#1Famous people · Traverse City
Writers and artists stand out among the 30 famous people born in Traverse City
The best known is the American actor Jeremy Davies, with articles in 36 languages. 12 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 19.2 for every 10,000 residents. Births since 1970 account for 10 of the names.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Jeremy Davies
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Ezra Winter
Youngest
1993
Riley Bullough
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Traverse City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Traverse City’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageBusinessScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Traverse City is known for
Traverse City has 1.6× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Traverse City
Three names lead: Jeremy Davies (36 languages), Barry Watson (29) and Dan Majerle (25).
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Everyone else born in Traverse City
The other 27 span the years 1886 to 1993.
Eugene Power
1905–1993American entrepreneur, philanthropist, founder of the modern microfilm industry
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Traverse City 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 (8)
- Jeremy Davies: jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Majerle: Jdhhauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wayne: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Milliken: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chasten Buttigieg: MyCatIsAChonk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Townsend: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Sherman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Fisher: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons