#1Famous people · Monroe
From 1842 to 1984, Monroe was the birthplace of 18 famous people
Most widely known is Nathan Farragut Twining, the united States general, with articles in 15 languages. Edwin Bingham Copeland and Clint Jones follow. The biggest group are leaders: 5. Fewer than a quarter of the 666 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Nathan Farragut Twining
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Janet Jennings
Youngest
1984
Clint Jones
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
The best known
Born in Monroe
Nathan Farragut Twining leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of Edwin Bingham Copeland (14) and Clint Jones (9).
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#3Through the years
When Monroe’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 3.
Politics & LawMilitaryNotableScience & MedicineSportsMusicWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Monroe is known for
Monroe has 4.7× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
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 Monroe
15 more names, born between 1842 and 1983.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Jordan has the most on record: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monroe 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 (8)
- Nathan Farragut Twining: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Bingham Copeland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clint Jones: Alexander Nilssen from Tromsø, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merrill B. Twining: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. H. Llewellyn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc A. Anderson: Gage Skidmore, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Perry A.C. Reed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar R. Olson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons