#1Science & Medicine
Daniel Brandenstein
born 1943Retired American astronaut and test pilot
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Famous people · Watertown
18 famous people from Watertown, many of them leaders
Most widely known is Daniel Brandenstein, the retired American astronaut and test pilot, with articles in 23 languages. The largest group, 12, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Peter McGovern (1845) and Nate Oats (1974) mark the two ends of the list. Fewer than a quarter of the 680 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Daniel Brandenstein
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Peter McGovern
Youngest
1974
Nate Oats
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Watertown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Watertown is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Watertown
Counted by languages, Daniel Brandenstein is ahead of Joseph Edward Davies and Mary Lasker: 23, 16 and 16.
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Mary Lasker
1900–1994American health activist, art collector and founder of Lasker Awards
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Through the years
When Watertown’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitaryBusiness
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Everyone else born in Watertown
15 more, 4 of them athletes.
Billy Breakenridge
1846–1931American lawman, teamster, railroader, soldier and author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Watertown 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 (12)
- Daniel Brandenstein: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edward Davies: Terveuren, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Lasker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Merkle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meinhardt Raabe: The Oscar Mayer company., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Kasten: Kotabatubara at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Breakenridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Gill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. D. Blumenfeld: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Patrick Kenney: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Mulberger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Oats: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons