#1Famous people · Saginaw
Serena Williams and 50 more famous people were born in Saginaw
125 languages have an article about the American tennis player Serena Williams. Behind the leader come Stevie Wonder and Draymond Green. With 10 performers, the list holds 2.1 times the share found across U.S. towns. Births since 1970 account for 17 of the names.
Born here
51
notable people
Best known
Serena Williams
in 125 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Orpha-F. Deveaux
Youngest
1994
Tori Jankoska
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Saginaw’s famous people
Known worldwideSerena Williams has an article in 125 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of performers10 of the 51 people born here are performers, 2.1× the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 30 of them have been born here, the latest in 1994.51 notable peopleMore than most towns: 51 notable people were born in Saginaw.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Saginaw
Serena Williams has articles in 125 languages, Stevie Wonder in 99 and Draymond Green in 42.
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#2Music
Stevie Wonder
born 1950American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer
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#3Known for
What Saginaw is known for
Performers stand out most, at 2.1 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.
Through the years
When Saginaw’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 8 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saginaw
Here are 48 more, born from 1872 to 1994.
Ellen Schulz Quillin
1887–1970American botanist, author, educator and museum director
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Howard Mumford Jones
1892–1980U.S. writer, literary critic, and professor of English
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Spaulding Township has the most on record: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Saginaw 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 (15)
- Serena Williams: Edwin Martinez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stevie Wonder: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Draymond Green: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Richardson: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Roethke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenyon Martin: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- S. Epatha Merkerson: Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Armstrong: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian d'Arcy James: Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Algee Smith: Hollywood To You, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim McCoy: Columbia Pictures provided the photo to the Dixie Cup Company for use as a premium., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monty Brown: Mshake3 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Knoll: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Shannon: film screenshot (Eagle-Lion Films), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert D. Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons