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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 80 notable births.

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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0002 ACTOR

Bradley Whitford

Born 1959

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0005 ACTOR

Chris Noth

Born 1954

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0007 SKATER

Eric Heiden

Born 1958

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0019 FILM

Mary Sweeney

Born 1953

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0024 COMPOSER

Joel McNeely

Born 1959

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0025 SKATER

Beth Heiden

Born 1959

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0029 POLITICIAN

Bill Foster (politician)

Born 1955

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0035 SKATER

Connie Carpenter-Phinney

Born 1957

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0040 SKATER

Peter Mueller (speed skater)

Born 1954

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0043 SWIMMER

Jim Montgomery (swimmer)

Born 1955

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0045 ACTOR

Mary Hart

Born 1950

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0059 FILM

Bruce Wagner

Born 1954

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0060 SAXOPHONIST

John Jorgenson

Born 1956

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0069 COMICS

Steve Rude

Born 1956

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0076 ACTIVIST

Annie Laurie Gaylor

Born 1955

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0080 SINGER

Max Carl

Born 1950

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0082 CHOREOGRAPHER

Karole Armitage

Born 1954

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0086 ACTOR

Tohoru Masamune

Born 1956

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0096 HOCKEY

Bob Suter

1957 - 2014

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0100 COMPOSER

Scott Johnson (composer)

Born 1952

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0111 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Gary King (political scientist)

Born 1958

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0115 ECOLOGIST

Pamela Matson

Born 1953

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0131 SCREENWRITER

Steven Grant

Born 1953

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0135 MUSHER

Libby Riddles

Born 1956

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0139 WRITER

Randy Paul Gage

Born 1959

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0141 SWIMMER

Steve Furniss

Born 1952

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0142 SKATER

Dan Immerfall

Born 1955

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0143 BUSINESS

David J. Lesar

Born 1953

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0149 MATHEMATICIAN

Steven Kerckhoff

Born 1952

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0153 COMPOSER

Brent Michael Davids

Born 1959

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0155 ACTOR

Kevin James (pornographic actor)

1954 - 1990

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0158 ROWER

Carie Graves

Born 1953

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0164 BASKET

Steve Green (basketball)

Born 1953

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0195 SCREENWRITER

Paul Manning (TV producer)

1959 - 2005

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0198 BUSINESS

Mary Burke

Born 1959

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0201 SOCIOLOGIST

William Freudenburg

1951 - 2010

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0204 WRITER

James Byron Huggins

Born 1959

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0219 FOOTBALL

Dave Stalls

Born 1955

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0223 ILLUSTRATOR

Jeff Butler

Born 1958

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0225 DANCER

Jesco White

Born 1956

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0251 SPORT

Jerry Schemmel

Born 1959

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0256 FOOTBALL

Sammy Winder

Born 1959

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0263 PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Goin

Born 1951

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0265 ASSEMBLY

Gary Hebl

Born 1951

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0266 FOOTBALL

Gordon King

Born 1956

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0270 WRITER

Anne-Marie O'Connor

Born 1959

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0273 SINGER

Hobo Jim

Born 1952

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0274 LAWYER

Robin Davis

Born 1956

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0300 POLITICIAN

Rick Weiland

Born 1958

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0310 HOCKEY

Scott Owens (ice hockey)

Born 1956

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0317 POLITICIAN

Howard Marklein

Born 1954

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0319 POET

Connie Wanek

Born 1952

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0322 POLITICIAN

Sondy Pope-Roberts

Born 1950

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0346 POLITICIAN

Dale Schultz

Born 1953

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0350 POLITICIAN

John Perdue

Born 1950

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0352 NOVELIST

David Allan Cates

Born 1956

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0355 SKATER

Lori Monk

Born 1956

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0366 POLITICIAN

Mila Jasey

Born 1951

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0379 FILM

Pola Rapaport

Born 1958

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0386 MUSIC

Mark Hennen

Born 1951

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0389 FOOTBALL

Mike Hunt (American football)

Born 1956

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0391 POLITICIAN

Janis Ringhand

Born 1950

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0392 BASEBALL

Karl Pagel

Born 1955

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0398 MUSIC

James Creitz

Born 1957

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0401 POLITICIAN

Ron Stollings

Born 1955

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0408 FOOTBALL

Bob Bruer

Born 1953

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0409 POLITICIAN

Joe Wineke

Born 1957

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0418 BUSINESS

Jeffrey Sprecher

Born 1956

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0423 BIOINFORMATICIAN

David W. Bates

Born 1957

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0429 FOOTBALL

Tim Stracka

Born 1959

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0460 GOVERNMENT

Michael Gerhardt

Born 1956

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0463 HOCKEY

Julian Baretta

Born 1957

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0470 POLITICIAN

Steven Haugaard

Born 1956

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0477 VIROLOGIST

John T. Schiller

Born 1953

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0503 FOOTBALL

Ken Starch

Born 1954

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0506 BASKET

Jay Eck

Born 1950

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0517 POLITICIAN

Tia Nelson

Born 1956

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0524 AUTHOR

Barbara Fister

Born 1954

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0542 SKATER

Kathryn Ann Lunda

Born 1957

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0546 SKATER

Kay Lunda

Born 1957

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