#1Business
Marissa Mayer
born 1975American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!
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Famous people · Wausau
Of the 35 famous people born in Wausau, an unusual share are writers and artists
Marissa Mayer is the best known, with articles in 51 languages. The next two names are Jalen Johnson and Gloria Coates. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 18 of them. From Frank Cramer to Grace Stanke, the births on the list run from 1861 to 2002.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Marissa Mayer
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Frank Cramer
Youngest
2002
Grace Stanke
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Wausau’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Wausau
Counted by languages, Marissa Mayer is ahead of Jalen Johnson and Gloria Coates: 51, 18 and 13.
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Sports
Jalen Johnson
born 2001American basketball player (born December 2001)
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#3Known for
What Wausau is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Wausau’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wausau
32 more names, born between 1861 and 2002.
Carl Eggebrecht
1893–1958American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wausau 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 (6)
- Marissa Mayer: TechCrunch_SF_2013_4S2A3709_(9725490621).jpg: TechCrunch derivative work: Regi51, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloria Coates: Dietrich Hilmi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elroy Hirsch: University of Wisconsin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Otto: Cohen's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Stanke: U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Leroy Johnson: California State Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons