Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin ranks 443rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Erfurt, Salzburg, and Kawasaki, Kanagawa. Memorable people born in Madison, Wisconsin include John Bardeen, Thornton Wilder, and Chris Noth. Memorable people who died in Madison, Wisconsin include Frank Herbert, Otis Redding, and Howard Martin Temin. Madison, Wisconsin has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many mathematicians and writers. Madison, Wisconsin is located in United States.
Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 269,840, making it the second-most populous city in Wisconsin after Milwaukee, and the 80th-most populous in the United States. The Madison metropolitan area had over 680,000 residents in 2020. The city is named for American Founding Father and President James Madison. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1897 and 1991, Madison, Wisconsin was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including John Bardeen, Thornton Wilder, and Chris Noth. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Madison, Wisconsin including Frank Herbert, Otis Redding, and Howard Martin Temin.
People Born in Madison, Wisconsin
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John Bardeen
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 1
Thornton Wilder
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 2
Chris Noth
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 3
Tyne Daly
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 4
Eric Heiden
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 5
Bradley Whitford
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 6
Hendrik Wade Bode
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 7
Rob Marshall
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 8
Stacey Abrams
1973 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 9
Chris Farley
1964 - 1997
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 10
Patrick Rothfuss
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 11
Helene Madison
1913 - 1970
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Madison, Wisconsin
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Peter Mueller
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 18
Nick Eversman
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.78
Rank: 25
Ray McCallum Jr.
1991 - Present
HPI: 19.66
Rank: 26
People Deceased in Madison, Wisconsin
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Frank Herbert
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 1
Otis Redding
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 2
Howard Martin Temin
1934 - 1994
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 3
George Mosse
1918 - 1999
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 4
Stephen Cole Kleene
1909 - 1994
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 5
Richard Hartshorne
1899 - 1992
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 6
Yi-Fu Tuan
1930 - 2022
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 7
Sewall Wright
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 8
James Craig Watson
1838 - 1880
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 9
Gerda Lerner
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 10
Walter Rudin
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 11
Luther Allison
1939 - 1997
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Madison, Wisconsin
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Most individuals born in present day Madison, Wisconsin were actors (7), writers (3), politicians (3), athletes (3), and swimmers (2), while most who died were mathematicians (3), writers (2), biologists (2), geographers (2), and musicians (2).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Madison, Wisconsin, including Chris Noth, Tyne Daly, and Bradley Whitford. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Madison, Wisconsin, including Chris Noth, Tyne Daly, and Bradley Whitford.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Madison, Wisconsin since 1700.
