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Famous people · DeKalb
Of the 22 famous people born in DeKalb, an unusual share are performers
Cindy Crawford, the American model, is the most widely known, written about in 73 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 13 of them. For every 10,000 residents the town has 5.4, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there. The list runs from George Franklin Barber, born in 1854, to Yony Leyser, born in 1985.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Cindy Crawford
in 73 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
George Franklin Barber
Youngest
1985
Yony Leyser
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about DeKalb’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in DeKalb
Cindy Crawford has articles in 73 languages, Richard Jenkins in 46 and Barbara Hale in 34.
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What DeKalb is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 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 DeKalb’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in DeKalb
19 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is DeKalb 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 (10)
- Richard Jenkins: anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Hale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Willard Wirtz: Photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric P. Whitaker: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Franklin Barber: American Illustrating Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mel Kenyon: Doctorindy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evar Swanson: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Foss: Will Calcutt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Walrod Harrington: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert J. Hopkins: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons