#1Science & Medicine
Matthew Dominick
born 1981American engineer, test pilot and astronaut for NASA
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Famous people · Wheat Ridge
19 famous people were born in Wheat Ridge, more of them athletes than in most towns
Matthew Dominick is the best known, with articles in 19 languages. The largest group, 15, was born since 1970. Half or more of the towns in Colorado have no one on record, but this one has 5.9 for every 10,000 residents. The first birth on record is Homer L. Pearson’s, in 1900, and the last Paige Spiranac’s, in 1993.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Matthew Dominick
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Homer L. Pearson
Youngest
1993
Paige Spiranac
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Wheat Ridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wheat Ridge’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 7 births in the decade.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wheat Ridge is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 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.
The best known
Born in Wheat Ridge
The three are covered in 19, 12 and 11 languages: Matthew Dominick, Nick Stabile and Cassie Bernall.
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Notable
Cassie Bernall
1981–1999Victim of the Columbine High School Massacre
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wheat Ridge
A further 16 follow, born between 1900 and 1993.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wheat Ridge home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Wheat Ridge, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Arvada has the most on record, with 12.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wheat Ridge 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 (11)
- Matthew Dominick: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Stabile: Kevin Tostado, cropped by SaltyBoatr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paige Spiranac: Lexie Mitchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Dunivant: Css71588, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Melancon: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Johnson: clare_and_ben, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paolo DelPiccolo: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Kooser: Jason Cangialos, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Heath: Entilzha, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Broderick: commons: Lilly M pl.wiki: Lilly M real name: Małgorzata Miłaszewska, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy H. McVicker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons