#1Famous people · Cedar Rapids
41 famous people from Cedar Rapids, many of them performers
Articles in 86 languages make the American actor Elijah Wood the best known. The largest group, 17, was born between 1920 and 1969. 16 of them were born since 1970. Charles R. Eastman, born in 1868, is the earliest name and Jessica Heims, born in 1998, the latest.
Born here
41
notable people
Best known
Elijah Wood
in 86 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Charles R. Eastman
Youngest
1998
Jessica Heims
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
11 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Cedar Rapids’ famous people
Known worldwideElijah Wood is written about in 86 languages.A town of performersPerformers make up 11 of the 41, 2.8 times the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 23 of them have been born here, the latest in 1998.41 notable peopleMore than most towns: 41 notable people were born in Cedar Rapids.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Cedar Rapids
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Writing & Arts
Carl Van Vechten
1880–1964American writer and photographer
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Known for
What Cedar Rapids is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Cedar Rapids’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 7 births.
Film, TV & StageSportsWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & LawScience & MedicineBusinessFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cedar Rapids
Still to come: 38 more, from 1868 to 1998.
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A chosen home
Also called Cedar Rapids home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Rob Hogg.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Marion: 8.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cedar Rapids 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 (9)
- Elijah Wood: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashton Kutcher: Photographer: Jennifer Jacquemart, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Van Vechten: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Emerson: Thibault from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Driscoll: NBC Television Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lipsky: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Askren: MMAnytt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don DeFore: NBC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Lanning: Harold Lloyd, Lewis Milestone and Ted Wilde., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons