Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person yet from Pleasant Ridge
Over the border in Ferndale, 9 names are on record, led by Ron Carter. Dearborn’s 63 names make the longest list in Michigan. After Dearborn, the next longest list in Michigan is Muskegon’s, with 61. In all of Michigan, the famous people on record come from 506 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Pleasant Ridge), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Pleasant Ridge has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Pleasant Ridge
Ferndale leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Ridge 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 (1)
- Ron Carter: Kku, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons