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Bob Odenkirk
born 1962American actor, comedian and filmmaker
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Famous people · Berwyn
36 famous people were born in Berwyn, more of them musicians than in most towns
Best known of all is Bob Odenkirk, written about in 49 languages. The largest group, 23, was born between 1920 and 1969. 11 of them were born since 1970. Born in 1899, Fred Weick is the first name on record, and Brian Gutiérrez, born in 2003, the most recent.
Born here
36
notable people
Best known
Bob Odenkirk
in 49 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Fred Weick
Youngest
2003
Brian Gutiérrez
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Berwyn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Berwyn is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.5 times as common.
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 Berwyn’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 6 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicNotableScience & MedicinePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsFaithBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Berwyn
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Berwyn
A further 33 follow, born between 1899 and 1994.
Christopher Bielawski
born 1973Researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-0520-1982
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Nearby, Cicero has the most on record, with 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Berwyn 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)
- Leah Poulos: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Sondra Radvanovsky: Sondra Radvanovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Michaels: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Peterik: CooperBrian1978, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Weick: United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Polan: Simon Pi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Hlavaty: Lord Bob, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Kuhr: DallasFletcher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bakalis: State of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Cox: Peggy Vagenius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Wehrmeister: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Adams: Flickr user slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Sova: Leech44, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Neapolitan: RichNeapolitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons