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Famous people · Antioch
19 famous people were born in Antioch, more of them musicians than in most towns
Most widely known is Johnny Burke, the American lyricist, with articles in 13 languages. The next two names are Carmen Dragon and Anthony C. Ferrante. The largest group, 8, was born since 1970. Born in 30, Anthony C. Ferrante is the first name on record, and Giles Jackson, born in 2001, the most recent.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Johnny Burke
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
30
Anthony C. Ferrante
Youngest
2001
Giles Jackson
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Antioch’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Antioch is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 3.8 times as common.
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 Antioch’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 3.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Antioch
Two of the three are musicians.
#2Music
Carmen Dragon
1914–1984American conductor, composer, and arranger
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Antioch
16 more, from 1916 to 2001.
Aimee Allison
born 1969American author, public affairs television host, and political activist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Antioch home
Born elsewhere, Maurice Jones-Drew lived here.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Pittsburg has the longest list next door: 27.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Antioch 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 (11)
- Carmen Dragon: Photographer-Romaine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony C. Ferrante: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aimee Allison: Lulu Matute, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome R. Waldie: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mars: Redplanetent, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Lake: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sterling Moore: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Jones-Drew: Jeff Kern, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dante Basco: dmgice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Cole: Maury Foldare and Associates-publicity agency, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Mixon: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons