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Music
Chester Bennington
1976–2017American singer, songwriter and musician
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Famous people · Phoenix
Musicians stand out among the 35 famous people born in Phoenix
Chester Bennington is the best known, with articles in 98 languages. Second and third on the list are Stevie Nicks and Jordin Sparks. For every 10,000 residents the town has 0.2, while at least half the towns in Arizona list nobody born there. Since 1970, 17 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Chester Bennington
in 98 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Barry Goldwater
Youngest
2008
Jackson Robert Scott
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
11 people
Also called it home
13
notable residents
What stands out about Phoenix’s famous people
Known worldwideChester Bennington has an article in 98 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of musiciansAmong the 35 people born here, 8 are musicians: 4.1 times the usual share.Still making names27 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2008.A chosen home13 more notable people chose to live in Phoenix, including Stephenie Meyer.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Phoenix
Chester Bennington has articles in 98 languages, Stevie Nicks in 58 and Jordin Sparks in 52.
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What Phoenix is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 4.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Phoenix’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
Film, TV & StageMusicSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Phoenix
The rest number 32, with 11 performers among them.
Lynda Carter
born 1951American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder
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Nancy Farmer
born 1941American author of children's and young adult books and science fiction stories
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Phoenix home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Phoenix, though born elsewhere.
Leah Landrum Taylor
born 1966State senator for District 16 and the Arizona Caucus chair for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Glendale has the longest list next door: 27.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Phoenix 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 (27)
- Stevie Nicks: Larry Richman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordin Sparks: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Goldwater: Trikosko, Marion S., photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Carter: JS² Communications, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Haley Lu Richardson: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Asher Angel: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelsea Kane: Josh Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Benjamin: Atlantic Records, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandra Shipp: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cindy McCain: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Roberts: Roberts & Thornton.jpg: Joel Telling derivative work: Haltiamieli, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melody Thornton: lukeford.net, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Superstar Billy Graham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Cheever: Manningmbd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Hobbs: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackson Robert Scott: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephenie Meyer: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diana Taurasi: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Bluth: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Cejudo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Hayden: United States Senate Historical Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brady Corbet: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Peters: DOT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Brewer: Minda Haas on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everson Griffen: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cassie Miller: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons