#1Famous people · West Allis
Athletes stand out among the 19 famous people born in West Allis
At the top of the list is the American pianist Liberace, covered in 43 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Wisconsin have no one on record, but this one has 3.2 for every 10,000 residents. Liberace (1919) and Owen Turtenwald (1989) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Liberace
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Liberace
Youngest
1989
Owen Turtenwald
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about West Allis’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When West Allis’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 6 births.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicWriting & ArtsFaithPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What West Allis is known for
West Allis has 1.9× the usual share of athletes.
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 West Allis
Counted by languages, Liberace is ahead of Terry A. Davis and Dan Jansen: 43, 26 and 23.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Terry A. Davis
1969–2018American computer programmer
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in West Allis
The other 16 span the years 1927 to 1989.
Lionel Dahmer
1936–2023American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
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The best known from each town bordering West Allis.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Allis 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 (9)
- Liberace: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry A. Davis: Terrence Andrew Davis also known as Terry A. Davis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Jansen: Ineke Vogel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chellsie Memmel: TheBostonianLonghorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald J. Hying: Steubenville Conferences, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Pearson: Sk@te, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Kuenn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Wilder: Warner Brothers/Tandem Production, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Ingalls: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons