#1Famous people · Whitewater
Whitewater’s famous people span 109 years: 7 births from 1848 to 1957
Franklin Hiram King, the American agronomist, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The list’s best known name, Franklin Hiram King, dates from 1848. Only 112 of the 681 towns in Wisconsin with anyone on record list more. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Franklin Hiram King
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
Franklin Hiram King
Youngest
1957
Dale Markham
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Whitewater
The three are covered in 5, 4 and 4 languages: Franklin Hiram King, Elaine Roe and Eva Kinney Griffith.
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Eva Kinney Griffith
1852–1918American journalist, temperance activist, novelist, editor, publisher
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Through the years
When Whitewater’s famous people were born
The 1850s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawNotableScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Whitewater is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Whitewater
The other 4 span the years 1857 to 1957.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Whitewater home
One more notable person made the town home: Eleazer Wakeley.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Whitewater 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)
- Franklin Hiram King: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elaine Roe: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Kinney Griffith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lewis Beach: Henry L. Garrigus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank S. Leffingwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleazer Wakeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons