#1Film, TV & Stage
Jamie Hyneman
born 1956American special effects specialist and television host
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Famous people · Marshall
13 famous people were born in Marshall, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Jamie Hyneman leads the list, covered in 32 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 19.1, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there. The earliest on the list is Walter I. Hayes, born in 1841, and the youngest Ryan A. Conklin, born in 1985. Fewer than a quarter of the 502 towns in Michigan with famous people list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Jamie Hyneman
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
Walter I. Hayes
Youngest
1985
Ryan A. Conklin
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Marshall
Three names lead: Jamie Hyneman (32 languages), John Bellairs (12) and Kai Nielsen (9).
#1JB#2
Writing & Arts
John Bellairs
1938–1991American novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children
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#3Through the years
When Marshall’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSportsMilitaryFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marshall is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Another 10, 4 of them leaders.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with a name on record is Marengo Township.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marshall 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 (10)
- Jamie Hyneman: Okras, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kai Nielsen: عبدالعزيز العزب, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter I. Hayes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Robinson Awsumb: VikingB, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Hinebaugh: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Charameda: Pinomar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus W. Cole: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan A. Conklin: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Elmer Lehr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Tisdale Howard: Jay Rush, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons