#1Famous people · Livonia
Of the 28 famous people born in Livonia, an unusual share are athletes
Mike Modano, the American ice hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. Since 1970, 15 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 506 towns in Michigan with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Mike Modano
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
William Pitt Durfee
Youngest
2005
McKenzie Siroky
Most common field
Sports
17 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Livonia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Livonia’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 8.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicMilitaryBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Livonia is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Livonia
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Livonia
25 more, 15 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Livonia home
Born elsewhere, Elaine Donnelly lived here.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Farmington Hills has the longest list next door: 19.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Livonia 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 (8)
- Mike Modano: Paul Hoch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Kesler: CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thaddeus McCotter: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Palushaj: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Braithwaite: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Bedell: Dave Hogg at flickr.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Nicholson: Wanda, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Jbara: Photo by Bill Kiefer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons