#1Famous people · West Bend
19 famous people were born in West Bend, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Lynn Roethke, the American judoka, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Close behind are Dave Steckel and Ward Christensen. Only 35 of the 679 towns in Wisconsin with anyone on record list more. Births since 1970 account for 5 of the names.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Lynn Roethke
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
Almah Jane Frisby
Youngest
2003
Courtney Rummel
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about West Bend’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When West Bend’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in West Bend
Lynn Roethke has articles in 9 languages, Dave Steckel in 8 and Ward Christensen in 7.
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#2WC#3
Notable
Ward Christensen
1945–2024Computer pioneer, invented Xmodem and co-invented BBS
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What West Bend is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 2.7 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 West Bend
Here are 16 more, born from 1857 to 2003.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Bend 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)
- Lynn Roethke: Todd Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Steckel: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florian Lampert: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred H. Hildebrandt: Billmckern, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Rohlinger: Biofreeze8 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Almah Jane Frisby: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew P. O'Meara: GEN_O'Meara,_Andrew_Pick.jpg: US Army derivative work: Connormah, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn Plitzuweit: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Teri Fahrendorf: Jeff Alworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons