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Famous people · Roseville

Roseville is the birthplace of 4 famous people

The best known is the Democratic politician from Michigan John Chirkun, with articles in 3 languages. Jeff Jackson and Mark Garalczyk follow. The earliest on the list is John Chirkun, born in 1952, and the youngest Mark Garalczyk, born in 1964. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 0.8 for every 10,000 residents.

Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Chirkun
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1952
John Chirkun
Youngest
1964
Mark Garalczyk
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Roseville

Athletes take two of the three places.

JC#1
Politics & Law

John Chirkun

born 1952

Democratic politician from Michigan

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JJ#2
Sports

Jeff Jackson

born 1955

American ice hockey coach

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MG#3
Sports

Mark Garalczyk

born 1964

American football defensive tackle and defensive end

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Roseville’s famous people were born

The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.

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Politics & LawSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Roseville is known for

Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.

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 Roseville

1 more, best known first.

RS

Richard Steenland

born 1962

American politician

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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Warren has the most on record: 30.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roseville 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.

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