Michigan
Michigan ranks 2,907th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Landau, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, and Hackney Central. Memorable people born in Michigan include Dean Cain, Charlotte Mineau, and Brian Acton. Memorable people who died in Michigan include Meindert DeJong. Michigan has been the birth place of many actors, and computer scientists and the death place of many writers. Michigan is located in United States.
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2), Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River. The state capital is Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit region in Southeast Michigan is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Other important metropolitan areas include Grand Rapids, Flint, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, the Tri-Cities, and Muskegon. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1983, Michigan was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Dean Cain, Charlotte Mineau, and Brian Acton. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Michigan including Meindert DeJong.
People Born in Michigan
Go to all RankingsDean Cain
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 1
Charlotte Mineau
ACTOR
1886 - 1979
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 2
Brian Acton
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3
Joe Carnahan
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 4
Richelle Mead
WRITER
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 5
Diane Birch
SINGER
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 6
Rebecca Jamieson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
HPI: 10.31
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Michigan
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Most individuals born in present day Michigan were actors (2), computer scientists (1), film directors (1), writers (1), and singers (1), while most who died were writers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Michigan, including Dean Cain. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Michigan, including Dean Cain, and Charlotte Mineau.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Michigan since 1700.