DB#1
Film, TV & Stage
David Burtka
born 1975American actor and professional chef
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Famous people · Dearborn
Business people stand out among the 63 famous people born in Dearborn
The best known is the American actor and professional chef David Burtka, with articles in 33 languages. Since 1970, 31 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Cynthia Clark Wedel, born in 1908, and the youngest Alice Meichi Li, born in 2000. Among the 502 towns in Michigan with anyone listed, none has more.
Born here
63
notable people
Best known
David Burtka
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Cynthia Clark Wedel
Youngest
2000
Alice Meichi Li
Most common field
Sports
28 people
What stands out about Dearborn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dearborn is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as business people, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Dearborn’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 12.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableBusinessWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dearborn
Three names lead: David Burtka (33 languages), Garrett Clayton (25) and Johnny Pacar (21).
#2Film, TV & Stage
Garrett Clayton
born 1991American actor, singer and dancer
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JP#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dearborn
Another 60, 28 of them athletes.
Suzanne Sena
born 1963American television news anchor, correspondent, and actress
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Ralph Archbold
1942–2017Philadelphia-area speaker best known for his impersonation of U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dearborn 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 (30)
- Garrett Clayton: Nicole Alexander, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Rafalski: FutureNJGov at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Warbasse: Martino Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Fiolek: Gerald Geronimo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Iafrate: SickKids Foundation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frankie Andreu: Joe Papp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Smith: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Lowe: Djh57, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Smith: Chan-Fan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Giraud: Stephy8605, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Tamer: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Matheson: ABC Television., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abdullah Hammoud: Moeqas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph M. Martin: Monica King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Saleh: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Haz Al-Din: Alexander Dugin (Internacional), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzanne Sena: Suzannesena, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William K. Black: Kristen Hellstrom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art James: ABC Television Uploaded by Ronzoni at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dakota Joshua: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Ehrlich: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald Wiegert: Jeremy of Area Seven Productions, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Pagliaroni: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Vigilante: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert L. McKenzie: LarryLegend1998, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Presley: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradley Horowitz: Julia de Boer / The Next Web, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Ford Coppola: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Oesterle: Connormah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Chidester: Scinsvche, CC0, Wikimedia Commons