#1Famous people · Port Huron
Port Huron counts 43 famous people, first among them Dennis Sullivan
At the top of the list is the American mathematician Dennis Sullivan, covered in 36 languages. Second and third on the list are Colleen Moore and Terry McMillan. The largest group, 19, was born between 1920 and 1969. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 15 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
43
notable people
Best known
Dennis Sullivan
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Henry McMorran
Youngest
2000
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Port Huron’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Port Huron’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 6 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicScience & MedicineFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Port Huron
Ranked by languages covered: Dennis Sullivan with 36, then Colleen Moore with 27 and Terry McMillan with 18.
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What Port Huron is known for
Business people stand out most, at 2.7 times the usual share.
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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Everyone else born in Port Huron
A further 40 follow, born between 1844 and 2000.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port Huron 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 (17)
- Dennis Sullivan: Gleuschk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colleen Moore: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry McMillan: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Campbell: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Obadiah Gardner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Motte: John Max Mena, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Cook: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Curnow: Dr. Blazer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry McMorran: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. McIntosh: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Burt D. Cady: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo John Trese: Clementeste, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Sines Vance: Time Inc., illustration by Boris Artzybasheff. Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues; see wikisource:Time (magazine)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Langdon McCormick: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Gosger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Cady Eaton: George G. Rockwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Billins: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons