#1Politics & Law
Betsy DeVos
born 1958American politician and philanthropist
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Famous people · Holland
Business people stand out among the 41 famous people born in Holland
Most widely known is Betsy DeVos, the American politician and philanthropist, with articles in 38 languages. 15 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Lane Hutson, born in 2004, is the youngest, and Gerrit J. Diekema, born in 1859, the first on record. Births since 1970 account for 12 of the names.
Born here
41
notable people
Best known
Betsy DeVos
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Gerrit J. Diekema
Youngest
2004
Lane Hutson
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Holland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Holland is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as business people, at 3.8 times.
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 Holland’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 6.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMilitaryWriting & ArtsMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Holland
Counted by languages, Betsy DeVos is ahead of Erik Prince and Kennedy McMann: 38, 25 and 17.
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#2Business
Erik Prince
born 1969American businessman, former US Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater
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Everyone else born in Holland
Another 38, the earliest born in 1859.
Franklin Cappon
1900–1961American college football player, college basketball player, college basketball coach, college football coach
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John Essebagger Jr.
1928–1951American soldier (1928–1951); United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Holland 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)
- Betsy DeVos: U.S. Dept. of Education, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Prince: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kennedy McMann: Adweek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa McMann: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Witkowski: Gspeed0689, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Zuverink: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerrit J. Diekema: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Malda: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Morley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Symmonds: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Desmond Morgan: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Van Peursem: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol van Voorst: Mark Stewart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Fredricks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Cappon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Essebagger Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Haveman: mihousegop, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wendell Alverson Miles: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Maentz: Photographer not named (unattributed photographs in the 1956 Michiganensian were taken by students working on the Michiganensian staff), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons