#1Famous people · Milan
4 famous people were born in Milan from 1876 to 1996
The best known is the macedonian basketball player Ethan Happ, with articles in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Ken Bowman and Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Ethan Happ, the best known, was born in 1996. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 7.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ethan Happ
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Ralph Fletcher Seymour
Youngest
1996
Ethan Happ
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Milan
Ethan Happ has articles in 8 languages, Ken Bowman in 7 and Ralph Fletcher Seymour in 4.
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#3Writing & Arts
Ralph Fletcher Seymour
1876–1966American artist, author and publisher
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Milan’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Milan is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Milan
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Moline: 61.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milan 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 (4)
- Ethan Happ: Alexander Jonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Fletcher Seymour: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Berry: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Madison Keys: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons