#1Film, TV & Stage
Steven Seagal
born 1952American actor, martial artist, and film producer
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Famous people · Lansing
37 famous people were born in Lansing, more of them performers than in most towns
With articles in 127 languages, Steven Seagal is the most widely known. The largest group, 19, was born between 1920 and 1969. Frederic C. Lane (1900) and DeJuan Jones (1997) mark the two ends of the list. 15 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Steven Seagal
in 127 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Frederic C. Lane
Youngest
1997
DeJuan Jones
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
13 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Lansing’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Lansing
Ranked by languages covered: Steven Seagal with 127, then Magic Johnson with 83 and Burt Reynolds with 76.
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#2Sports
Magic Johnson
born 1959American basketball player and entrepreneur
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Known for
What Lansing is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 3.7 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 Lansing’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 9 births in the decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lansing
The other 34 span the years 1900 to 1997.
Tom Price
born 1954Former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Congressman of Georgia
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Andrew Beal
born 1952American banker, businessman, investor, and amateur mathematician
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A chosen home
Also called Lansing home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by John Geddert.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is East Lansing, at 18.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lansing 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 (11)
- Steven Seagal: Svklimkin, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Magic Johnson: Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Lillard: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Whitmer: LBJLibraryNow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hughes: Glenbrook North High School, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Price: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Huffman: Photo by Cody Glenn/Web Summit via Sportsfile©SPORTSFILE, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Alderman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Silver: Nikita Sokolsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alma Cooper: Mark Getman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Henry Ingersoll: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons