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Famous people · Sandusky

3 famous people were born in Sandusky

Jon Horst, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Colleen Howe and Gwen Frostic. The earliest on the list is Gwen Frostic, born in 1906, and the youngest Jon Horst, born in 1983. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 11.1 for every 10,000 residents.

Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jon Horst
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Gwen Frostic
Youngest
1983
Jon Horst
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Sandusky

Two of the three are athletes.

JH#1
Sports

Jon Horst

born 1983

American basketball player

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CH#2
Sports

Colleen Howe

1933–2009

Sports agent

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GF#3
Writing & Arts

Gwen Frostic

1906–2001

American artist

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sandusky 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.