#1Famous people · Dixon
4 famous people come from Dixon, Jon Pardi the best known
Most widely known is Jon Pardi, the American country singer, with articles in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Zack Nash and Carl Holling. Over 94 years of births, the list goes from Ray Rohwer (1895) to Zack Nash (1989). For every 10,000 residents the town has 2, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jon Pardi
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Ray Rohwer
Youngest
1989
Zack Nash
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Dixon
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2CH#3
Through the years
When Dixon’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dixon is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dixon
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dixon 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 (3)
- Jon Pardi: TenPoundHammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Nash: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Rohwer: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons