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Famous people · Ridgeway

3 famous people were born in Ridgeway

At the top of the list is the American basketball player-coach Tom Davis, covered in 4 languages. Evan Lewis is second and Jane Farwell third. Born in 1860, Evan Lewis is the first name on record, and Tom Davis, born in 1938, the most recent. The longest list in Wisconsin is Racine’s, with 85 names.

#2 best knownEvan LewisSports · 1860–1919
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Tom Davis
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Evan Lewis
Youngest
1938
Tom Davis
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Ridgeway

Athletes take two of the three places.

TD#1
Sports

Tom Davis

born 1938

American basketball player-coach

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Evan Lewis#2
Sports

Evan Lewis

1860–1919

American professional wrestler

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JF#3
Film, TV & Stage

Jane Farwell

1916–1993

Folk dance teacher

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ridgeway 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.

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