#1Famous people · Macomb
18 famous people were born in Macomb, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
At the top of the list is the American board game designer Elizabeth Magie, covered in 36 languages. Second and third on the list are Marcus Dunstan and Al Sears. For every 10,000 residents the town has 12.1, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 746 towns in Illinois with famous people list more.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Elizabeth Magie
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Edward Thomas Noonan
Youngest
1996
Taylor Collins
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
The best known
Born in Macomb
Ranked by languages covered: Elizabeth Magie with 36, then Marcus Dunstan with 14 and Al Sears with 11.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Marcus Dunstan
born 1975American film director and screenwriter
14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Macomb’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Macomb is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 1.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Macomb
A further 15 follow, born between 1861 and 1996.
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Macomb City Township leads the towns around it, with 24 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Macomb and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Elizabeth Magie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Dunstan: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Sears: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Thomas Noonan: W. L. Bodine & Co. (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin B. Hampton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Senn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald C. Pogue: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kayleigh McKee: Kayleigh McKee, CC0, Wikimedia Commons