#1Film, TV & Stage
Bill Haley
1925–1981American rock and roll music pioneer
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Famous people · Highland Park
40 famous people from Highland Park, many of them athletes
Bill Haley, the American rock and roll music pioneer, is the most widely known, written about in 52 languages. The American basketball player Steve Smith ranks second, ahead of Butch Hartman. Between 1920 and 1969, 35 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 46.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Bill Haley
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Wayne Brenkert
Youngest
1996
Del'Shawn Phillips
Most common field
Sports
24 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Highland Park’s famous people
Known worldwideBill Haley has a Wikipedia article in 52 languages.A town of athletesAmong the 40 people born here, 24 are athletes: 1.7 times the usual share.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 1996, among 19 since 1950.40 notable peopleHighland Park lists 40 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Highland Park
Bill Haley, Steve Smith and Butch Hartman are written about in 52, 28 and 27 languages.
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Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.7 times as common.
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 Highland Park’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 11.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsNotableScience & Medicine
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Highland Park
Another 37, the earliest born in 1898.
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A chosen home
Also called Highland Park home
One more notable person made the town home: Florence Signaigo Wagner.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Highland Park 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 (19)
- Bill Haley: Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Smith: Dirk_shoots_over_Traylor.jpg: David Herrera derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Butch Hartman: Putitonamap98, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Meadows: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adele Mara: w:Republic Pictures Corp. 1945. Photographer not credited. Studio publicity., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pepper Adams: John P. McCrady, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Wood: UPI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elvis Mitchell: sagindie from Hollywood, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George C. Lee: Fleer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Simmons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Campbell: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Joe Hill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary R. Dawson: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Barone: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Cruz: Wallstreethotrod at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Baker: Erik Daniel Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ike Delock: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Pea: TeachAIDS (http://TeachAIDS.org), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Brenkert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons