#1Famous people · Plymouth
8 famous people were born in Plymouth from 1887 to 1987
Tony Evers leads the list, covered in 22 languages. The next two names are Ben Paulsen and Vera Eugenia Andrus. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there. The list’s best known name, Tony Evers, dates from 1951.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Tony Evers
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Emil R. Fischer
Youngest
1987
Ben Paulsen
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Plymouth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Plymouth’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Plymouth
First, Tony Evers (22 languages), then Ben Paulsen (6) and Vera Eugenia Andrus (6).
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Known for
What Plymouth is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Plymouth
5 more names, born between 1887 and 1985.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Sheboygan Falls: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Plymouth 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 (5)
- Tony Evers: Tony Evers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Paulsen: David on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Schwartz: Oomwa at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emil R. Fischer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Weisse: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons