#1Film, TV & Stage
Dita Von Teese
born 1972American Egyptian burlesque dancer and model
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Famous people · Rochester
Athletes stand out among the 30 famous people born in Rochester
The best known is the American Egyptian burlesque dancer and model Dita Von Teese, with articles in 55 languages. Most were born since 1970: 24 of them. Only 21 of the 503 towns in Michigan with anyone on record list more. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 23.2 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Dita Von Teese
in 55 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Dwight V. Swain
Youngest
2002
Jake Davis
Most common field
Sports
20 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Rochester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rochester’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 10 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotableScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rochester
First, Dita Von Teese (55 languages), then Jacob Trouba (19) and Paul Davis (13).
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What Rochester is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rochester
Still to come: 27 more, from 1915 to 2002.
Ryan Claridge
born 1981American football player, educator, and high school football coach
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A chosen home
Also called Rochester home
One more notable person made the town home: Bobby Curtis.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Rochester Hills counts 10 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rochester 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)
- Dita Von Teese: 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Trouba: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Davis: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Varitek: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamison Jones: John Jones, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Fisher: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Jones: Jfvoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Davis: Ionyouimage, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Gibbons: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwight V. Swain: John Nesom / Greenleaf Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Janicki: Wilson Wong (Wikipedia user:Wwongbc), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Lelito: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avik Roy: New America, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Keselowski: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooke Van Poppelen: Dale Seever, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Curtis: John Nepolitian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Keselowski: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons