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MILWAUKEE

Most Famous People Born in Milwaukee, United States

Notable people
1,210
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1940
Most distinctive
Baseball 5.0×

Milwaukee's bench leans hard on mid-century brains and beer-league sport: a thick Baseball and Basket cohort traces back to the Braves-then-Brewers years and Marquette's old basketball powerhouse, while an outsized Lawyer class reflects the Gilded Age German-American legal scene that eventually sent a chief justice to the Supreme Court. The quieter Film vein belongs to the studio-era screenwriters and directors who filtered up through Chicago on their way to Hollywood.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 140 notable births.

What Milwaukee Is Known For

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Politician is Milwaukee's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (148).

Milwaukee over-indexes on baseball5.0× the global rate.

  1. Politician148
  2. Football111
  3. Actor82
  4. Baseball69
  5. Lawyer69
  6. Basket62
  7. Writer31
  8. Film29
  1. Baseball695.0×
  2. Basket624.1×
  3. Lawyer693.3×
  4. Officer182.3×
  5. Film291.9×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0601 COLLECTOR

Stanley J. Seeger

1930 - 2011

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0602 PRIEST

Augustine Francis Schinner

1863 - 1937

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0603 ACTOR

Emily Roeske

Born 1991

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0604 ADMINISTRATOR

Charles Wedemeyer

1911 - 1999

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0605 RUNNER

Lauren Kleppin

Born 1988

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0606 BASEBALL

Craig Kusick

1948 - 2006

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0607 POLITICIAN

Jim Steineke

Born 1970

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0608 COMPOSER

Joe Wong (musician)

Born 1980

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0609 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Ed Landing

Born 1949

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0610 BASKET

Ricky Franklin

Born 1987

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0611 OFFICER

Lester J. Maitland

1899 - 1990

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0612 PAINTER

Karl Priebe

1914 - 1976

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0613 BASEBALL

Joe Hauser

1899 - 1997

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0614 BASKET

Kwamain Mitchell

Born 1989

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0615 KING

Edward T. Foote II

1937 - 2016

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0616 POLITICIAN

David Bowen (Wisconsin)

-

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0617 WRITER

John Fricke

Born 1950

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0618 PHOTOGRAPHER

Andrea Star Reese

Born 1952

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0619 RADIO

Michael Dorf (entrepreneur)

-

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0620 FOOTBALL

Chris Foerster

Born 1961

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0621 BASKET

Carrington Love

Born 1994

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0622 SOLDIER

Einar H. Ingman Jr.

1929 - 2015

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0623 POLITICIAN

Christine Sinicki

Born 1960

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0624 BASKET

William Juneau

1879 - 1949

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0625 GOLF

Skip Kendall

Born 1964

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0626 FOOTBALL

Warren Giese

1924 - 2013

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0627 POLITICIAN

Tim Carpenter

Born 1960

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0628 KICKBOXER

Duke Roufus

Born 1970

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0629 HANDBALL

Robert Dean (handballer)

Born 1955

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0630 CAMPAIGN

Howard B. Cushing

1838 - 1871

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0631 BASEBALL

Bruce Froemming

Born 1939

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0632 FOOTBALL

Jeff Jagodzinski

Born 1963

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0633 PRIEST

Jerome J. Hastrich

1914 - 1995

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0634 HISTORIAN

Louise Phelps Kellogg

1862 - 1942

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0635 LAWYER

Mark Gundrum

Born 1970

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0636 INSTRUCTOR

Art Scholl

1931 - 1985

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0637 LAWYER

Norman Wengert

1916 - 2001

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0638 BIOGRAPHER

Lois Mark Stalvey

1925 - 2004

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0639 LAWYER

Michael B. Brennan

Born 1963

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0640 JOURNALIST

Bob Teague

1929 - 2013

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0641 BASKET

T. J. Otzelberger

Born 1977

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0642 MILITAR

Oscar Koch

1897 - 1970

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0643 LAWYER

Fred Kessler

Born 1940

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0644 BASEBALL

Red Wilson

1929 - 2014

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0645 SCIENTIST

Robert B. Pinter

1937 - 2001

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0646 SCULPTOR

Roy Staab

Born 1941

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0647 PROFESSOR

Joanna Bryson

Born 1965

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0648 FOOTBALL

Steve Avery (American football)

Born 1966

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0649 SCIENTIST

Susan Lynn Hefle

1959 - 2006

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0650 FOOTBALL

Bill Boedeker

1924 - 2014

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0651 MILITAR

Lutz Wahl

1869 - 1928

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0652 SOCIALIST PARTY

Angela Nicole Walker

Born 1974

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0653 PHYSICIST

Michael K. Moe

Born 1937

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0654 GOLF

Bob Mann (golfer)

Born 1951

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0655 DRIVER

Jon Herb

Born 1970

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0656 POLITICIAN

Josh Zepnick

Born 1968

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0657 ZOOLOGIST

Walter Charles Kraatz

1893 - 1970

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0658 MARINE

Robert J. Modrzejewski

Born 1934

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0659 FOOTBALL

Terry Brennan

Born 1928

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0660 PHILANTHROPIST

Elizabeth Plankinton

1853 - 1923

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0661 MUSIC

Mike Krol

-

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0662 SPORT

Anthony Williamsen

1880 - 1956

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0663 SPORT

Donte Jackson

Born 1997

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0664 OPERA

Marilyn Schmiege

Born 1948

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0665 JUDGE

Rebecca Bradley (judge)

Born 1971

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0666 SONGWRITER

Ari Herstand

Born 1985

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0667 FIRST LADY

Tonette Walker

Born 1955

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0668 FOOTBALL

Jim Jodat

1954 - 2015

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0669 ACTOR

Dan Davies

Born 1965

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0670 MAGAZINE

Shay Knuth

Born 1945

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0671 COMPOSER

Christopher Dallman

Born 1978

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0672 NOVELIST

Kris Radish

Born 1953

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0673 NOVELIST

Steve Weiner

Born 1947

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0674 SINGER

Yolanda Brown (singer)

1986 - 2007

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0675 FOOTBALL

Ron Drzewiecki

1933 - 2015

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0676 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert James Blattner

1931 - 2015

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0677 WRITER

Mary Helen Stefaniak

-

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0678 BASEBALL

Fred Luderus

1885 - 1961

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0679 LAWYER

Terence T. Evans

1940 - 2011

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0680 POLITICIAN

James McClinton

Born 1961

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0681 POLITICIAN

Meta Berger

1873 - 1944

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0682 PROFESSOR

Earl E. Rosenthal

1921 - 2007

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0683 SWIMMING

Katherine Whitney Curtis

1897 - 1980

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0684 WRITER

Steven Sampson

Born 1957

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0685 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Adolph Bading

1870 - 1946

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0686 WRESTLER

Matt Winchester

Born 1978

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0687 MUSIC

Jack Grassel

Born 1948

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0688 BASEBALL

George McBride

1880 - 1973

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0689 OFFICER

Augustus F. Gearhard

1893 - 1975

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0690 GEOLOGIST

Henry Barnard Kümmel

1867 - 1945

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0691 BASKET

Dave Quabius

1916 - 1983

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0692 POLITICIAN

Spencer Coggs

Born 1949

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0693 POLITICIAN

Gary George (Wisconsin politician)

Born 1954

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0694 GEOLOGIST

Eugene Domack

1956 - 2017

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0695 BASEBALL

Anton Falch

1860 - 1936

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0696 FOOTBALL

Jack Cichy

Born 1996

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0697 WRITER

Ira Madison III

Born 1986

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0698 DESIGNER

Abe Feder

1908 - 1997

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0699 SPORT

Frank Glieber

1934 - 1985

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0700 POLITICIAN

JoCasta Zamarripa

Born 1976

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0701 BASEBALL

Art Kores

1889 - 1974

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0702 FOOTBALL

Fred Miller (American football, born 1906)

1906 - 1954

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0703 POLITICIAN

Jason Fields

Born 1974

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0704 POLITICIAN

Don Pridemore

Born 1946

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0705 WRITER

Eleanor Mercein Kelly

1880 - 1968

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0706 ACTOR

Ben Seidman

Born 1984

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0707 FOOTBALL

Chuck Ortmann

1929 - 2018

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0708 BASEBALL

Fred Thomas (third baseman)

1892 - 1986

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0709 HISTORIAN

Harold C. Deutsch

1904 - 1995

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0710 FOOTBALL

Eric Kelly (American football)

Born 1977

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0711 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hazel Larsen Archer

1921 - 2001

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0712 FOOTBALL

Don Kindt

1925 - 2000

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0713 FOOTBALL

Jake Moreland

Born 1977

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0714 LAWYER

David Cullen (politician)

Born 1960

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0715 LAWYER

Mark W. Bennett

Born 1950

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0716 JOURNALIST

Ruth Mitchell

1888 - 1969

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0717 COACH

Arthur Guepe

1915 - 2001

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0718 FOOTBALL

Mel Maceau

1921 - 1981

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0719 ATTORNEY

Ed Hochuli

Born 1950

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0720 BASKET

Frank Zummach

1911 - 2012

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0721 POLITICIAN

Daniel Riemer

Born 1986

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0722 POLITICIAN

Jonathan Brostoff

Born 1983

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0723 WRITER

Anne Sayre

1923 - 1998

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0724 POLITICIAN

Michael Huebsch

Born 1964

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0725 ACTOR

John C. Becher

1915 - 1986

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0726 PHYSICIST

David J. McComas

Born 1958

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0727 ACTOR

Zale Parry

-

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0728 ENTREPRENEUR

Gregg Steinhafel

Born 1954

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0729 BASEBALL

Bob Botz

Born 1935

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0730 LAWYER

Timothy Stoen

Born 1938

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0731 POLITICIAN

Dave Schulz (politician)

1949 - 2007

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0732 ACTOR

Charlotte Zucker

1921 - 2007

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0733 ACTOR

Hisonni Johnson

Born 1984

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0734 TREASURER

Dawn Marie Sass

Born 1959

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0735 PAINTER

George Howell Gay

1858 - 1931

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0736 FOOTBALL

Dick Bilda

1919 - 1996

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0737 RESTAURATEUR

Kurt W. Schuller

Born 1955

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0738 EDITOR

Grafton K. Mintz

1925 - 1983

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0739 HISTORIAN

Theodore Saloutos

1910 - 1980

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0740 BASEBALL

Brick Owens

1885 - 1949

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0741 POLITICIAN

Stephen Nass

Born 1952

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0742 FOOTBALL

Tom Larscheid

Born 1940

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0743 BASKET

Jeremiah Rivers

Born 1987

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0744 SPORT

Gil Krueger

1929 - 2016

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0745 BASEBALL

Art Bues

1888 - 1954

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0746 WRITER

Tina Salaks

-

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0747 PAINTER

Angela von Neumann

1928 - 2010

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0748 MISSING

Frank Albert Young

1876 - 1941

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0749 BUSINESS

Matt Adamczyk

-

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0750 ACADEMIC

Howard W. Polsky

1928 - 2003

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0751 LAWYER

William C. Griesbach

Born 1954

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0752 BASEBALL

Trevor Enders

Born 1974

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0753 PRIEST

Louis Falk

Born 1935

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0754 POLITICIAN

Paul Farrow

Born 1964

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0755 POLITICIAN

Mark Brody

Born 1951

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0756 BASEBALL

Mike Hart (left-handed hitter)

Born 1958

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0757 POLITICIAN

Jim Ott

Born 1947

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0758 FOOTBALL

Dan Turk

1962 - 2000

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0759 BIOLOGIST

Daniel C. Tosteson

1925 - 2009

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0760 BASEBALL

Chet Laabs

1912 - 1983

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0761 BASEBALL

Don Pavletich

1938 - 2020

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0762 BUSINESS

Edmund B. Fitzgerald

1926 - 2013

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0763 MUSIC

Dan Nimmer

Born 1982

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0764 SINGER

Jackie Allen (musician)

Born 1959

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0765 MUSIC

Joe Sanders

Born 1984

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0766 ACTOR

John McGivern

Born 1954

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0767 BANDLEADER

Rick Germanson

Born 1972

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0768 BASKET

Jordan Poole

Born 1999

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0769 SPORT

Jacob Schaefer Sr.

1855 - 1910

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0770 FOOTBALL

Clem Neacy

1898 - 1968

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0771 SWIMMER

Austin Surhoff

Born 1990

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0772 FOOTBALL

Marwin Evans

Born 1993

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0773 SURGEON

James I. Ausman

Born 1937

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0774 MILITAR

Mark E. Mitchell

-

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0775 EXECUTIVE

Franklin Orth

1907 - 1970

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0776 FOOTBALL

Pat Curran (American football)

Born 1945

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0777 POLITICIAN

Sheldon Wasserman

Born 1961

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0778 BASKET

Todd Lindeman

Born 1972

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0779 BASEBALL

Otto Schomberg

1864 - 1927

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0780 RACING

Bill Tempero

Born 1944

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0781 ACTOR

Marcus Monroe

Born 1985

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0782 JOURNALIST

Ben Calhoun

Born 1979

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0783 LAWYER

Robert Emmet Tehan

1905 - 1975

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0784 BUSINESS

Pat Ryan (executive)

Born 1936

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0785 ECONOMIST

Charles Nelson (Ökonom)

Born 1942

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0786 POLITICIAN

Roger Stewart

Born 1931

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0787 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

George Logemann

1938 - 2012

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0788 FOOTBALL

Dave Smith (fullback)

Born 1937

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0789 JOURNALIST

Don L. Johnson

1927 - 2006

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0790 POLITICIAN

John C. Pritzlaff Jr.

1925 - 2005

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0791 EMPLOYEE

Jack Chojnacki

Born 1941

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0792 SPORT

Gil Brandt

Born 1933

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0793 PATHOLOGIST

Harold F. Dvorak

Born 1937

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0794 POLITICIAN

Jay Kerttula

1928 - 2020

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0795 FOOTBALL

Dare Ogunbowale

Born 1994

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0796 ACTOR

Chad Gabriel

Born 1975

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0797 BASEBALL

Vivian Anderson (baseball)

1921 - 2012

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0798 LAWYER

Ken Kratz

Born 1960

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0799 POLITICIAN

Joan Ballweg

Born 1952

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0800 JOURNALIST

Ned Day

1945 - 1987

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0801 FOOTBALL

Ray Kuffel

1921 - 1974

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0802 ACTOR

Lillian Knight

1883 - 1946

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0803 BASEBALL

Red Kleinow

1877 - 1929

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0804 JUDGE

Thomas Hruz

Born 1973

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0805 INVENTED

Frank Miller (cryptographer)

1842 - 1925

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0806 COMPOSER

Molly Kien

Born 1979

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0807 ENGINEER

Phil Krueger

Born 1951

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0808 LAWYER

Patricia S. Curley

Born 1946

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0809 MISSING

Deb Hoffmann

Born 1965

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0810 BASKET

Haskell Noyes

1886 - 1948

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0811 WRITER

James W. Cleary

1927 - 2007

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0812 BANK

Thom Weisel

Born 1941

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0813 MASON

Alan Merten

1941 - 2020

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0814 FOOTBALL

Neil Worden

Born 1931

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0815 BASEBALL

J. T. Bruett

Born 1967

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0816 FOOTBALL

Chuck Belin

Born 1970

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0817 FOOTBALL

Johnny Strzykalski

1921 - 2002

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0818 ARTIST

Daniel Stein (mime)

Born 1952

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0819 BASEBALL

Steve Ziem

Born 1961

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0820 SCREENWRITER

Paul Gangelin

1898 - 1961

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0821 ASSEMBLY

Rod Johnston

Died 2018

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0822 BASEBALL

Mandy Brooks

1897 - 1962

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0823 SINGER

Anna Ecklund

Born 1882

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0824 BUSINESS

Mark Honadel

Born 1956

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0825 DRIVER

Augie Pabst

Born 1933

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0826 POLITICIAN

Dan Knodl

Born 1958

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0827 ACADEMIC

Dennis H. Klatt

1938 - 1988

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0828 BASEBALL

Joe Just

1916 - 2003

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0829 BUSINESS

James Goldstein

Born 1940

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0830 BASKET

Chris Charles (basketball)

Born 1981

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0831 POLITICIAN

John Sharpless

Born 1945

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0832 ACTOR

Jay Jostyn

1905 - 1977

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0833 COACH

John W. Breen

1907 - 1984

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0834 ALDERMAN

Michael McGee Jr.

Born 1969

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0835 POLITICIAN

Leo Krzycki

1881 - 1966

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0836 MUSIC

Billy Wallace (Pianist)

1929 - 2017

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0837 GOLF

Joyce Ziske

Born 1934

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0838 POLITICIAN

Dismas Becker

1936 - 2010

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0839 FILM

E. J. Babille

1883 - 1970

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0840 POLITICIAN

Mike Kuglitsch

Born 1960

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0841 BASEBALL

Amos Cross

1860 - 1888

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0842 ENGINEER

Mark Gottlieb (politician)

Born 1956

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0843 BASEBALL

Jarred Kelenic

Born 1999

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0844 WRESTLER

Jake Milliman

-

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0845 AUTHOR

Arlene Swidler

Born 1929

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0846 POLITICIAN

Tony Zielinski

Born 1961

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0847 POLITICIAN

George Hambrecht

1871 - 1943

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0848 RESTAURATEUR

Paul Bartolotta

Born 1961

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0849 DRIVER

Peter Cunningham (racing driver)

Born 1962

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0850 BOXER

Tyrone Trice

Born 1963

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0851 NOVELIST

Gertrude Sanborn

1881 - 1928

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0852 FOOTBALL

Dave Levenick

Born 1959

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0853 BASEBALL

Paul Schramka

1928 - 2019

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0854 BOTANIST

Hugh Carson Cutler

1912 - 1998

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0855 POLITICIAN

Thomas G. Reynolds

Born 1956

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0856 OFFICER

Abraham DeSomer

1884 - 1974

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0857 FILM

Jozef K. Richards

Born 1989

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0858 JOURNALIST

Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

-

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0859 SONGWRITER

Erik Scott

Born 1948

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0860 POLITICIAN

Ken Skowronski

-

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0861 BASEBALL

Gus Krock

1866 - 1905

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0862 BASKET

Quemont Greer

Born 1981

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0863 ASTRONOMER

Gerald Kron

1913 - 2012

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0864 OFFICER

Arno H. Luehman

1911 - 1989

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0865 FOOTBALL

Joey Julius

Born 1995

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0866 POLO

Robert Uihlein Jr.

1916 - 1976

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0867 PHOTOGRAPHER

Herman V. Wall

1905 - 1997

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0868 WRITER

Kathryn Finney

-

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0869 POLITICIAN

Peggy Krusick

Born 1956

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0870 DIPLOMAT

Richard Paul Momsen

1891 - 1965

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0871 FOOTBALL

Bill Stetz

Born 1945

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0872 BASKET

Rosalind Ross

1980 - 2010

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0873 BIOCHEMIST

Jerome Vinograd

1913 - 1976

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0874 FOOTBALL

Dan Stebbins

Born 1969

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0875 OFFICER

Zoe Dunning

Born 1963

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0876 FOOTBALL

Rick Potter

Born 1938

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0877 FOOTBALL

Steve Wagner (American football)

Born 1954

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0878 CARTOONIST

Jim Mitchell (cartoonist)

Born 1949

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0879 BANK

Edward J. Zore

Born 1945

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0880 FOOTBALL

Ken Kranz

1923 - 2017

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0881 BUSINESS

Paul Gollash

-

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0882 MISSING

Jim Van Eerden

Born 1964

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0883 JOURNALIST

Mark Curtis (broadcaster)

Born 1959

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0884 FOOTBALL

Shannon Smyth

Born 1987

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0885 BASEBALL

Joe Mathes

1891 - 1978

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0886 ACTOR

James Harrison (acteur)

1891 - 1986

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0887 JOURNALIST

Jeff Gillan

Born 1957

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0888 NUN

Elizabeth Hirschboeck

1903 - 1986

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0889 BASEBALL

Bob Mavis

1918 - 2005

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0890 PLAYER

Miriam Steever

-

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0891 OFFICER

Frank Ellis Bamford

1865 - 1932

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0892 RAPPER

IshDARR

Born 1996

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0893 PRIEST

Tomasz Gnat

1936 - 2017

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0894 BASEBALL

Bob Scherbarth

1926 - 2009

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0895 SOLDIER

Katherine Jashinski

Born 1982

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0896 COACH

Jack Wink

1922 - 1995

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0897 FOOTBALL

Al Klug

1920 - 1957

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0898 BUSINESS

Charles F. Pfister

1859 - 1927

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0899 MISSIONARY

William Henry Lacy

1858 - 1925

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0900 BUSINESS

William Kasik

1920 - 1986

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