#1Famous people · St. Johns
Leo Burnett tops a list of 8 famous people born in St. Johns
Articles in 26 languages make the American advertising executive Leo Burnett the best known. Second and third on the list are Robert Asprin and Valde Garcia. Jayci Simon, born in 2005, is the youngest, and George A. Steel, born in 1862, the first on record. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 10.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Leo Burnett
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
George A. Steel
Youngest
2005
Jayci Simon
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about St. Johns’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When St. Johns’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 1.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessMilitarySportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in St. Johns
Leo Burnett leads with articles in 26 languages, ahead of Robert Asprin (17) and Valde Garcia (3).
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#2Writing & Arts
Robert Asprin
1946–2008American science fiction and fantasy author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Johns 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 (6)
- Leo Burnett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Asprin: Sharon72015, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Houghton: The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding: John G. Little, author. States Publications Society (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George A. Steel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael VanRooyen: Wikireadia989, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons