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Oakwood Blvd & Hanna St, Melvindale, Michigan (2014-02-23)Photo: Amin Eshaiker · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Melvindale

Melvindale is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Most widely known is Raymond Kalisz, the Catholic bishop, with articles in 7 languages. The other is Al Cicotte, the American baseball player. Next door, the list for Dearborn holds 63, David Burtka first. The oldest name on the list belongs to Raymond Kalisz, born in 1927, the newest to Al Cicotte, born in 1929.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Raymond Kalisz
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Raymond Kalisz
Youngest
1929
Al Cicotte
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known

Born in Melvindale

RK#1
Faith

Raymond Kalisz

1927–2010

Catholic bishop

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AC#2
Sports

Al Cicotte

1929–1982

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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Dearborn has the longest list next door: 63.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Melvindale 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.

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