Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin ranks 475th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cremona, Santos, São Paulo, and Szeged. Memorable people born in Madison, Wisconsin include John Bardeen, Liz Cheney, and Thornton Wilder. Memorable people who died in Madison, Wisconsin include Frank Herbert, Howard Martin Temin, and Otis Redding. Madison, Wisconsin has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many mathematicians, and writers. Madison, Wisconsin is located in United States.
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the second-most populous city in the state with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 census, while the Madison metropolitan area has an estimated 708,000 residents. With a downtown centrally located on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona, the city also encompasses Lake Wingra. Madison was founded in 1836 and is named after American Founding Father and President James Madison. It is the county seat of Dane County. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1897 and 1995, Madison, Wisconsin was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including John Bardeen, Liz Cheney, and Thornton Wilder. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Madison, Wisconsin including Frank Herbert, Howard Martin Temin, and Otis Redding.
People Born in Madison, Wisconsin
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John Bardeen
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1991
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 9
Liz Cheney
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 26
Thornton Wilder
WRITER
1897 - 1975
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 10
Chris Noth
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 19
Tyne Daly
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 15
Stacey Abrams
POLITICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 29
Rob Marshall
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 21
Chris Farley
ACTOR
1964 - 1997
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 7
Bradley Whitford
ACTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 20
Helene Madison
SWIMMER
1913 - 1970
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 11
Eric Heiden
SKATER
1958 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 18
Hendrik Wade Bode
ENGINEER
1905 - 1982
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Born in Madison, Wisconsin
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People Deceased in Madison, Wisconsin
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Frank Herbert
WRITER
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 8
Howard Martin Temin
BIOLOGIST
1934 - 1994
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 14
Otis Redding
SINGER
1941 - 1967
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 4
James Craig Watson
ASTRONOMER
1838 - 1880
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 6
Yi-Fu Tuan
GEOGRAPHER
1930 - 2022
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 15
Sewall Wright
BIOLOGIST
1889 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 5
Stephen Cole Kleene
MATHEMATICIAN
1909 - 1994
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 7
George Mosse
WRITER
1918 - 1999
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 2
Gerda Lerner
HISTORIAN
1920 - 2013
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1
Richard Hartshorne
GEOGRAPHER
1899 - 1992
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 13
Luther Allison
MUSICIAN
1939 - 1997
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 17
Walter Rudin
MATHEMATICIAN
1921 - 2010
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Madison, Wisconsin were actors (7), athletes (5), politicians (4), writers (3), and swimmers (2), while most who died were mathematicians (3), writers (2), biologists (2), geographers (2), and historians (2).
Occupational Trends
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 Chris Farley. 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 Chris Farley.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Madison, Wisconsin since 1700.
