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Famous people · New Glarus
4 famous people were born in New Glarus
Articles in 3 languages make the American journalist Herbert Kubly the best known. Walter Schindler is second and Stan Zweifel third. Births span 1855 to 1952, from Theodore G. Streissguth to Stan Zweifel. No town in Wisconsin lists more than Racine, with 85.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Herbert Kubly
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Theodore G. Streissguth
Youngest
1952
Stan Zweifel
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in New Glarus
Ranked by languages covered: Herbert Kubly with 3, then Walter Schindler with 2 and Stan Zweifel with 1.
WS#2
Military
Walter Schindler
1897–1991Highly-decorated career officer in the United States Navy, who ultimately achieved the rank of Vice Admiral.
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SZ#3
Through the years
When New Glarus’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 1.
Writing & ArtsMilitarySportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What New Glarus is known for
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
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 New Glarus
1 more, best known first.
Theodore G. Streissguth
1855–1915American politician – Minnesota -- "T." Senate 1891-94 (District 18)
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Around it, Primrose has the most people on record, 2 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Glarus 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.
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- Robert M. La Follette: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons