#1Famous people · Three Rivers
Jack Perrin tops a list of 10 famous people born in Three Rivers
At the top of the list is the American actor Jack Perrin, covered in 12 languages. 4 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 502 towns in Michigan with famous people list more. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Jack Perrin
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Carlos E. Dexter
Youngest
1976
Matt Thornton
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Three Rivers’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Three Rivers’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Three Rivers
Jack Perrin leads with articles in 12 languages, ahead of Matt Thornton (7) and Charles Collingwood (4).
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What Three Rivers is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
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Everyone else born in Three Rivers
Still to come: 7 more, from 1842 to 1972.
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Fabius Township has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Three Rivers 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 (5)
- Jack Perrin: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Thornton: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Collingwood: U. S. State Department - downloaded by Geeino, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Blackstone, Jr.: David Belenzon-management, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Eldridge: University of Michigan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons