#1Famous people · Okemos
Of the 7 famous people born in Okemos, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 7 languages make the American beauty pageant titleholder Alma Cooper the best known. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is James Hynes’, in 1955, and the last Alma Cooper’s, in 2002. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.7, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Alma Cooper
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1955
James Hynes
Youngest
2002
Alma Cooper
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Okemos’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Okemos’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Okemos is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.6 times as common.
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 Okemos
Alma Cooper has articles in 7 languages, Travis Bader in 7 and Evan Roth in 6.
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Everyone else born in Okemos
The other 4 span the years 1955 to 1988.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Lansing has the most people on record, 37 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Okemos 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 (7)
- Alma Cooper: Mark Getman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Bader: x97kruszka, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Roth: Alex Mandrila, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnathon Jones: MattCC716, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robyn Fralick: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Seagal: Svklimkin, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Silver: Nikita Sokolsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons