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MADISON

Most Famous People Born in Madison, United States

Notable people
567
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1950
Most distinctive
Skater 9.5×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Madison during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Madison Is Known For

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Politician is Madison's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (73).

Madison over-indexes on skater — 9.5× the global rate.

Madison under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician73
  2. Football54
  3. Actor36
  4. Baseball33
  5. Lawyer28
  6. Hockey26
  7. Basket21
  8. Business14
  1. Skater139.5×
  2. Baseball335.1×
  3. Hockey263.9×
  4. Basket212.9×
  5. Lawyer282.8×
  6. Novelist62.7×
  7. Physicist62.5×
  8. Business142.5×
  1. Writer130.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Madison's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0001 PHYSICIST

John Bardeen

1908 - 1991

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0022 ENGINEER

Hendrik Wade Bode

1905 - 1982

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0023 POLITICIAN

Wayne Morse

1900 - 1974

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0047 WRITER

Frederic Prokosch

1906 - 1989

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0053 POLITICIAN

Julius Albert Krug

1907 - 1970

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0074 NOVELIST

Armitage Trail

1902 - 1930

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0120 ANTHROPOLOGIST

E. Adamson Hoebel

1906 - 1993

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0140 BIOLOGIST

Richard E. Blackwelder

1909 - 2001

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0184 ACTOR

Douglas Evans (actor)

1904 - 1968

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0240 POLO

Charles McCallister

1903 - 1997

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0247 GOVERNOR

Richard Barrett Lowe

1902 - 1972

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0249 ARCHITECT

Charles E. Peterson

1906 - 2004

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0269 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Lauriston Sharp

1907 - 1993

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0301 HEIR

Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr.

1908 - 1930

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0325 ACTOR

Patterson Dial

1902 - 1945

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0329 WRITER

Irving D. Tressler

1908 - 1944

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0357 STUNT

Cliff Lyons (actor)

1901 - 1974

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0380 ROMANCIÈRE

Isabel Wilder

1900 - 1995

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0385 ACTOR

Bernardine Flynn

1904 - 1977

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0393 SPORT

John Carmichael (sportswriter)

1902 - 1986

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0395 SONGWRITER

Billy Moll

1905 - 1968

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0455 FOOTBALL

Bill Collins (American football)

1901 - 1976

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0472 BASEBALL

Carl Yowell

1902 - 1985

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0489 FOOTBALL

Henry Willegale

1901 - 1964

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0516 BASEBALL

Les Bartholomew

1903 - 1972

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0562 POLITICIAN

W. Turner Davis

1901 - 1988

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