#1Famous people · Port Washington
13 famous people were born in Port Washington, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Josh Gasser, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Close behind are Janine P. Geske and M. Rickert. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10.3, while at least half the towns in Wisconsin list nobody born there. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Josh Gasser
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Vernon Biever
Youngest
1992
Josh Gasser
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Port Washington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Port Washington’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Port Washington
Counted by languages, Josh Gasser is ahead of Janine P. Geske and M. Rickert: 5, 4 and 4.
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Known for
What Port Washington is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 2.3 times.
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 Port Washington
The rest number 10, with 4 athletes among them.
Nick Newlin
born 1985American gridiron, soccer, rugby union and rugby league footballer, and baseball and basketball player
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Grafton has the most on record: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port Washington 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 (2)
- Josh Gasser: Richard Hurd, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaitlyn Verfuerth: OhanaUnitedTalk page, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons