#1Music
Jim Messina
born 1947American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer
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Famous people · Maywood
10 famous people were born in Maywood, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Jim Messina leads the list, covered in 16 languages. The American speedway rider Sam Ermolenko ranks second, ahead of Todd Burns. The oldest name on the list belongs to Tom Kennedy, born in 1938, the newest to Urbano Antillón, born in 1982. Athletes make up the largest group, 5 of them.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Jim Messina
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1938
Tom Kennedy
Youngest
1982
Urbano Antillón
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Maywood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Maywood’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Maywood
The three are covered in 16, 6 and 4 languages: Jim Messina, Sam Ermolenko and Todd Burns.
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What Maywood is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Huntington Park leads the towns around it, with 21 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maywood 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 (5)
- Jim Messina: Scott Dudelson[1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Ermolenko: Mariusz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Brohamer: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hector Jiménez: Jay eyem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Knechtel: Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons