#1Famous people · Dearborn Heights
Athletes stand out among the 7 famous people born in Dearborn Heights
Articles in 12 languages make the American ice hockey player Jordan Oesterle the best known. Second place goes to the American ice hockey goaltender Jason Bacashihua, third to Johnathan Hankins. The largest group, 5, was born since 1970. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 1.1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Jordan Oesterle
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1960
Martin H. Hiller
Youngest
1992
Garret Ross
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Dearborn Heights’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dearborn Heights’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dearborn Heights is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Dearborn Heights
Jordan Oesterle has articles in 12 languages, Jason Bacashihua in 9 and Johnathan Hankins in 5.
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Everyone else born in Dearborn Heights
Another 4, 2 of them athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Dearborn has the longest list next door: 63.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dearborn Heights 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 (10)
- Jordan Oesterle: Connormah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Bacashihua: Felix Roderer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnathan Hankins: Tom Hanny from Kinnelon, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garret Ross: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin H. Hiller: Jameswhunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Ford Coppola: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Nicholson: Wanda, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Jbara: Photo by Bill Kiefer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ninja: State Farm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Chidester: Scinsvche, CC0, Wikimedia Commons