#1Science & Medicine
Claude Shannon
1916–2001American mathematician and information theorist
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Famous people · Petoskey
Of the 17 famous people born in Petoskey, an unusual share are performers
Claude Shannon is the best known, with articles in 70 languages. The American actress Megan Boone ranks second, ahead of David Malpass. 6 of them were born since 1970. The largest group, 7, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Claude Shannon
in 70 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Bruce Catton
Youngest
1999
Parker Fairbairn
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Petoskey’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Petoskey
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
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What Petoskey is known for
Petoskey has 3× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
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 Petoskey’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Petoskey
14 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Petoskey home
One more notable person made the town home: John Tanton.
John Tanton
1934–2019American ophthalmologist, white nationalist and anti-immigration activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Petoskey 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)
- Claude Shannon: Jacobs, Konrad, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Boone: Thibault, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Malpass: Franz Mahr (World Bank), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Catton: Library of Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Bruce Cameron: Dtobias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Maier: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Tanton: w:User:FredElbel743, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons