#1Writing & Arts
Mary Cynthia Dickerson
1866–1923American herpetologist, museum curator and magazine editor
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Famous people · Hastings
8 famous people were born in Hastings from 1854 to 1965
Mary Cynthia Dickerson is the best known, with articles in 13 languages. Second and third on the list are Gordon Johncock and Angela Rigas. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10.6, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there. The longest list in Michigan is Dearborn’s, with 63 names.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Mary Cynthia Dickerson
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
Loyal Edwin Knappen
Youngest
1965
Dave Joppie
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Hastings
Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Gordon Johncock and Angela Rigas are written about in 13, 10 and 3 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Hastings’s famous people were born
The 1860s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hastings is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.8 times.
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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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hastings 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 (6)
- Mary Cynthia Dickerson: Taken by a Fifth Avenue photographic studio in New York City., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Johncock: Ted Van Pelt from Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Rigas: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loyal Edwin Knappen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Joppie: Joel Dinda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Rehor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons