4 famous people were born in Omro
The best known is the American baseball player Louis Leroy, with articles in 3 languages. Second place goes to the American admiral and chaplain Alvin B. Koeneman, third to Delbert Philpott. Born in 1853, Frank Challoner is the first name on record, and Alvin B. Koeneman, born in 1933, the most recent. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 11 for every 10,000 residents.

Born in Omro
Louis Leroy leads with articles in 3 languages, ahead of Alvin B. Koeneman (2) and Delbert Philpott (2).
#2When Omro’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Omro is known for
The largest field is Military, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Omro
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Omro 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)
- Alvin B. Koeneman: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons