#1Famous people · Viroqua
11 famous people were born in Viroqua, most of them between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the American musician and record producer Butch Vig, covered in 27 languages. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 24.6 for every 10,000 residents. Only 74 of the 653 towns in Wisconsin with anyone on record list more. James Gillett (1860) and Jill Soltau (1967) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Butch Vig
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
James Gillett
Youngest
1967
Jill Soltau
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Viroqua’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Viroqua’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Viroqua
Ranked by languages covered: Butch Vig with 27, then Chris Mulkey with 23 and Mark C. Lee with 19.
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What Viroqua is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.3 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 Viroqua
A further 8 follow, born between 1860 and 1967.
Amos Fries
1873–1963Second chief of the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service
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Loren Oldenburg
born 196521st century American politician, Wisconsin State Assembly
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Viroqua 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 (7)
- Butch Vig: Holywood56, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark C. Lee: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gillett: Bushnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Fries: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Field: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Oldenburg: Zachary Mott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William V. Weber: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons