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Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Bessemer
7 famous people come from Bessemer, Al Rossi the best known
At the top of the list is the American rower Al Rossi, covered in 13 languages. Close behind are Otto Binder and Jay W. Johnson. Fewer than a quarter of the 502 towns in Michigan with famous people list more. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Al Rossi
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Laurie Apitz
Youngest
1981
Pete Mattila
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Bessemer
Al Rossi has articles in 13 languages, Otto Binder in 9 and Jay W. Johnson in 7.
OB#2
JJ#3
Through the years
When Bessemer’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bessemer is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
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Everyone else born in Bessemer
4 more, 2 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bessemer 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.