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Milwaukee ranks 120th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mecca, Miami, and Rosario. Memorable people born in Milwaukee include Jeffrey Dahmer, Spencer Tracy, and Herbert A. Simon. Memorable people who died in Milwaukee include Christopher Latham Sholes, Erik Olin Wright, and Arthur MacArthur Jr.. Milwaukee has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many writers, and inventors. Milwaukee is located in United States.

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest. It is the central city of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the 40th-most populous metro area in the U.S. with 1.57 million residents. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1883 and 2002, Milwaukee was the birth place of 94 globally memorable people, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Spencer Tracy, and Herbert A. Simon. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Milwaukee including Christopher Latham Sholes, Erik Olin Wright, and Arthur MacArthur Jr..

People Born in Milwaukee

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Milwaukee were actors (24), basketball players (8), athletes (7), politicians (6), and musicians (6),  while most who died were writers (2), inventors (1), sociologists (1), military personnels (1), and musicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Milwaukee, including Gene Wilder, Jane Kaczmarek, and Heather Graham. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Milwaukee, including Spencer Tracy, Gene Wilder, and Jane Kaczmarek.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Milwaukee since 1700.