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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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Milwaukee during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Milwaukee Is Known For
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Politician is Milwaukee's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (148).
Milwaukee over-indexes on baseball — 5.0× the global rate.
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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- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
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- Writing
- Music
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Arthur Callow
1869 - 1955
Gary Foote (músico)
Born 1962
Mark Massa
Born 1961
Ted Alevizos
1926 - 2009
William Luebke
1906 - 1960
Erwin C. Gerber
Born 1894
Thomas F. Ramsey
Born 1858
James W. Wahner
Born 1939
Edward F. Mertz
Born 1890
Paul Jaeger
Born 1891