#1Film, TV & Stage
Tom Hanks
born 1956American actor and film producer
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Famous people · Concord
Concord, birthplace of Tom Hanks and 33 more famous people
135 languages have an article about the American actor and film producer Tom Hanks. The American jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck ranks second, ahead of Julie Strain. More than half were born since 1970, 22 in all. With 11 performers, the list holds 3.4 times the share found across U.S. towns.
Born here
34
notable people
Best known
Tom Hanks
in 135 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Allan Cavan
Youngest
1997
Lacy Dagen
Most common field
Sports
15 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Concord’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Concord
Two of the three are performers.
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Known for
What Concord is known for
Concord has 3.4× the usual share of performers.
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 Concord’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 13 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Concord
Of the other 31, 15 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Concord home
One more notable person made the town home: Tiffany Roberts.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Walnut Creek lists the most people: 48.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Concord 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 (15)
- Tom Hanks: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Brubeck: Pablosecca, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Koontz: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Roper: Gamerscore blog (original) Electroguv (derivative work), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cass McCombs: greenplastic875, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ramsey Nijem: Rushmoore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Bergesen: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samu Manoa: Charlie, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valerie Henderson: Johnmaxmena2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Gutierrez: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Swanson: Pete Sheffield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Demetrius Williams: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Squires: Alexandre Cardoso, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Sanchez: Best Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Mashore: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons