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Famous people · Alma
10 famous people were born in Alma, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
At the top of the list is the American writer Betty Mahmoody, covered in 17 languages. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 10.6 for every 10,000 residents. Only 73 of the 502 towns in Michigan with anyone on record list more. Keegan Akin, born in 1995, is the youngest, and Pearl Fuller, born in 1881, the first on record.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Betty Mahmoody
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Pearl Fuller
Youngest
1995
Keegan Akin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Alma
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#2
#3Through the years
When Alma’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alma is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3 times as common.
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 Alma
Here are 7 more, born from 1881 to 1995.
Darin Mitchell
American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives
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Around it, St. Louis has the most people on record, 3 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alma 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 (7)
- Gary E. Luck: Russell Roederer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Rapson: possibly Herbert Matter as he took at least one portrait for this issue [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keegan Akin: Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darin Mitchell: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Kay Behm: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pearl Fuller: Alma College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Hartwick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons