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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 skater9.5× 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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567 notable people

0301 HEIR

Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr.

1908 - 1930

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0302 SKIER

Dorcas Denhartog

Born 1965

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0303 FOOTBALL

Lewie Hardage

1891 - 1973

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0304 SENATE

Fred Risser

Born 1927

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0305 PAINTER

Phyllis Bramson

Born 1941

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0306 POLITICIAN

Joe Parisi

Born 1960

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0307 CLIMATOLOGIST

Kim Cobb

Born 1974

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0308 POET

George Witte

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0309 HOCKEY

John Byce

Born 1967

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0310 HOCKEY

Scott Owens (ice hockey)

Born 1956

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0311 BUSINESS

Alexander Legge

1866 - 1933

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0312 ATHLETIC

Michelle Rohl

Born 1965

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0313 ACTOR

Nick Hawk

Born 1981

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0314 DANCER

D. Ray White

1927 - 1985

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0315 MILITAR

Horace L. McBride

1894 - 1962

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0316 MUSIC

Josh Portman

Born 1979

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0317 POLITICIAN

Howard Marklein

Born 1954

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0318 ECOLOGIST

Marty Crump

Born 1946

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0319 POET

Connie Wanek

Born 1952

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0320 BASEBALL

Gene Brabender

1941 - 1996

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0321 HISTORIAN

Thomas Trautmann

-

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0322 POLITICIAN

Sondy Pope-Roberts

Born 1950

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0323 COACH

Shirley Wilson

Born 1925

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0324 ADVOCATE

Jeff Erlanger

1970 - 2007

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0325 ACTOR

Patterson Dial

1902 - 1945

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0326 FOOTBALL

Jake Brendel

Born 1992

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0327 TRANSLATOR

Helen Weaver

Born 1931

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0328 COACH

Rod Carey

Born 1971

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0329 WRITER

Irving D. Tressler

1908 - 1944

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0330 SPORT

Dave Pasch

Born 1972

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0331 BASKET

Lisa Stone

Born 1962

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0332 BASEBALL

Dale Hackbart

Born 1938

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0333 POLITICIAN

Fran Ulmer

Born 1947

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0334 PHYSICIST

Clement D. Child

1868 - 1933

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0335 SCHOLAR

Eugene H. Merrill (academic)

Born 1934

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0336 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Sarah Beth James

Born 1989

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0337 FOOTBALL

Geno Hayes

Born 1987

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0338 ATHLETIC

Bobby Curtis (runner)

Born 1984

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0339 SKIER

Shelley Glover

1986 - 2004

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0340 COACH

Jim Myers

1921 - 2014

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0341 POLITICIAN

Charles H. Baker

1847 - 1919

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0342 MUSIC

Chris Broach

Born 1976

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0343 BASEBALL

Ken Frailing

Born 1948

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0344 SKIER

Jeremy Nobis

Born 1970

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0345 ACTOR

Ann Risley

Born 1949

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0346 POLITICIAN

Dale Schultz

Born 1953

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0347 BASEBALL

Oliver Cutts

1873 - 1939

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0348 FILM

Pascual Romero

Born 1980

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0349 SINGER

Ted Park

Born 1994

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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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0352 NOVELIST

David Allan Cates

Born 1956

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0353 POET

Stephen Roger Powers

Born 1974

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0354 POLITICIAN

Lance Carson

1945 - 2020

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0355 SKATER

Lori Monk

Born 1956

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0356 MOTORCYCLE

Blake Young (motorcyclist)

Born 1987

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0357 STUNT

Cliff Lyons (actor)

1901 - 1974

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0358 BUSINESS

Burton E. Green

1868 - 1965

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0359 FOOTBALL

Jack Ikegwuonu

Born 1986

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0360 JUDGE

Susan Brnovich

Born 1968

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0361 FOOTBALL

Casey Cramer

Born 1982

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0362 FOOTBALL

Alfred L. Buser

1888 - 1956

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0363 LAWYER

Kenneth Keller Hall

1918 - 1999

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0364 LAWYER

Oliver Ernesto Branch

1847 - 1916

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0365 BASEBALL

Corky Withrow

Born 1937

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0366 POLITICIAN

Mila Jasey

Born 1951

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0367 POLITICIAN

Steve Stadelman

Born 1976

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0368 SONGWRITER

James L. Papandrea

Born 1963

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0369 SOLDIER

Clinton Greaves

1855 - 1906

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0370 LAWYER

Donald James Porter

1921 - 2003

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0371 ECOLOGIST

Lincoln Brower

1931 - 2018

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0372 WRITER

Peter Duncan (écrivain)

1918 - 1994

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0373 LAWYER

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

Born 1965

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0374 FOOTBALL

Eric Studesville

Born 1967

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0375 HOCKEY

Eric Lampe

Born 1986

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0376 FOOTBALL

Scott Kooistra

Born 1980

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0377 ACTOR

Mark Hengst

Born 1981

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0378 OFFICER

Donald S. Jones

1928 - 2004

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0379 FILM

Pola Rapaport

Born 1958

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0380 ROMANCIÈRE

Isabel Wilder

1900 - 1995

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0381 POLITICIAN

Dianne Hesselbein

Born 1971

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0382 BASEBALL

Ed Barry (baseball)

1882 - 1920

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0383 FOOTBALL

Nate Wright

Born 1947

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0384 GEOLOGIST

John Duer Irving

1874 - 1918

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0385 ACTOR

Bernardine Flynn

1904 - 1977

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0386 MUSIC

Mark Hennen

Born 1951

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0387 BASEBALL

Charlie Chech

1878 - 1938

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0388 THEATRE

Lillian Trimble Bradley

1875 - 1959

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0389 FOOTBALL

Mike Hunt (American football)

Born 1956

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0390 FOOTBALL

Flint Fleming

Born 1965

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0391 POLITICIAN

Janis Ringhand

Born 1950

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0392 BASEBALL

Karl Pagel

Born 1955

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0393 SPORT

John Carmichael (sportswriter)

1902 - 1986

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0394 HOCKEY

Evan Stoflet

Born 1984

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0395 SONGWRITER

Billy Moll

1905 - 1968

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0396 FOOTBALL

Catherine Zimmerman

Born 1995

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0397 LAWYER

Patrick Borchers

Born 1961

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0398 MUSIC

James Creitz

Born 1957

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0399 BASEBALL

Lou Mahaffey

1874 - 1949

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0400 BASEBALL

Geep Chryst

Born 1962

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0401 POLITICIAN

Ron Stollings

Born 1955

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0402 MISSIONARY

Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints)

1801 - 1849

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0403 FOOTBALL

Greg Mattison

Born 1949

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0404 FOOTBALL

Ironhead Gallon

Born 1994

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0405 LAWYER

Mark Radcliffe (politician)

Born 1971

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0406 SWIMMER

Annabelle Cripps

Born 1968

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0407 FOOTBALL

Logan Ketterer

Born 1993

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0408 FOOTBALL

Bob Bruer

Born 1953

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0409 POLITICIAN

Joe Wineke

Born 1957

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0410 PIANIST

Gene Schroeder

1915 - 1975

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0411 BUSINESS

Aaron Patzer

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0412 HOCKEY

Jordan George

Born 1990

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0413 POLITICIAN

Dorothy Bradley

Born 1947

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0414 HOCKEY

Kevin Ulanski

Born 1982

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0415 SONGWRITER

Buddy Brown (musician)

Born 1982

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0416 SKATER

Misha Mitrofanov

Born 1997

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0417 INDUSTRIALIST

George Gordon Crawford

1869 - 1936

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0418 BUSINESS

Jeffrey Sprecher

Born 1956

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0419 WRITER

Cheryl Chapman

Born 1948

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0420 FOOTBALL

Daurice Fountain

Born 1995

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0421 FOOTBALL

Roman Brumm

1898 - 1981

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0422 POLITICIAN

Kathryn Morrison (legislator)

1942 - 2013

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0423 BIOINFORMATICIAN

David W. Bates

Born 1957

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0424 LAWYER

Timothy Brown (judge)

1889 - 1977

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0425 COMPOSER

Brian J. Nelson

Born 1967

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0426 FOOTBALL

Larry Hart (American football)

Born 1987

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0427 POLITICIAN

Keith Ripp

Born 1961

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0428 HOCKEY

Steffon Walby

Born 1972

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0429 FOOTBALL

Tim Stracka

Born 1959

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0430 LAWYER

George Muter

Died 1810

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0431 NAVY

Auzella Savage

1846 - 1882

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0432 POLITICIAN

Walter H. Jurgensen

1894 - 1973

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0433 LAWYER

Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.

1922 - 2000

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0434 HOCKEY

Luke Stauffacher

Born 1980

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0435 BASKET

Guy Sundt

1898 - 1955

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0436 FOOTBALL

Donnel Thompson

Born 1978

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0437 TRADE UNION

George Becker (labor leader)

1928 - 2007

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0438 FILM

Zachary Mortensen

Born 1972

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0439 MILITAR

Samuel S. Coursen

1926 - 1950

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0440 BASEBALL

Rick Reichardt

Born 1943

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0441 FOOTBALL

Tim Jordan (American football)

Born 1964

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0442 EMPLOYEE

Hononegah

1814 - 1847

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0443 HERPETOLOGIST

Richard Carl Vogt

Born 1949

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0444 LAWYER

Ashton Dovell

1885 - 1949

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0445 FOOTBALL

Tony Yelk

Born 1981

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0446 FOOTBALL

Clarence Esser

1925 - 2009

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0447 POLITICIAN

Carl R. Kimball

1876 - 1965

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0448 BIOCHEMIST

Mary Van Rensselaer Buell

1893 - 1969

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0449 COMPOSER

Sean Varah

Born 1968

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0450 FOOTBALL

Pete Schmitt

Born 1984

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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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0454 MINISTER

Spottswood Rice

1819 - 1907

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0455 FOOTBALL

Bill Collins (American football)

1901 - 1976

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0456 POLITICIAN

Scott Kelly (politician)

1927 - 2005

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0457 BUSINESS

John Geisse

1920 - 1992

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0458 MUSIC

Michael Dessen

Born 1967

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0459 LAWYER

Lori S. Wilbur

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0460 GOVERNMENT

Michael Gerhardt

Born 1956

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0461 BASEBALL

Ben Demott

1889 - 1963

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0462 POLITICIAN

Jeanne Kohl-Welles

Born 1942

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0463 HOCKEY

Julian Baretta

Born 1957

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0464 BUSINESS

John B. Pierce

1844 - 1917

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0465 BASEBALL

Sam Harshany

1910 - 2001

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0466 ACTOR

Dolly Leigh

Born 1991

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0467 BASKET

Mike Nelson (cestista)

Born 1986

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0468 BASKET

Ted Scalissi

1921 - 1987

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0469 SCREENWRITER

Derek Kolstad

Born 1974

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0470 POLITICIAN

Steven Haugaard

Born 1956

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0471 DESIGNER

Steven Schend

Born 1967

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0472 BASEBALL

Carl Yowell

1902 - 1985

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0473 SKATER

Dave Besteman

Born 1963

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0474 MUSIC

Carl Maguire

Born 1970

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0475 BASEBALL

George Levis

1894 - 1980

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0476 BASKET

Linda Burgess

Born 1969

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0477 VIROLOGIST

John T. Schiller

Born 1953

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0478 DRIVER

Don Williams (racing driver)

1947 - 1989

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0479 POLITICIAN

Patrick Testin

Born 1988

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0480 SURGEON

Henry D. Messer

1927 - 2014

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0481 BUSINESS

Shannon Zimmerman

Born 1972

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0482 BASEBALL

John Braun

1939 - 2011

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0483 AUTHOR

Sterling Long-Colbo

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0484 WRITER

Jean Blashfield Black

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0485 ARTIST

Peter DeMaria

Born 1960

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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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0488 LAWYER

Horace W. Wilkie

1917 - 1976

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0489 FOOTBALL

Henry Willegale

1901 - 1964

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0490 BASEBALL

George Washburn

1914 - 1979

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0491 OFFICER

Leo Hewlett Thebaud

1890 - 1980

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0492 POLITICIAN

Carol Roessler

Born 1948

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0493 WRITER

John C. Hunton

1839 - 1928

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0494 BASEBALL

Johnny Meador

1892 - 1970

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0495 BUSINESS

Richard E. Cross

1910 - 1996

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0496 BASKET

Sandy Botham

Born 1965

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0497 GENETICIST

Andrew Kasarskis

Born 1972

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0498 BUSINESS

San W. Orr Jr.

1941 - 2014

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0499 POLITICIAN

Marjorie R. Turnbull

Born 1940

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0500 OFFICER

Norma Elaine Brown

1926 - 2003

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0501 FOOTBALL

Dan Lanphear

1938 - 2018

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0502 POLITICIAN

Ole G. Kinney

1858 - 1922

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0503 FOOTBALL

Ken Starch

Born 1954

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0504 INVENTOR

Gregory Joseph Kessenich

1896 - 1958

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0505 LIEUTENANT

Robert Opie Lindsay

1894 - 1952

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0506 BASKET

Jay Eck

Born 1950

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0507 OFFICER

Ronald J. Kurth

1931 - 2020

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0508 JOURNALIST

Matt Peckham

Born 1972

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0509 FOOTBALL

Bob Morrow (American football)

1918 - 2003

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0510 BASEBALL

Phyllis Koehn

1922 - 2007

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0511 MUSIC

Brontez Purnell

-

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0512 FOOTBALL

Troy Kopp

Born 1971

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0513 OFFICER

John Higgins (admiral)

1899 - 1973

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0514 ROWER

Chris Sahs

Born 1970

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0515 POLITICIAN

Carolyn Nelson (politician)

Born 1937

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0516 BASEBALL

Les Bartholomew

1903 - 1972

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0517 POLITICIAN

Tia Nelson

Born 1956

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0518 ROCK

Otto Friedli

1931 - 2008

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0519 LIEUTENANT

Johnnie H. Corns

1936 - 2020

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0520 OFFICER

John R. Burke

1924 - 1993

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0521 BASEBALL

Shirley Stovroff

1931 - 1994

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0522 FOOTBALL

Bob Stefik

1923 - 2008

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0523 OFFICER

Albert T. Harris

1915 - 1942

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0524 AUTHOR

Barbara Fister

Born 1954

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0525 LAWYER

Edwin Wheeler

1828 - 1864

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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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0529 LAWYER

Matthew S. Dudgeon

1871 - 1949

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0530 POLITICIAN

Jerome B. Lammers

Born 1937

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0531 LAWYER

Margaret J. Vergeront

Born 1946

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0532 BASEBALL

Bill Lindsay (baseball)

1881 - 1963

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0533 POLITICIAN

Royal McCracken

Born 1941

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0534 ACTIVIST

Gertrude Newsome Jackson

1923 - 2019

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0535 FOOTBALL

Monte Smith

Born 1967

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0536 BASEBALL

Vern Geishert

Born 1946

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0537 MEDICAL

Sara Radcliffe

-

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0538 POLITICIAN

Robert Joseph Wells

1856 - 1941

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0539 BANK

David Austin Sayre

1793 - 1870

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0540 BIOLOGIST

Larry Lemanski

Born 1943

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0541 BUSINESS

Maurice Nelles

Died 30

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0542 SKATER

Kathryn Ann Lunda

Born 1957

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0543 BASEBALL

Bruce Christensen

Born 1948

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0544 BASKET

Bob Schwartz

1919 - 1995

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0545 BASEBALL

Bill Southworth

Born 1945

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0546 SKATER

Kay Lunda

Born 1957

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0547 OFFICER

Eugene L. Tattini

Born 1943

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0548 POLITICIAN

John Edward Mower

1815 - 1879

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0549 LAWYER

Henderson M. Somerville

1837 - 1915

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0550 ADMIRAL

Paul R. Norby

1913 - 2015

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0551 SINGER

Alma Cook (American singer)

Born 1991

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0552 MILITAR

Albert Taubert

-

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0553 GEOLOGIST

John W. Harbaugh

Died 2019

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0554 LAWYER

W. Patrick Donlin

Died 1996

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0555 BASEBALL

Archie Ware

1918 - 1990

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0556 POLITICIAN

John T. Lesley

1835 - 1913

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0557 CATCHER

Carl Holden

Born 1941

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0558 MISSING

Livingston C. Lord

1851 - 1933

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0559 BUSINESS

Kim Taylor (entrepreneur)

-

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0560 PSYCHIATRIST

August Sauthoff

1876 - 1950

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0561 FOOTBALL

Paul Feldhausen

Born 1946

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0562 POLITICIAN

W. Turner Davis

1901 - 1988

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0563 LAWYER

Greg Canuteson

Born 1967

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0564 PHYSICIST

Rogers H. Stolen

Born 1937

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0565 PAINTER

Adeline Albright Wigand

1852 - 1944

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0566 DRIVER

Dale Shaw

Born 1964

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0567 MINERALOGIST

Horace Winchell

1915 - 1993

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