#1Famous people · Prescott
From 1861 to 1968, Prescott was the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the American lawyer Horace Sweeney Oakley, with articles in 3 languages. Close behind are John Wallace and Heidi Swank. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 8.9 for every 10,000 residents. Horace Sweeney Oakley, the best known, was born in 1861.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Horace Sweeney Oakley
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Horace Sweeney Oakley
Youngest
1968
Heidi Swank
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Prescott
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1JW#2
HS#3
Through the years
When Prescott’s famous people were born
The 1860s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Prescott is known for
Prescott has 3.6× the usual share of leaders.
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 Prescott
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Oak Grove counts one famous person.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prescott 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)
- Horace Sweeney Oakley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons