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Nelson Wisconsin Downtown WIS35Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Nelson

No one from Nelson is on the famous people list yet

In Wisconsin, 645 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Wisconsin is Racine’s, with 85 names. After Racine, the next longest list in Wisconsin is Green Bay’s, with 57.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Nelson), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Nelson has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Nelson

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nelson 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.