#1Famous people · Bad Axe
Bad Axe is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Helen Thompson Gaige, the American herpetologist, with articles in 8 languages. Close behind are David C. Clark and Howard Nugent. The list runs from Howard Nugent, born in 1879, to Robert Rapson, born in 1936. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 16.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Helen Thompson Gaige
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Howard Nugent
Youngest
1936
Robert Rapson
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Bad Axe
Helen Thompson Gaige has articles in 8 languages, David C. Clark in 4 and Howard Nugent in 3.
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When Bad Axe’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1890s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bad Axe is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bad Axe 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 (3)
- Helen Thompson Gaige: Le Clear photographic studio of Lansing, Michigan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David C. Clark: Florida Gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Nugent: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons