#1Film, TV & Stage
Danny Thomas
1912–1991American actor, comedian, and humanitarian of Lebanese parentage
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Danny Thomas tops a list of 2 famous people born in Deerfield
Best known of all is Danny Thomas, written about in 23 languages. The other is Rachel Andresen, the founder of Youth For Understanding. Danny Thomas, born in 1912, is the youngest, and Rachel Andresen, born in 1907, the first on record. The longest list of any town in Michigan belongs to Dearborn, with 63.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Danny Thomas
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Rachel Andresen
Youngest
1912
Danny Thomas
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Film, TV & Stage
1 people
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Born in Deerfield
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Rachel Andresen
1907–1988Founder of Youth For Understanding
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Deerfield 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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- Danny Thomas: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons