#1Film, TV & Stage
Dick Lane
1899–1982American actor and television announcer
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Famous people · Rice Lake
Rice Lake counts 19 famous people, first among them Dick Lane
Dick Lane, the American actor and television announcer, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. The American basketball player Henry Ellenson ranks second, ahead of John G. Blystone. Between 1920 and 1969, 9 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 21 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Dick Lane
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Clay Perry
Youngest
1997
Henry Ellenson
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Rice Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rice Lake’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rice Lake
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
John G. Blystone
1892–19381892–1938; American film director
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Known for
What Rice Lake is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
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Everyone else born in Rice Lake
Of the other 16, 6 are athletes.
Jason Rae
born 1986Democratic National Committee member from the state of Wisconsin
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John W. Vaudreuil
born 1954NotableWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rice Lake 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 (10)
- Dick Lane: United Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ellenson: FCBQ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John G. Blystone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Olsen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Foster Friess: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Rae: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Engel: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Dietz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Conley: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Vaudreuil: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons