#1Famous people · Grosse Pointe Farms
Grosse Pointe Farms counts 3 famous people, first among them Meg White
Meg White, the American drummer, is the most widely known, written about in 35 languages. The cypriot-american figure skater Emilea Zingas ranks second, ahead of Joseph Leopold Imesch. From Joseph Leopold Imesch in 1931 to Emilea Zingas in 2002, the births cover 71 years. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Meg White
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1931
Joseph Leopold Imesch
Youngest
2002
Emilea Zingas
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Grosse Pointe Farms
By how many languages cover them, Meg White comes first (35), then Emilea Zingas (10) and Joseph Leopold Imesch (7).
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What Grosse Pointe Farms is known for
The largest field is Music, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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The most names next door are in Grosse Pointe: 31.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grosse Pointe Farms 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 (3)
- Meg White: John Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Harris: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antonio Cipriano: HM2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons