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

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the 31st-most populous city in the United States and fifth-most populous city in the Midwest with a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, while the Milwaukee metropolitan area with over 1.57 million residents is the 40th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1883 and 2002, Milwaukee was the birth place of 94 globally memorable people, including Herbert A. Simon, Spencer Tracy, and Jeffrey Dahmer. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Milwaukee including Monte Blue, Erik Olin Wright, and John D. MacDonald.

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), actors (1), sociologists (1), soccer players (1), and inventors (1).

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

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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.