Photo: Gnome70 · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Whitefish Bay is on the famous people list yet
Milwaukee, which borders it, has 29 on its list, the best known Gene Wilder. No town in Wisconsin lists more than Racine, with 85. After Racine, the next longest list in Wisconsin is Green Bay’s, with 57. 671 towns across Wisconsin can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Whitefish Bay), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Whitefish Bay has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Whitefish Bay
Milwaukee has the longest list next door: 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Whitefish Bay 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 (2)
- Gene Wilder: Warner Brothers/Tandem Production, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Abrahams: Eric Garcetti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons