#1Famous people · Lancaster
Of the 30 famous people born in Lancaster, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 17 languages make the American basketball player Dewayne Dedmon the best known. The largest group, 16, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.8, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there. Bruce Van Dyke, born in 1944, is the earliest name and Ziaire Williams, born in 2001, the latest.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Dewayne Dedmon
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1944
Bruce Van Dyke
Youngest
2001
Ziaire Williams
Most common field
Sports
21 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Lancaster’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lancaster’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 9 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lancaster is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2 times as common.
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 Lancaster
Dewayne Dedmon leads with articles in 17 languages, ahead of Adam Wheeler (16) and Ziaire Williams (14).
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Lancaster
A further 27 follow, born between 1944 and 1998.
John McKibbin
1947–2016Washington state representative (1947–2016), also served as Clark County Commissioner and ran for U.S. Congress in 1988. Killed in a plane crash.
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A chosen home
Also called Lancaster home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Judy Garland the best known.
The town’s pick
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lancaster 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 (14)
- Dewayne Dedmon: James Santelli, NeonTommy.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Wheeler: Corporal Andrew Z. Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ziaire Williams: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miguel Ibarra: andywitchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Selom Mawugbe: BiggySmoov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Hannah: Dean Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darian Thompson: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Wilk: California State Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chaz Schilens: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Van Dyke: Jaypitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Gocong: Flag_raising_before_Eagles_vs_Cowboys_Dec_2007.jpg: Billy Bain derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Garland: Eric Carpenter (1909-1976) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Runner: California State Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul George: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons