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Photo: Gplehner · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Oconto Falls
4 famous people call Oconto Falls their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American football player George Burnside, covered in 3 languages. Don Reese is second and Eli Waldron third. The earliest on the list is George Burnside, born in 1899, and the youngest Jeffrey Mursau, born in 1954. For every 10,000 residents the town has 13.3, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
George Burnside
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
George Burnside
Youngest
1954
Jeffrey Mursau
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Oconto Falls
Athletes take two of the three places.
DR#2
EW#3
Writing & Arts
Eli Waldron
1916–1980American short story writer, journalist, poet, and visual artist
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Oconto Falls’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oconto Falls is known for
Share of Oconto Falls’s famous people in each 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 Oconto Falls
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oconto Falls 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 (1)
- John J. O'Hara: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons