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Famous people · Gaylord

One famous person made Gaylord their home

One notable person lived here: Claude Shannon. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Gaylord. Famous people are on record for 507 of the towns in Michigan. The longest list of any town in Michigan belongs to Dearborn, with 63.

A chosen home

Also called Gaylord home

One more notable person made the town home: Claude Shannon.

Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon

1916–2001

American mathematician and information theorist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gaylord 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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