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Hillcrest Country Club (4/3/08)			...that Groucho Marx joined Hillcrest Country Club even though it was willing to have him as a member?
John T. Elson (9/27/09)			... that John T. Elson, who famously asked, "Is God Dead?" in 1966, is dead at age 78?
Death by coconut (7/28/13)			... that according to an urban legend, coconuts kill more people than sharks each year?
William Shakespeare (4/1/10)			... that William Shakespeare was nicknamed "The Merchant of Menace"?
William H. Lewis (5/4/09)			... that William H. Lewis (pictured) became the first African-American college football player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve as U.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1911?

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1. Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly (10/10/23)		47,461	... that Yank pin-ups (example pictured) were distributed to American military personnel during World War II to promote morale?
2. Double entendre songs (1/1/21)		13,757 + 6,108 + 6,308 + 6,080 + 5,306 = 37,559	... that a ranking of the greatest double-entendre songs of all time included "Big Long Slidin' Thing" by Dinah Washington (pictured), "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" by Bessie Smith, "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" by the Swallows, "Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)" by Wynonie Harris, and "Big Ten Inch Record" by Aerosmith?
3. Selene Mahri (10/1/23)		35,567	... that Finnish-American model Selene Mahri (pictured) married three millionaires and is credited with inventing the saying "Marriage is a question of give and take. You give. I take"?
4. Frances Vorne (9/12/23)		28,618	... that a photograph of Frances "The Shape" Vorne wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute (pictured) was one of the most sought-after pin-ups of World War II?
5. Max Stephan (2/21/24)		27,435	... ... that Max Stephan was sentenced to death for aiding a Nazi pilot who had escaped from a prisoner of war camp?
6. Emil Gross (7/23-7/24/14)		25,861	... that Emil Gross set a Major League Baseball record by appearing in 87 games as catcher?
7. USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame inductees (2/7/21)		25,857 (3,826 + 2,504 + 3,421 + 979 + 924 + 707 + 806 + 743 + 807 + 11,140)	... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included a WASP pilot, a World War II Marine, a "Chickie", a Hall of Fame lacrosse player, a world-champion softball player, an All-College basketball player, the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States, a professor and a valedictorian of Ursinus College, and a resident of Atlantis (pictured)?
8. Hazelwood massacre (8/14/22)		25,760	... that the 1971 Hazelwood massacre was the largest mass murder in the history of "Murder City"?
9. Clarence Chesterfield Howerton (8/28/13)		23,019	... that Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, aka Major Mite (pictured), was billed as the world's smallest man?
10. Vincent Mroz (12/3/12)		23,000	... that United States Secret Service agent Vincent Mroz shot an attempted presidential assassin in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history"?
11. Millard House (8/28/08)		21,783	... that Frank Lloyd Wright said of the Millard House (pictured) that he "would rather have built this little house than St. Peter's in Rome"?
12. Henri Salmide (3/19/10)		21,112	... that Heinz Stahlschmidt was credited with saving 3,500 French lives when he refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux and instead blew up the munitions bunker, killing approximately 50 Germans?
13. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (9/30/20)		20,907	... that Leon Uris called Rod Serling's In the Presence of Mine Enemies "the most disgusting presentation in the history of American television" and demanded that the negative be burned? (29,426 for all linked terms)
14. Charlie Bennett (7/15-7/16/14)		20,537	... that the baseball career of Charlie Bennett (pictured), who reportedly invented the chest protector, ended when both legs were run over by a train?
15. The Italian (1915 film), George Beban (10/5/09)		14,100 + 6,002 = 20,102	... that the 1915 film The Italian tells the story of an immigrant played by George Beban (pictured) who goes to America in search of fortune but finds a "Darwininan jungle" on New York's Lower East Side?
16. Martha Holliday (8/27/23)		19,858	... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (shown) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"?
17. Rock Road massacre (8/21/22)		18,932	... that a livestock auctioneer and former Army sharpshooter shot and killed seven family members in the Rock Road massacre?
18. Forbidden Area (11/5/20)		18,272	... that Rod Serling's Forbidden Area (actor pictured), a nuclear-war thriller, launched the four-year run of a series voted in 1970 as "the greatest television series of all time"?
19. Deacon McGuire (7/24/14)		17,330	... that an x-ray of catcher Deacon McGuire's gnarled left hand (pictured) showed "36 breaks, twists or bumps all due to baseball accidents"?
20. Court-martial of William T. Colman (9/25/22)		17,025	... that the court-martial of William T. Colman, the commander of a U.S. air base, created a storm of protest when he was merely reduced in rank after shooting a black soldier?
21. LAHCM in SFV (9/30/08)		13,664 + 770 = 14,567	... that a tower of 2,000 wooden Schlitz beer pallets described as "a rotting vestige of one man's egotism" that festers "like a sore on the community's body" is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument?
22. Ernest Allmendinger (2/10/09)		14,326	... that American football player "Aqua" Allmendinger (pictured), once described as "a young giant in perfect physical condition," acquired his nickname after working as a waterboy for railroad building crews?
23. Marshall Newell (6/1/09)		14,200	... that "Ma" Newell (pictured), one of the few four-year All-Americans in college football history, was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897?
24. Garden Gnome Liberationists (12/17/08)		14,200	... that the leader of the French Garden Gnome Liberation Front was given a suspended sentence after the group "liberated" over 150 garden gnomes in 1997?
25. Troy axe murders (9/14/22)		14,138	... that in the Troy axe murders a former fireman killed his wife, five-year-old daughter, and five stepchildren and left love notes on their bodies?
26. Michigan QBs (12/5/10)		14,000 total	... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a Brigadier General decorated for valor in World War I, the brother of a famous novelist, one of the founders of General Motors, the physician at a Kimberly-Clark mill, the son of the Governor of Wyoming, a steamboat builder, a Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias (pictured) and a sheep rancher from Walla Walla? McNeil led with 4,400 and Morrow followed at 2,300
27. Joanne Siegel (3/4/11)		13,600	... that Joanne Siegel was the original model for Lois Lane and later married Superman's co-creator?
28. The Strike (8/7/22)		13,512	... that "The Strike" (1954), about an American officer's turmoil in ordering an air strike on his own men, was rated as Rod Serling's best script he had written to date?
29. Dummy Taylor (9/2/11)		13,403	... that Dummy Taylor, once the highest salaried deaf person in the United States, was ejected from a baseball game for cursing out the umpire in sign language?
30. William Wilson Talcott (12/4/10)		13,247	... that ice cream manufacturer William Wilson Talcott (pictured) killed himself by jumping from an excursion steamer into Lake Michigan with rocks in his pockets after he was unable to extricate his wife from a "love cult" in 1922?
31. Sacco-Vanzetti Story (10/1/20)		13,149	... that the 1960 television play Sacco-Vanzetti Story was called "one of the most controversial ever seen on television"?
32. The Plot to Kill Stalin (10/5/20)		12,951	... that the Soviet Union called The Plot to Kill Stalin "filthy slander" and retaliated by closing the CBS news bureau in Moscow?
33. SS Catalina (7/14/08)		12,887	... that SS Catalina, after reportedly carrying more passengers than any other ship anywhere, has been stuck half-submerged in Ensenada, Mexico for more than ten years?
34. Thomas S. Hammond (3/30/10)		12,500	... that American football player Tom Hammond (pictured) always played without protective padding, saying "I want them to feel my bones"?
35. 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team (11/5/10)		12,200	... that 10 players from the 1902 "Point-a-Minute" Michigan football team (pictured), which outscored opponents 644–12, became head coaches?
36. Walter D. Graham (12/17/10)		11,800	... that Michigan football player "Octy" Graham (pictured) at age 16 was called a "young Hercules" after "gripping machines did not register high enough to show his strength"?
37. Murder of the DeLisle children (10/20/22)		11,625	... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head?
38. Breakers Hotel (Long Beach) (9/29/09)		11,500	... that the Sky Room atop the Breakers Hotel (pictured) was the local Airwatch headquarters in World War II?
39. Encino Oak Tree (10/6/08)		11,416	... that Los Angeles police were sent to guard the remains of the 1000-year-old Encino Oak Tree, a victim of "slime flux", after it was felled by an El Niño storm in 1998?
40. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (10/17/20)		11,238	... that a 1953 television special broadcast simultaneously on NBC and CBS attracted 60 million viewers and was called "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s"?
41. Clara Williams (10/6/09)		11,200	... that silent film star Clara Williams (pictured), known for her "forty famous frocks", appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1918?
42. Charles F. Watkins (3/25/11)		10,800	... that Michigan Wolverines baseball player and coach Charles F. Watkins sustained severe burns from an X-ray machine, which ultimately resulted in his death?
43. Luke Matheny (3/4/11)		10,590	... that Luke Matheny, whose hair was described as "a vast black bouffant that makes him look like an untidy microphone", began his Academy Award acceptance speech by joking, "I should've gotten a haircut"?
44. Weldy Walker (6/7/12)		10,348	... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker, the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
45. Len Ford (10/3/14)		10,233	... that in his NFL debut season, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Len Ford (pictured) was injured so severely in a game he required plastic surgery to "virtually rebuild" his face?
46. Lil Stoner (3/3/21)		10,047	:... that "smokeball artist" Lil Stoner (pictured) was also known for his skill in baking and growing flowers?
47. 1955 Hillsdale Dales football team, Nate Clark (12/2/21)		10,041 (7,189 + 2,858)	... that the undefeated 1955 Hillsdale Dales football team declined a Tangerine Bowl bid because the bowl insisted that four black players—including national scoring leader Nate Clark—stay home?
48. Eugene Goodman (1/27/21)		10,003	.. that Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman has been credited with having "saved American Democracy" on January 6, 2021? (also received 105,788 views, 1/20-1/23)
49. A Town Has Turned to Dust (10/9/20)		9,915	... that sponsors refused to back the lynching story A Town Has Turned to Dust until writer Rod Serling moved the setting out of the South and changed the victim from black to Mexican?
50. Dale Haney (11/1/22)		9,802	... that Dale Haney has walked presidential pooches from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Joe Biden's Commander and safeguarded George W. Bush's pets during the September 11 attacks?
51. San Dimas Hotel (9/4/08)		9,667	... that the 33-room San Dimas Hotel (pictured) built in 1887 never had a paying guest due to a land boom that never occurred?
52. 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers football team (12/28/23)		9,659	... that the No. 1–ranked 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers, "college football's nerdiest contender", featured players with pigtails and a drawn-on blue mustache, a friar's haircut, and Harry Potter cosplay?
53. Battle of San Buenaventura (5/24/22)		9,525	... that the Battle of San Buenaventura was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "quirky skirmish ... that emptied the mission of wine and left its adobe walls pockmarked by cannon fire"?
54. The Green Pastures (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (12/14/20)		9,491	... that The Green Pastures (1957) (advertisement pictured) was critiqued in the white Southern press for having "bowed to the inverted prejudice which insists that Negroes shall never be portrayed as Negroes"?
55. Laurens Shull (6/22/09)		9,460	... that University of Chicago football star Laurens "Spike" Shull died of wounds suffered rushing a machine gun nest at the Battle of Château-Thierry (pictured)?
56. Charlie Gray (9/4/23)		9,447	... that Major League Baseball pitcher Charlie Gray was billed as his team's pitcher "of six fingers and six toed fame" and called "a freak" by the Sporting Life?'
57. A Night to Remember (10/15/20)		9,391	... that A Night to Remember, a live broadcast about Titanic's final night, featured 107 actors and 31 sets, and proved that "TV occasionally can rise to great heights"? (20,765 for all linked terms)
58. Sex (film) (9/28/09)		9,300	... that the 1920 film Sex, opening with its star performing a seductive "spider dance" clad in "a translucent cloak of webs", had its title censored in Pennsylvania?
59. William Ward (5/20/11)		9,300	... that Michigan football coach William Ward later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation of artificial vaginas?
60. Royal Oak post office shootings (10/1/22)		9,284	... that an investigation into the Royal Oak post office shootings led one congressman to accuse the Postal Service of having been "asleep at the switch"?
61. The Miracle of the Bells (book) (9/16/23)		9,025	... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described by Time magazine as "one of the worst ever published"?
62. Ralphs Grocery Store (Westwood) (8/8/08)		9,000	... that Ralphs Grocery Store (location pictured), part of a plan to build the "model college town" in 1929, was photographed by Ansel Adams?
63. Bang the Drum Slowly (10/23/20)		8,867	... that Bang the Drum Slowly, in which Paul Newman stepped in and out of character to double as a Greek chorus, was called "daring television of rare quality"? (22,828 for all linked terms)
64. Leonard Skinner (9/29/10)		8,800	... that The New York Times called Leonard Skinner, the namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd, "arguably the most influential high school gym teacher in American popular culture"?
65. Rommy Hunt Revson (10/24/22)		8,787	... that nightclub singer Rommy Revson earned millions of dollars from her 1986 invention of the scrunchie (examples pictured), which she originally named after her pet poodle?
66. 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/22/10)		8,730	... that Michigan's 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team (pictured), rated one of the greatest college football teams of all time, outscored its opponents 550–0 and beat Stanford 49–0 in the first Rose Bowl game?
67. Horace Greely Prettyman (2/27/09)		8,713	... that Horace Prettyman (pictured) played eight years of "college" football for the University of Michigan from 1882 to 1890, some when he was in his 30s and no longer a student?
68. Richard Frederick Dixon (10/30/22)		8,663	... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba?
69. Hollywood Studio Club (5/31-6/1/08)		8,630	... that Marilyn Monroe posed naked in 1948 to raise US$50 to pay the rent for her room at the Hollywood Studio Club (pictured)?
70. The Mystery of Thirteen (3/29/21)		8,499	... that Jack Lemmon starred in The Mystery of Thirteen as a real-life physician who Charles Dickens called "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey"?
71. Around the World in 90 Minutes		8,256	... that Around the World in 90 Minutes featured Elizabeth Taylor cutting a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) cake, Walter Cronkite reporting, and Hubert Humphrey delivering a speech?
72. Gauthier Mvumbi (2/17/21)		8,195	... that Gauthier Mvumbi has been called the "Shaq of handball", the "Congo Colossus", and "the most popular handball player on the Earth"?
73. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (11/11/20, 3 hrs), (12/3/20, 12 hrs)		2,035 + 6,071 = 8,106	... that a satirical website reported that Joe Biden was energizing donors with "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang"? .. that music critic Greg Kot described "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" as "despicable misogyny", but listed it among his guilty pleasures because the "rawwwk doesn't get much rawer"?
74. Biff, the Michigan Wolverine (4/2/08)		7,908	...that the Michigan Wolverines' practice of parading their live mascot Biff before matches was stopped as the animal grew larger and more ferocious?
75. Ramsay-Durfee Estate (8/12/08)		7,905	... that the widow-owner of the Durfee Mansion died in 1976 at age 99, leaving an untouched wine cellar stocked with vintage wines and whisky dating to the 1890s?
76. Serra Cross (7/18/18)		7,823	... that the Serra Cross (pictured) in Ventura, California, was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land?
77. Phillips Mansion, Louis Phillips (9/5/08)		6,256 + 1,408 = 7,740	... that the Phillips Mansion, described as having been built in the "Classic Haunted Mansion" style, was the home of the richest man in Los Angeles County from 1875 to 1900?
78. Macorina (song) (1/12/21)		7,728	... that "Macorina", the first erotic song dedicated to one woman by another, became a "lesbian hymn"?
79. James Bond (4/1/13)		7,600	... that James Bond played briefly in the National Football League after completing his military service?
80. Carl Lundgren (4/6/11)		7,514	... that Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren (pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a March hare in a cyclone"?
81. P.O.W. (10/25/20)		7,505	... that P.O.W. was based on interviews with repatriated prisoners about communist "brainwashing treatment" during the Korean War?
82. Curtis Redden (8/8/09)			... that Michigan end Curtis Redden (pictured) died in World War I after he had described the night sky over the battlefield as "weird, hideous, fascinating, sublime"?
83. 1906 All-America team (2/28/10)		7,400 total	... that the 1906 College Football All-America Team included Princeton quarterback Eddie Dillon, Harvard guard Francis Burr, Yale end Bob Forbes, Cornell center Bill Newman, a midshipman who was the strongest man in the U.S. Naval Academy, and a guard who was described as "one of the largest men who ever played on a college gridiron"? (2,700 for Elmer Thompson, 2,400 for Percy Northcroft)
84. Storer House (6/12/08)		7,353	... that Frank Lloyd Wright's textile block work, Storer House, was restored in the 1980s by Joel Silver, producer of the films Die Hard and The Matrix?
85. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90) (10/29/20)		7,333	... that Ernest Hemingway watched the television adaptation of For Whom the Bell Tolls from a flea-bitten motel as the screenwriter held the "rabbit ears" for him? (23,639 for all linked terms)
86. Frank Ringo (7/9-7/10/14)		7,125	... that baseball player Frank Ringo, who was "inordinately fond" of whiskey, married in January 1889 and killed himself in April of that same year?
87. McCabe's Guitar Shop (4/2/08)		7,100	1,183	...that more than a dozen artists have recorded live albums in the back room of McCabe's Guitar Shop, including Townes Van Zandt, Ralph Stanley, and R.E.M.?
88. Civilization (film) (10/5/09)		7,000	... that the epic anti-war film Civilization (poster pictured), depicting Jesus walking through the carnage of war, was credited with helping re-elect U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916?
89. 1912 Army Cadets football team (1/11/22)		6,944	... that a future president of the United States played halfback for the 1912 Army Cadets football team?
90. M Club banner (10/11/22)		6,893	... that the Michigan banner survived an attack by uniformed men from Ohio during the Ten Year War?
91. Charles Dvorak (2/28-3/1/11)		6,883	... that Charles Dvorak (pictured) missed the pole vault finals at the 1900 Olympics after being told the event was postponed, but returned to win the gold medal at the 1904 Olympics?
92. Lester Shubin (12/3/09)		6,807	... that chemist Lester Shubin has been credited with saving the lives of thousands of police officers?
93. El Greco Apartments (6/18/08)		6,785	... that the El Greco Apartments (pictured), once home to Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, were saved from demolition with fund-raising help from Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy?
94. The Defender (11/3/20)		6,763	... that Steve McQueen and William Shatner starred in The Defender, the first live television drama divided for broadcast on separate nights, "leaving audiences dangling on the cliff"?
95. Carson Steele (11/17/22)		6,764	... that Carson Steele, known as the "Man of Steele", has a pet alligator named Crocky-J and has been called "the most interesting man" in college football?
96. Neil Snow (2/10/09)		6,688	... that Neil Snow (pictured), ranked by Grantland Rice as one of the three greatest all-around athletes ever turned out in college sports, died of heart failure at age 34 after a game of squash?
97. Thomas Trueblood (1/29-1/30/08)		6,678	...that University of Michigan elocution professor Thomas Trueblood received nationwide attention when the Chicago Tribune reported in 1903 that he was offering a new "course in love making"?
98. Ned Hanlon (7/28/14)		6,628	... that "Foxy Ned" Hanlon (pictured), inventor of the "Baltimore chop", was "The Father of Modern Baseball"?
99. Walter L. Dodge House (1/8/09)		6,607	... that the 1916 Early Modern Dodge House in West Hollywood, California, called one of the fifteen most significant houses in the United States, was demolished in 1970 to make way for apartments?
100. Junior Coghlan (9/22/09)		6,547	... that Frank Coghlan said "damn" in Gone with the Wind, but is best known known for saying "Shazam" in Captain Marvel, the first big screen depiction of a comic book superhero?
101. San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct (9/16/08)		6,512	... that the seven-mile-long Ventura Mission Aqueduct, built between 1780 and 1815, has been called "an engineering marvel"?
102. William Dennison Clark (11/17-11/18/10)		6,192	... that William Dennison Clark, whose "wretched blunder" in 1905 ended Michigan's 56-game unbeaten streak in football, killed himself 27 years later, reportedly expressing the hope to atone for his error?
103. Franklin Morse (7/10-7/11/09	Franklin Morse	6,188	... that American football halfback Franklin Morse (pictured) was the model for a drawing, prints of which reportedly "hung in most college rooms throughout the country" during the 1890s?
104. The Jet Propelled Couch		6,167	... that the producers of The Jet Propelled Couch hired "Miss Color TV", Vampira (pictured in black and white), and several Miss Americas to portray attractive creatures inhabiting an imaginary planet?
105. Ernie Lopez (10/8-10/9/09)		6,141	... that the selection of Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez for the California Boxing Hall of Fame led to his discovery in a Texas homeless shelter after being missing for 12 years?
106. Hacienda Arms Apartments (11/24/08)		6,104	... that Hacienda Arms on the Sunset Strip was the "most famous brothel in California" in the 1930s and now houses a celebrity-owned restaurant described by Newsweek as "so hip it hurts"?
107. Willie Hernández (9/4/22)		6,069	... that Puerto Rico's Willie Hernández (pictured) became the highest paid player in Detroit Tigers history after winning Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards and a World Series?
108. Irving Kane Pond (3/16/10)		6,054	... that Irving Pond (pictured) designed three National Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first ever touchdown for the Michigan Wolverines?

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Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Charlie Bennett	2007, 2014	49,578	35,504	MLB catcher 1878-1893, career ended in 1894 when train crushed his legs
2	Marty Bergen (baseball)	2007-08-24	24,583	231,660	Baseball murder/suicide
3	Steve Boros	2012	57,665	33,325	Player for UM (1956-57) and MLB (1957-65), manager (1983-86)
4	Gates Brown	2021	22,209	130,612	Detroit Tigers pinch hitting specialist 1963-1975
5	Dick Burns	2014	26,635	10,167	MLB pitcher 1883-1885
6	Donie Bush	2007, 2013-2014	65,962	28,823	Tigers shortstop 1908-1921 1919-1935
7	Count Campau	2014	25,543	11,219	MLB outfielder for Detroit (1888), star for Detroit MiLB teams 1889-1890, 1894-1895
8	Joe Coleman	2014	27,618	56,120	Pitcher 1971-1976
9	Pete Conway	2007, 2011	17,311	12,610	Detroit pitcher 1886-1999, won 2 games in 1887 World Series, won 30 games in 1888, later coach at UM (1891-1992)
10	Sam Crawford	2007	22,986	283,926	Detroit Tigers outfielder 1903-1917, Baseball HOF
11	Duncan Curry	2012	24,843	9,806	Baseball pioneer, president of Knickerbockers
12	Sam Dungan	2017-2018, 2020	22,268	4,740	Detroit OF 1890s
13	Fred Dunlap	2011	34,013	23,316	MLB 2B 1880-1891
14	Darrell Evans	2019-2020	43,474	197,737	MLB 1969-1989, AL HR leader 1985
15	Hoot Evers	2007, 2019	20,488	20,270	OF 1941, 1946-1952
16	Johnny Gee	2012	46,278	18,651	Pitcher for UM (1935-1937), MLB (1939-1946); tallest person to play MLB until Randy Johnson
17	Charlie Gehringer	2007	49,276	200,882	Baseball HOF
18	Pretzels Getzien	2013-2014	29,696	14,395	MLB pitcher 1884-1892, compiled records of 30–11 and 29–13 in 1886 and 1887, known for his "pretzel curve"
19	Goose Goslin	2007	21,361	128,749	Outfielder 1921-1938 Baseball HOF
20	Ned Hanlon (baseball)	2014	59,064	66,017	MLB outfielder 1880-1892, Baseball HOF
21	Harry Heilmann	2007, 2016	72,224	99,492	Detroit Tigers outfielder, 1914-1929, 4x AL batting champion, BHOF
22	Willie Hernández	2022	29,638	136,075	MLB relief pitcher, Cy Young, MVP and World Series in 1984
23	John Hiller	2019	46,303	69,696	Detroit Tigers pitcher 1965-1980
24	Max Kase	2011	36,626	38,414	New York Journal-American 1938-1966, Pulitzer Prize
25	Chet Lemon	2018	24,883	154,353	MLB center fielder 1975-1990, 3x All-Star
26	Mickey Lolich	2007, 2011, 2019	33,312	354,674	MLB pitcher 1963-1979
27	Bobby Lowe	2011	30,209	34,919	2B 1904-1907
28	Heinie Manush	2016	41,307	88,340	MLB outfielder 1923-1939, AL batting champion 1926, BHOF
29	Marty McManus	2007, 2016	25,463	11,424	2B/3B 1927-1931
30	Win Mercer		9,505	36,261	MLB pitcher 1894-1902
31	Deacon McGuire	2014	59,621	29,594	Catcher 1884-1912, set MLB records for games caught
32	Prince Oana	2007, 2014	26,775	22,894	Tigers OF, 1943, 1945
33	Tip O'Neill (baseball)	2014	28,124	91,367	MLB outfielder 1883-1892, AA triple crown 1887, BHOF
34	Dave Orr	2014	25,870	38,876	MLB 1883-1890, .342 career batting average, stroke ended career 1890
35	Marv Owen	2016	20,172	15,187	3B 1931-1937
36	Lance Parrish	2022	37,421	220,169	MLB catcher 1977-1997, 8x All-Star, 3x Golden Glove
37	Hardy Richardson	2014	32,004	21,617	MLB OF 1879-1892; part of the "Big Four" acquired by Detroit in 1886
38	Aurelio Rodríguez	2019	37,009	107,158	MLB third baseman 1967-83
39	Boss Schmidt	2007, 2019	26,458	31,780	Detroit Tigers catcher 1906-1911
40	Mayo Smith	2013	71,981	72,919	Detroit Tigers manager 1967-1970
41	Mickey Stanley	2007, 2020	21,111	110,376	Detroit Tigers outfielder 1964-1978, 4x Gold Glove
42	Turkey Stearnes	2023	11,726	81,493	Detroit Stars 1923-1931, BHOF in 200; fifth highest slugging percentage in MLB history
43	Dummy Taylor	2011	33,327	43,558	MLB pitcher 1900-1908; highest paid deaf person in US during MLB career
44	Sam Thompson	2014	32,227	100,869	MLB outfielder 1885-1898, 3x NL RBI leader, BHOF
45	Bobby Veach	2007	19,462	34,026	Left fielder 1912-1925
46	Weldy Walker	2012	63,961	57.478	UM and MLB baseball player in 1880s; wrote 1888 plea for racial justice; later active in the Negro Protective Party
47	Bill Watkins	2014	51,744	12,000	MLB manager 1884-1899, Detroit 1885-1888
48	Lou Whitaker	2022	29,247	351,342	Detroit Tigers second baseman 1977-1995
49	Deacon White	2007	21,598	95,656	Baseball HOF
50	Will White	2014	35,476	46,949	MLB pitcher 1877-1886, first MLB player to wear glasses
51	John Wockenfuss	2007, 2019	25,632	80,570	Multiple 1974-1983
52	Rudy York	2019	30,101	81,500	MLB catcher 1934-1948, 7x All-Star, AL HR and RBI leader, 1943
53	Chief Zimmer	2014	35,341	25,008	MLB catcher 1884-1903, first president of Players' Protective Association
54	1887 Detroit Wolverines season	2007	26,770	14,863	Won NL pennant and defeated St. Louis Browns in 1887 World Series
55	1919 Detroit Stars season*	2020	62,286	2,190	44–18 (.710) record, starring three BHOF inductees: OF Pete Hill (.396), OF Oscar Charleston, and SS José Méndez
56	1984 Detroit Tigers season	2007-09-12	98,781	303,312	Word Series champion

Football

Michigan

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Charles A. Baird	2009-01-11	56,649	18,943	UM athletic director (1898-1909)
2	Gordon Bell*	2007-11-24	39,276	32,243	UM TB (1973-75), NFL (1976-78)
3	Bob Chappuis	2007-12-27	41,434	22,344	HB (1946-47), shot down over Italy in World War II; All-American and 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting (1947); Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) (1948) and Chicago Hornets (1949)
4	Dan Dierdorf	2016-10-08	33,665	563,700	UM OT (1968-70), Cardinals (1971-83), 5x All-Pro, NFL 1970s All-Decade team; CFHOF, PFHOF
5	Dan Dworsky*		33,104	22,113	Fullback, Center, Quarterback (1945-48), Los Angeles Dons (1949); later became an architect and designed Crisler Arena and Drake Stadium (UCLA)
6	Bump Elliott	2007	43,342	137,249	UM halfback 1946-1947, Big Ten MVP in 1947, UM head coach 1959-1968, CFHOF
7	Len Ford	2014-08-02 2020-02-11	54,609	58,819	UM DE (1945-47), AAFC/NFL (1948-58), 4x All-Pro, NFL 1950s All-Decade Team, PFHOF
8	Benny Friedman	2016-10-05	58,263	144,761	UM quarterback 1924-1926, NFL 1927-1934, CFHOF/PFHOF
0	Tom Harmon	2015-02-17	60,468	2,112,480	UM back 1938-1940, 1940 Heisman Trophy
11	Chuck Heater*	2010-08-08	24,414	44,051	UM RB (1971-74), asst coach multiple programs (1976-2021)
12	Ralph Heikkinen*	2007-11-25	45,417	10,720w	UM guard (1936-38), AA (1939); UM MVP (1937, 1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939)
13	Willie Heston	2010-07-02	29,455	37,086	UM HB 1901-04; CFHOF
14	Bernard Kirk*	2009-03-29	24,364	6,942	End at Notre Dame (1918-19), UM (1920-22), AA (1922), died in car crash after 1922 season
15	Bob Mann	2010-09-25 2020-02-06	55,732	68,699	UM end (1944-47); All-Big Ten, 1947; Broke the Big Ten record for receiving yards in 1946 and again in 1947; NFL (1948-540; First African-American for both Lions and Packers
16	John Maulbetsch	2007-12-21	51,722	13,014	UM HB and 3x AA (1914-16), HC Phillips (1917-20), Oklahoma A&M (1921-28), Marshall (1929-30), CFHOF
17	Mike Murphy		36,264	29,190	UM football coach (1891), "the father of American track athletics", trained heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan
18	Irving Kane Pond	2010-03-06	40,921	13,852	Noted architect, scored first UM TD 1879
19	Merv Pregulman	2007-12-12	25,105	16,513	UM C/T (1941-43), narrowly survived kamikaze attack, NFL (1946-48), CFHOF
20	Germany Schulz	2007-12-18	53,200	63,210	UM center 1904-1908; CFHOF
21	Chuck Stobart	2022-12-01	25,565	43,383	Ohio QB (1956-59), asst coach at Miami (1967-68), Michigan (1969-76), HC Toledo (1977-81), Utah (1982-84), Memphis (1989-94)
22	William Wilson Talcott*	2010-11-29	32,796	11,419	UM football 1897-1900, later killed himself after wife joined a "love cult"
23	Bob Timberlake*	2007-11-21	24,548	47,920	UM QB (1962-64), AA and Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1964); New York Giants (1965)
24	John Wangler*	2010-08-14	35,451	42,564	UM QB (1977-80), All-Big Ten (1980)
25	Willis Ward*	2008-01-23	39,495	99,790	3x All-American in track and field; NCAA high jump champion; second African-American to earn varsity letter in football at Michigan; Georgia Tech refused to play Michigan in 1934 if Ward played
26	Bob Westfall	2009-07-27	24,294	12,116	UM FB (1939-41), AA (1941), Lions (1944-47), All-Pro (1945), CFHOF
27	History of Michigan Wolverines football in the early years		133,109	34,818	History of UM football pre-1901
28	History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Yost era		112,453	21,766	UM football under Fielding H. Yost
29	1947 Michigan Wolverines football team	2007, 2012	46,386	45,565	10–0 national champion
30	1964 Michigan Wolverines football team	2012	52,179	33,633	9–1, Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion, AP No. 4
31	1969 Michigan Wolverines football team	2012, 2019	76,078	66,188	Big Ten co-champion, Schembechler's first year, upset OSU
32	1980 Michigan Wolverines football team	2008, 2020	78,043	62,829	Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion, AP/UPI No. 4

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Other sports

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Entertainment

Film/TV

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Music

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Historic sites

Best of historic sites

Rank	Title	Size	Views	Description
1	Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood	2008	38,518	48,062
2	Dunbar Hotel	2008	26,998	95,509
3	Harold Lloyd Estate	2008	25,428	379,028	Large mansion and landscaped estate in Benedict Canyon built in late 1920s for Harold Lloyd
4	Hollywood Studio Club	2008	27,227	43,522
5	Leonis Adobe	2008	24,204	123,516
6	Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles)	2011	36,655	14,443	Historic church in South LA, hosted NCAA national conventions in 1928, 1942, 1949, and site of speeches by MLK and Malcolm X
7	St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Pasadena, California)	2008	19,306
8	Stimson House	2008	25,983	53,230	Richardson Romanesque mansion built 1891, target of 1896 dynamite attack
9	Wilshire Boulevard Temple	2008	29,048	158,299	Jewish synagogue with large Byzantine revival dome and Hugo Ballin murals
10	List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles	2008	53,763	103,602	Historic sites in downtown Los Angeles
11	List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood	2009	61,037	139,081	Historic sites
12	List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley	2008	49,822	40,608	Historic sites in San Fernando Valley

Churches

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World War II pin-ups

Includes views via redirects.

Rank	Title	Date	Size	Views	Description
1	Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly	2023-08-17	10,881	66,722
2	Selene Mahri	2013-09-17	12,505	38,012	Finnish-American model
3	Frances Vorne	2023-08-16	5,441	37,284	Model known as "The Shape", posed in bathing suit made of remnants of German parachute
4	Martha Holliday	2023-08-15	7,053	22,034	Actress whose pin-up caused near panic in U.S. Senate

Colombia

Rank	Title	Year	Size	Views	Description
1	La Rebelión	2021	3,765	23,859	Joe Arroyo salsa song about African couple sold into slavery in Cartagena in 17th century
2	El Año Viejo	2021	7,811	20,300	Cumbia song first recorded 1953, now a traditional New Year song
3	La Pollera Colorá	2021	7,507	16,446	Cumbia song composed in 1960, rated the most iconic Colombian song of all time
4	El Camino de la Vida	2021	2,854	15,994	Chosen by the Academia Colombiana de Musica as the Colombian song of the 20th century
5	El Preso	2021	4,589	9,286	Fruko y sus Tesos song from 1975
6	Los Corraleros de Majagual	2021	4,260	9,169	Colombian music group from the Caribbean coast formed in 1961 with over 30 gold records
7	La Noche	2021	6,316	6,331	Salsa song by Joe Arroyo
8	Se Va el Caimán	2021	2,566	6,114	Cumbia song dating to 1945, ranked No. 6 on list of best Colombian songs of all time
9	Colombia Tierra Querida	2021	6,713	5,940	Cumbia song by Lucho Bermúdez, considered second national anthem
10	Cali Pachanguero	2021	3,998	4,889	Grupo Niche song from 1984, anthem of Colombian salsa
11	El Santo Cachón	2021	3,297	4,889	Vallenato song about infidelities in a Barranquilla park
12	Poppy Garden	2023	7,414	4,462	2012 Colombian film about father and son surviving violence in Nariño
13	Pueblito Viejo	2021	3,153	3,586	Colombian waltz inspired by the steep, cobbled streets of Socorro, Santander
14	La Piragua	2021	2,343	3,282	Cumbia song by José Barros
15	La Casa en el Aire	2021	2,900	3,123	Vallenato song by Rafael Escalona
16	Roa	2023	7,170	1,807	2013 film about man who assassinated Gaitán, triggering the Bogotazo
17	The Vampires of Poverty	2023	4,244	1,732	1977 Colombian mockumentary about misery porn
18	The Brickmakers	2023	3,389	395	1972 documentary about grueling life of family of brickmakers living on outskirts of Bogotá

Ventura County

Rank	Title	Year	Size	Views	Description
1	Burro Flats site	2008	13,304	83,760	Chumash pictographs near Simi Valley in Ventura County
2	Emma Wood State Beach	2018	7,994	51,887	State beach located on the west side of the Ventura River estuary, formerly part of the Taylor Ranch
3	Camarillo Ranch House	2008	21,956	38,666	Adolfo Camarillo's house in Camarillo, built 1892
4	Serra Cross	2018	20,090	29,025	Historic cross located on hillside over downtown Ventura, subject of litigation in 2003
5	Ventura Pier	2018	23,591	26,044	Wooden pier first built in 1872
6	Statues of Junípero Serra (Ventura, California)	2018	35,358	23,200	Statues of Serra, sculpted by Kangas; main statue removed in 2020 from site in front of City Hall after protests
7	Ventura County Courthouse	2018	26,728	22,470	Neoclassical building in downtown Ventura, formerly a courthouse, now city hall
8	Carnegie Art Museum	2008	13,283	16,742	Former Carnegie library in Oxnard, built 1907, now as an art museum
9	Ventura County Historic Landmarks & Points of Interest	2018	45,108	12,798	List of county-designated historic sites
10	City of Ventura Historic Landmarks and Districts	2018	46,632	12,937	List of city-designated historic sites
11	Ojai Valley Inn	2020	9,236	12,459	Historic inn dating to 1920s
12	Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital	2018	10,628	12,221	Mission Revival building, built by Cephas L. Bard in 1901, operated as a hospital for its first 30 years
13	Battle of San Buenaventura	2022	13,509	11,442	1838 battle between forces from Northern and Southern California representing competing claims to governorship
14	San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct	2008	6,429	9,633	Remains of aqueduct that provided water to Mission San Buenaventura
15	Cephas L. Bard	2022	7,862	5,820	Doctor and pioneer in Ventura
16	E. P. Foster	2018	15,829	5,395	Ventura philanthropist
	Ortega Adobe	2018	12,291	4,022	Adobe built 1857, home of Ortega family and Ortega Chile Packing Co.
	Santa Gertrudis Asistencia	2018	12,839	3,315	Sub-mission built c. 1800, site buried in 1968 for construction of Route 33
	Peirano Market	2018	20,295	2,535	Historic building in downtown Ventura built in 1877 operated by Peirano family for over 100 years

Crime

Rank	Title	Year	Size	Views	Description
1	Procopio	2008	24,199	97,713	California bandit of late 19th century
2	John Barbato	2008	9,750	96,367	Former captain of Genovese crime family
3	List of homicides in California	2022	101,199	64,162	California homicides
4	Hazelwood massacre	2022	18,355	47,185	1971 murder of eight people at Detroit drug house; largest mass murder in Detroit history
5	List of homicides in Michigan	2022	24,596	42,811	Michigan homicides
6	Rock Road massacre	2022	22,536	30,862	1982 mass murder of seven family members at Michigan farmhouse; husband of daughter killed them on eve of divorced hearing
7	List of homicides in Wisconsin	2022	14,796	31,764	Wisconsin homicides
8	Troy axe murders	2022	15,468	27,784	1964 familicide of seven by former Royal Oak fireman after release from Pontiac State Hospital; killer left handwritten apology notes on each body
9	Murder of the DeLisle children	2022	18,124	25,076	1989 murder of four children when father drove station wagon into Detroit River
10	Royal Oak post office shootings	2022	9,703	19,856	1991 shooting at post office; four employees killed before perpetrator committed suicide
11	Court-martial of William T. Colman	2022	11,258	18,210	Selfridge commander shot black driver; protests followed light punishment
12	Richard Frederick Dixon	2022	19,522	10,056	Hijacked plane to Cuba, later killed police officer
	List of homicides in Illinois	2023	46,062	9,067	Homicides in Illinois
	List of homicides in Oregon	2023	13,657	2,063	Homicides in Oregon

Southern California

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Santa Monica State Beach	2008	10,228	166,823
2	Hillcrest Country Club	2008	20,152	154,277	Historically Jewish country club in west LA; Groucho Marx a member despite proclaiming he would not want to be a member of any club willing to have him as a member
3	Tea Fire	2008	17,027	116,457
4	Pico Boulevard	2008	19,783	104,485
5	Spring Street (Los Angeles)	2008		66,157
6	Van Nuys Boulevard	2008	16,705	61,165
7	Mentryville, California	2008	15,903	61,070
8	Sportsmen's Lodge	2008	13,556	54,169
9	Burbank Town Center	2008	11,634	44,533
10	Valley Presbyterian Hospital	2008	4,668	35,800
11	Sunburst	2008	8,500	33,641
12	Sayre Fire	2008	19,856	33,387
13	Reseda Boulevard	2008	13,304	32,151
14	Fallbrook Center	2008	5,010	28,196
15	Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center	2008	2,627	22,863
16	Bill Paparian	2008	13,978	22,175
17	Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park	2008	3,415	9,611

Michigan (not sports)

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Orville L. Hubbard	2007	23,556	80,209	Segregationist mayor of Dearborn 1942-1978
2	Gogebic Range	2008	14,961	43,239	Area of iron ore deposits along Lake Superior
3	1980 in Michigan	2017	120,175	10,718	Record losses by Big Three and layoffs of 190,000 workers; defeat of the Tisch Amendment; and 1980 Republican Convention in Detroit
4	1950 in Michigan	2017	117,824	10,613	G. Mennen Williams declared governor after recount; Reuther's Treaty of Detroit; crash of Crash of Flight 2501; and "cow shed" murder
5	James Hartzell	2010	2,825	9,507	Ad copywriter developed "Baseball, Hot dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet" campaign
6	1962 in Michigan	2017	90,198	9,438	George Romney's campaign for governor; Wallenda family tragedy; record profits in automobile business
7	1974 in Michigan		70,258	8,939	Gerald Ford's elevation to President; decline in automobile industry; Supreme Court reversal of lower cour order requiring cross-district busing in metro Detroit
8	1955 in Michigan	2017	124,447	9,352	Guaranteed annual wage (GAW) agreements with UAW; Ann Arbor press conference announcing Salk polio vaccine; record production in automobile industry
9	John F. Antisdel	2010	4,595	7,327	Detroit hotelier (1829-1900)
10	1960 in Michigan	2017	33,925	5,587	Election of John Swainson as Governor; Tigers trade batting champion Harvey Kuenn for Rocky Colavito
11	1956 in Michigan	2017	59,113	5,204	Tornado outbreaks; election of Eisenhower/Williams; slowdown in automobile production
12	2020 in Michigan	2020	69,086	4,983	COVID-19 pandemic; Gretchen Whitmer kindapping plot; Edenville Dam collapse
	1963 in Michigan	2017	31,298	4,756	Detroit Walk to Freedom; Detroit loses bid to host 1968 Olympics; boom year in automobile industry; suspension of Alex Karras
	1975 in Michigan	2017	17,675	4,597	Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa; sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald; Ann Arbor Hospital Murders; Tigers trade Mickey Lolich for Rusty Staub; opening of Pontiac Silverdome
	1965 in Michigan		37,529	4,272	Events in Michigan
	Verna Grahek Mize	2021	7,278	3,780	Environmental activist, "First Lady of Lake Superior"
47	Royce Howes	2008	10,393	3,469	Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist for Detroit Free Press 1927-1966
	Anita Cantaline	2019	2,687	528	Detroit-based bowler

Women

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Joanne Siegel	2011	9,380	175,702	Wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and model for Lois Lane
2	Lillian Brown	2020	9,151	42,068	Makeup artist
3	List of college women's volleyball coaches with 750 wins	2011	8,613	36,353
4	Rommy Hunt Revson	2022	5,108	31,496	Inventor of scrunchie
5	Michigan Wolverines women's volleyball	2013	17,039	28,742
6	Donna Mae Mims	2009	8,823	28,119	First woman to win an SCAA car racing championship, known as "Pink Lady"
7	Rachel Hirschfeld	2008	4,810	26,052	Animal welfare attorney an activist (1945-2018)
8	ʻIolani Luahine	2008	13,349	22,680	Native Hawaiian dancer, chanter, and teacher (1915-1978), considered high priestess of hula
9	Alice McGrath	2009	11,182	20,679	Activist who participate in defense of Sleepy Lagoon murder
10	List of college women's soccer coaches with 300 wins	2011	12,884	20,404	List of coaches
11	Clara Williams	2009	9,193	17,497	Silent film actress (1888-1928) known for her "forty famous frocks"
12	Zoia Horn	2008	18,046	16,231	Librarian (1918-2014) jailed for refusing to share information in prosecution of anti-war activists
13	Phyllis Stadler Lyon	2021	4,157	12,281	Field hockey player
14	Beryl Benacerraf	2022	13,322	9,856	Pioneer in use of prental ultrasound to diagnose fetal abnormalities
15	List of college women's ice hockey coaches with 250 wins	2011	7,326	7,991	Bill Mandigo all-time leader
16	Gloria Nord	2010	6,421	7,543	Roller and ice skater and pinup girl
17	Dotty Fothergill	2021	12,265	5,684	Hall of Fame bowler
18	Florence Casler	2008	5,352	5,118	Real estate developer and contractor in 1920s and 1930s
19	List of college women's lacrosse coaches with 250 wins	2011	5,144	4,429	Sharon Pfluger all-time leader
	Madelon Mason	2013	7,260	3,768	World War II pinup girl
	Verna Grahek Mize	2021	7,278	3,780	Environmental activist, "First Lady of Lake Superior"
	Rana Gorgani	2021	2,728	3,018	French-Iranian dancer in Sufi/whirling dervish style
	Marie Hartwig	2008	10,275	2,555	UM professor of physical education and early advocate women's sports

Miscellaneous

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Death by coconut	2013	34,965	4,591,893	Deaths by falling coconuts
2	Eugene Goodman (police officer)	2021	24,203	433,045	Hero cop of January 6 insurrection
3	Dick Liddil	2008	7,677	320,157	Member of James-Younger gang
4	Michael van der Veen	2021	12,104	308,649	Trump impeachment lawyer
5	David Schoen	2021	11,932	194,993	Trump impeachment attorney
6	Willie Louis	2013	10,861	148,821	Witness to murder of Emmett Till
7	Pico Boulevard	2008	19,580	104,485	Los Angeles thoroughfare
10	Amazon Pharmacy	2020	5,560	57,221	Online pharmacy formed 2020
11	Robert P. Shuler	2009	19,548	55,438	Los Angeles radio evanglist and 1932 candidate for Senate
13	George E. Cryer	2009	19,980	40,682	Mayor of Los Angles during rapid growth, 1921-1929
14	Ernie Lopez	2009	25,594	36,398	World welterweight boxing champion, found at a homeless shelter in Texas in 2004
15	Bruno Fonseca	2009	6,525	29,115	New York artist (1958-1994)
16	Herbert Spiegel	2010	10,520	28,210	Psychiatrist (1914-2009) who popularized therapeutic hypnosis
17	Henri Salmide	2010	6,211	27,433	German officer ordered to blow up port of Bordeaux, instead blew up German ordnance bunker
18	Donald Goerke	2010	4,786	26,174	Invented SpaghettiOs
19	Jan Leighton	2009	10,528	22,825	Actor, voice actor, hand model; Guineess record for playing more roles than any other actor
20	Neil Papiano	2007	30,949	23,564	California attorney
21	Charles H. Crawford	2009	13,066	22,224	Head of the "City Hall Gang" in Los Angeles in the 1920s, reportedly a model for Raymond Chandler villains
22	Charles Bond (pilot)	2009	11,917	20,687	WWII pilot with Flying Tigers in Burma and China
23	Gauthier Mvumbi	2021	7,736	19,251	French handballer, "Shaq of handball"
24	Murray Sayle	2010	23,060	18,718	Australian journalist and adventurer (1926-2010)
25	Dale Haney	2022	7,020	17,833	White House groundskeeper and dog walker 1972-present
26	Bill Littlejohn	2010	23,528	17,364	Animator (1914-2010), works included Tom and Jerry shorts
27	Victor Martinez (author)	2011	7,081	17,229	Poet and author (1954-2011), National Book Award for Parrot in the oven: Mi Vida
28	Dodge Morgan	2010	15,008	16,397	Manufacturer of radar detectors and first American to sail solo around world without stops
29	W. I. B. Crealock	2009	8,883	15,790	Yacht designer and author
30	David Avadon	2009	5,804	14,474	Illusionist billed as "premier exhibition pickpocket"
31	World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights	2008	14,295	14,244	Declaration of rights adopted 1985 to protect sex workers' rights
32	Nicolae Pleșiță	2009	28,505	12,319	Romanian intelligence and secret police officer connected to Carlos the Jackal
33	Arnall Patz	2010	13,741	11,378	Research led to reduction of childhood blindness, Presidential Medal of Freedom
35	Maria Gulovich Liu	2009	10,497	9,366	Slovak schoolteacher and WWII resistance fighter who helped American and British agents escape Nazi-occupied territory
36	Kent Kane Parrot	2009	10,403	9,065	Boss of municipal politics 1920s
37	Norman Sas	2012	9,212	7,810	Inventor of electric football
38	Central Press Association	2011	12,778	8,449	Newspaper syndicate based in Cleveland, operated 1910-1971
40	John T. Elson	2009	5,900	7,273	Religion writer and editor of Time magazin, wrote in 1966 cover story "Is God Dead?"
41	Felix Wurman	2010	13,233	7,098	Cellist and composer (1958-2009) created Church of Beethoven
42	Robert Searcy	2009	8,132	5,503	Tuskegee Airman
43	Dick Larkins	2008	7,922	5,378	Ohio State athletic director (1946-1970), hired Woody Hayes
44	Lester Shubin	2009	7,167	4,871	Researcher who developed Kevlar for use in ballistic vests
45	George H. Torney	2010	5,485	4,501	21st Surgeon General, served in Army (1875-1913)
46	Anton Zamloch	2008	27,968	4,467	Magician who toured as "Zamloch the Great" 1869-1912

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