#1Music
Jim Morrison
1943–1971American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors
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Famous people · Melbourne
Melbourne, birthplace of Jim Morrison and 30 more famous people
Articles about Jim Morrison exist in 150 languages. Second and third on the list are Darrell Hammond and Will Perdue. With 21 athletes, the list holds 1.9 times the share found across U.S. towns. 21 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Jim Morrison
in 150 Wikipedia languages
First
1940
Bill Weeden
Youngest
2004
Jacob Fowler
Most common field
Sports
21 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Melbourne’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Melbourne
Jim Morrison leads with articles in 150 languages, ahead of Darrell Hammond (21) and Will Perdue (17).
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Darrell Hammond
born 1955American actor and comedian
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Through the years
When Melbourne’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 9 in all.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Melbourne is known for
Melbourne has 1.9× the usual share of athletes.
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 Melbourne
Still to come: 28 more, from 1940 to 2004.
Brian Carpenter
born 1971American musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, and radio host
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A chosen home
Also called Melbourne home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Melbourne, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Merritt Island, at 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Melbourne 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)
- Jim Morrison: Elektra Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrell Hammond: Zach Klein, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Wakefield: Waldo Jaquith on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Pressley: Jamie Smed from Cincinnati, Ohio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dena Grayson: Louis Tinsley/DC Corporate Headshots, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Hobgood: MarkYourWaves Surf, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Maye: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Thompson: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Laurendi: Runningboards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Cohen: Derek Kaczmarczyk from Chicago, IL. Cropped by User:Blueag9., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Grubka: RonJonMan from Tallahassee, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Wolfe: Minnesota Twins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Carpenter: Junkmafia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Buescher: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons