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Photo: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Platteville
5 famous people call Platteville their birthplace
Cleve Cartmill, the American journalist, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second place goes to the American politician Tony Clark, third to Cosette Kies. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 4.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Cleve Cartmill
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Harry J. Wienbergen
Youngest
1971
Tony Clark
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Platteville
Cleve Cartmill, Tony Clark and Cosette Kies are written about in 4, 3 and 1 languages.
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Writing & Arts
Cosette Kies
1936–2004American writer, librarian, and academic
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Through the years
When Platteville’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Known for
What Platteville is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
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Everyone else born in Platteville
Still to come: 2 more, from 1900 to 1912.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Platteville 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.