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Famous people · Almont

The 4 famous people born in Almont, led by Mike Bishop

Mike Bishop, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Robert M. Shoemaker and Doug Carl. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14.1, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.

#1 best knownMike BishopPolitics & Law · born 1967
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Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Mike Bishop
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
Robert M. Shoemaker
Youngest
1967
Mike Bishop
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known

Born in Almont

Three names lead: Mike Bishop (11 languages), Robert M. Shoemaker (4) and Doug Carl (3).

Mike Bishop#1
Politics & Law

Mike Bishop

born 1967

American politician

11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Robert M. Shoemaker#2
Military

Robert M. Shoemaker

1924–2017

United States general

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DC#3
Politics & Law

Doug Carl

1951–1997

American politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Almont’s famous people were born

4 were born between 1920 and 1969, and the 1960s alone saw 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Mike BishopRobert M. Shoemaker
Politics & LawMilitary

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Almont is known for

Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.6 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 Almont

1 more, best known first.

DL

Dan Lauwers

born 1963

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Almont 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.

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