#1Famous people · Warren
Leaders stand out among the 30 famous people born in Warren
Articles in 21 languages make the American ice hockey player Doug Weight the best known. Brian Maisonneuve and John Smoltz follow. 18 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 2.2 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Doug Weight
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Alexander Joseph Groesbeck
Youngest
1994
Teo Redding
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Warren’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Warren’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 11 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Warren is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
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 Warren
Doug Weight, Brian Maisonneuve and John Smoltz are written about in 21, 19 and 14 languages.
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John Smoltz
born 1967American Hall of Fame baseball pitcher and sportscaster
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Warren
Still to come: 27 more, from 1873 to 1994.
Rachel Komisarz
born 1976American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, coach
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Detroit lists the most people: 28.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Warren 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 (16)
- Doug Weight: Dan4th Nicholas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Maisonneuve: Jay eyem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Smoltz: apardavila, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Hunwick: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Herta: Manningmbd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Hess: Daniel Mattes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Taormina: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Joseph Groesbeck: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Garagiola: Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly M. Schulz: Marylandstater, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Bieda: Karen Majewski from Hamtramck, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Idalski: Lakeland PBS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Ford Coppola: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derian Hatcher: The original uploader was Gator414 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry M. Linenger: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Yanez: Hyanez57, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons