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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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0010 POLITICIAN

Tammy Baldwin

Born 1962

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0014 POLITICIAN

Liz Cheney

Born 1966

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0023 POLITICIAN

Wayne Morse

1900 - 1974

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0028 POLITICIAN

Stacey Abrams

Born 1973

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0029 POLITICIAN

Bill Foster (politician)

Born 1955

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0031 POLITICIAN

Robert M. La Follette Jr.

1895 - 1953

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0048 POLITICIAN

Richard Lamm

Born 1935

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0053 POLITICIAN

Julius Albert Krug

1907 - 1970

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0055 POLITICIAN

Philip La Follette

1897 - 1965

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0089 POLITICIAN

Theodore Christianson

1883 - 1948

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0091 POLITICIAN

Clyde H. Smith

1876 - 1940

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0103 POLITICIAN

Peter Early

1773 - 1817

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0124 POLITICIAN

Louis J. Brann

1876 - 1948

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0151 POLITICIAN

Alexander Duncan (politician)

1788 - 1853

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0160 POLITICIAN

Linn Banks

1784 - 1842

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0175 POLITICIAN

Ernest W. Roberts

1858 - 1924

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0179 POLITICIAN

Leonard G. Wolf

1925 - 1970

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0187 POLITICIAN

James W. Grant

Born 1943

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0189 POLITICIAN

Albert G. Schmedeman

1864 - 1946

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0206 POLITICIAN

Charles R. Robertson

1889 - 1951

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0209 POLITICIAN

William T. Schulte

1890 - 1966

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0211 POLITICIAN

Robert Stell Heflin

1815 - 1901

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0214 POLITICIAN

David R. Paige

1844 - 1901

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0230 POLITICIAN

Leonard S. Echols

1871 - 1946

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0231 POLITICIAN

Washington F. Willcox

1834 - 1909

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0243 POLITICIAN

Alexander Campbell Botkin

1842 - 1905

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0245 POLITICIAN

Stephen A. Cobb

1833 - 1878

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0261 POLITICIAN

Craig Hickman

Born 1967

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0276 POLITICIAN

Jennifer Gale

1960 - 2008

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0300 POLITICIAN

Rick Weiland

Born 1958

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0306 POLITICIAN

Joe Parisi

Born 1960

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0317 POLITICIAN

Howard Marklein

Born 1954

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0322 POLITICIAN

Sondy Pope-Roberts

Born 1950

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0333 POLITICIAN

Fran Ulmer

Born 1947

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0341 POLITICIAN

Charles H. Baker

1847 - 1919

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0346 POLITICIAN

Dale Schultz

Born 1953

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0350 POLITICIAN

John Perdue

Born 1950

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0351 POLITICIAN

Merrill K. Riddick

1895 - 1988

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0354 POLITICIAN

Lance Carson

1945 - 2020

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0366 POLITICIAN

Mila Jasey

Born 1951

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0367 POLITICIAN

Steve Stadelman

Born 1976

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0381 POLITICIAN

Dianne Hesselbein

Born 1971

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0391 POLITICIAN

Janis Ringhand

Born 1950

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0401 POLITICIAN

Ron Stollings

Born 1955

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0409 POLITICIAN

Joe Wineke

Born 1957

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0413 POLITICIAN

Dorothy Bradley

Born 1947

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0422 POLITICIAN

Kathryn Morrison (legislator)

1942 - 2013

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0427 POLITICIAN

Keith Ripp

Born 1961

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0432 POLITICIAN

Walter H. Jurgensen

1894 - 1973

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0447 POLITICIAN

Carl R. Kimball

1876 - 1965

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0451 POLITICIAN

Jason Crow

Born 1979

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0452 POLITICIAN

Eugene T. Wilson

1852 - 1925

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0453 POLITICIAN

Clifford Krueger

1918 - 1988

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0456 POLITICIAN

Scott Kelly (politician)

1927 - 2005

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0462 POLITICIAN

Jeanne Kohl-Welles

Born 1942

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0470 POLITICIAN

Steven Haugaard

Born 1956

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0479 POLITICIAN

Patrick Testin

Born 1988

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0486 POLITICIAN

Barbara Notestein

Born 1949

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0487 POLITICIAN

Jay P. Rolison Jr.

1929 - 2007

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0492 POLITICIAN

Carol Roessler

Born 1948

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0499 POLITICIAN

Marjorie R. Turnbull

Born 1940

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0502 POLITICIAN

Ole G. Kinney

1858 - 1922

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0515 POLITICIAN

Carolyn Nelson (politician)

Born 1937

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0517 POLITICIAN

Tia Nelson

Born 1956

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0526 POLITICIAN

Ed Gaunch

Born 1947

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0527 POLITICIAN

Robert Watson Landry

1922 - 2017

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0528 POLITICIAN

Levi Withee

1834 - 1910

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0530 POLITICIAN

Jerome B. Lammers

Born 1937

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0533 POLITICIAN

Royal McCracken

Born 1941

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0538 POLITICIAN

Robert Joseph Wells

1856 - 1941

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0548 POLITICIAN

John Edward Mower

1815 - 1879

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0556 POLITICIAN

John T. Lesley

1835 - 1913

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0562 POLITICIAN

W. Turner Davis

1901 - 1988

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