ML#1
Famous people · Somers
Somers counts 5 famous people, first among them Margaret Landon
Margaret Landon is the best known, with articles in 16 languages. The American lawyer and politician William H. Flett ranks second, ahead of Conrad Shearer. The biggest group are leaders: 4. Only 156 of the 653 towns in Wisconsin with anyone on record list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Margaret Landon
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Isaac T. Bishop
Youngest
1903
Margaret Landon
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Somers
Two of the three are leaders.
WF#2
Politics & Law
William H. Flett
1856–1911American lawyer and politician
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Somers’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Somers is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.8 times.
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 Somers
Another 2, 2 of them leaders.
Tip McGuire
American Democratic politician, Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Kenosha has the longest list next door: 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Somers 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 (3)
- Conrad Shearer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac T. Bishop: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orson Welles: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons