#1Famous people · Hanford
Performers stand out among the 53 famous people born in Hanford
Articles in 37 languages make the American basketball player Tyson Chandler the best known. Second and third on the list are Sean Parnell and Steve Perry. 20 were born in 1970 or later. The largest group, 26, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
53
notable people
Best known
Tyson Chandler
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Annie Dale Biddle Andrews
Youngest
1996
Tyler Henry
Most common field
Sports
27 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Hanford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hanford’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 11.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hanford is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Hanford
Counted by languages, Tyson Chandler is ahead of Sean Parnell and Steve Perry: 37, 31 and 28.
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Everyone else born in Hanford
The rest number 50, with 26 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Hanford home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Hanford, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hanford 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 (22)
- Tyson Chandler: Tyson_Chandler_Mavs.jpg: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA derivative work: Edgars2007, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Perry: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Shively: Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Mendes: yuggy15, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Valadao: House Creative Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Bassett: University of Michigan. News and Information Service., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Dale Biddle Andrews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Pine: episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Lord: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorenzo Neal: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bessie Loo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Older: Member of the AVG Flying Tigers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Delbert E. Wong: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Alan Ingalls: Cambrosch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Downing: Commissioned by Stephen Downing, it is his widely distributed headshot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Landis: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Goodwin: ChristopherGreenGoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Johnson: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Simas: Spanneraol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon W. Duffy: California State Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph I. Castro: Dutton Institute, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons