#1Famous people · Arlington Heights
Charlie Kirk leads the 41 famous people born in Arlington Heights
84 languages have an article about the American political activist Charlie Kirk. Most were born since 1970: 25 of them. Births span 1926 to 2005, from Dick Bokelmann to Cam Christie. With 28 athletes, the list holds 1.9 times the share found across U.S. towns.
Born here
41
notable people
Best known
Charlie Kirk
in 84 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
Dick Bokelmann
Youngest
2005
Cam Christie
Most common field
Sports
28 people
What stands out about Arlington Heights’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Arlington Heights’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 12 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Arlington Heights
Athletes take two of the three places.
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What Arlington Heights is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.9 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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Everyone else born in Arlington Heights
Still to come: 38 more, from 1926 to 2005.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Mount Prospect’s, with 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Arlington Heights 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 (21)
- Charlie Kirk: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Spector: Birmingham City F.C., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian McBride: JamesGrantGroup, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Strobel: Lindy Hopper Phoenix, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Garoppolo: U.S. Air Force Employee Lan Kim of Travis AFB, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sebastian Maniscalco: PACK EXPO: The World's Premier Packaging and Processing Trade Show, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Christie: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Preissing: mark6mauno, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Van Ovost: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Austin: Ocieward at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Berenzweig: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Myers: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Tracy: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarrett Payton: DoubleBlue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Machnik: TeresaLynnE, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Waggoner: Rochester Institute of Technology, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Brust: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Kendziera: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Michaels: AlterĒvolvere, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ratcliffe: Office of the Director of Intelligence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Bennett: Rachel Leibowitz rlbw, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons