#1Famous people · Lakewood
Chris Broderick tops a list of 10 famous people born in Lakewood
The best known is the American guitarist Chris Broderick, with articles in 30 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 0.6, while at least half the towns in Colorado list nobody born there. Over 50 years of births, the list goes from Robert E. Blackburn (1950) to Hayden Byerly (2000). The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Chris Broderick
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Robert E. Blackburn
Youngest
2000
Hayden Byerly
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Lakewood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lakewood’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lakewood
Two of the three are performers.
#1
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Derek Cianfrance
born 1974American film director and screenwriter
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Known for
What Lakewood is known for
Performers stand out most, at 3.2 times the usual share.
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 Lakewood
Here are 7 more, born from 1950 to 2000.
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
1960–2009American professional and amateur wrestler, football player and author
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A chosen home
Also called Lakewood home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Lakewood, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lakewood 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 (8)
- Chris Broderick: commons: Lilly M pl.wiki: Lilly M real name: Małgorzata Miłaszewska, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregg Henry: Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Cianfrance: Nick Step, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- "Dr. Death" Steve Williams: Jimmy Suzuki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeb Brovsky: Joe Nuxoll from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Fincher: Elen Nivrae from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Dominick: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy H. McVicker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons