. Over 42 years of births, the list goes from Frederick B. Moorehead (1875) to Allen Ludden (1917). Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 31.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Allen Ludden
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Frederick B. Moorehead
Youngest
1917
Allen Ludden
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Mineral Point
Allen Ludden, Ethel Wright and Charles Wingender are written about in 11, 7 and 2 languages.
#1
#2CW#3
Sports
Charles Wingender
1884–1943American football and basketball coach and a lawyer
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Mineral Point’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mineral Point is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mineral Point
Another 5, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Mineral Point?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Mineral Point’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mineral Point 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)
- Allen Ludden: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethel Wright: Mayflower Photoplay Company / Select Pictures Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David William Hutchison: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick B. Moorehead: Harris & Ewing Photographs (Life time: unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Enzenroth: Rentschler's Studio (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons