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Famous people · Lincoln Park
Athletes stand out among the 6 famous people born in Lincoln Park
The best known is the comic book artist and writer Bill Morrison, with articles in 6 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Arnold Earley, third to Damian Surma. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 5 of them. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 1.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bill Morrison
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Doris Neal
Youngest
1981
Damian Surma
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Lincoln Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Lincoln Park is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 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 Lincoln Park’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lincoln Park
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Lincoln Park
3 more, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Wyandotte’s, at 34 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lincoln 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 (6)
- Glenn Goerke: University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Majors: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Ford Coppola: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Chidester: Scinsvche, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damond Smith: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Kiser: Bridget Samuels, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons