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Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp · Photo: Elena Dagg · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Wixom
Vern Spencer, born in 1894, is Wixom’s famous person on record
In 1894, the American baseball player Vern Spencer was born. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. The nearest list is next door in Novi: 13 names, starting with Kaitlyn Maher.
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Vern Spencer
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Vern Spencer
Most common field
Sports
1 people
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Born in Wixom
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Of the towns around it, Novi has the most on record: 13.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wixom 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.
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- Connor Hellebuyck: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons