#140 famous people were born in Evergreen Park, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 59 languages make the American actress Jane Lynch the best known. From Wayne Huizenga to Sergio Oregel, the births on the list run from 1937 to 2005. Athletes make up the largest group, 20 of them. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 20.6 for every 10,000 residents.
What stands out about Evergreen Park’s famous people
When Evergreen Park’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 9.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Evergreen Park
Jane Lynch has articles in 59 languages, Sean Hayes in 48 and Jenny McCarthy in 42.
#1
#2Jenny McCarthy
born 1972American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
What Evergreen Park is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Evergreen Park
37 more, 20 of them athletes.













Joey Kovar
1983–2012American model and reality television star and bodybuilder

Tom Goldenberg
born 1948American artist, best known for landscape and abstract paintings
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Chicago has the most people on record, 37 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Evergreen Park 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 (17)
- Jane Lynch: Peterb1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Hayes: Sean Hayes - 브로드웨이 진출한 LG 드럼세탁기.jpg: LG전자, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Guzan: Antonio.tinajero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David A. Patterson: Peg Skorpinski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gerald Casey: Notordinaryatall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Huizenga: Roy Erickson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Dwyer: Johnny Spasm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Pote: Bernie_Williams_vs._Lou_Pote_2001.jpg: *Angels_vs._Yankees_2001_(Bernie_Williams_vs._Lou_Pote).jpg: Amin Eshaiker derivative work: Amineshaker derivative work: Amineshaker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Gorzelanny: MissChatter on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Farmer: Official Navy Page from United States of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrance W. Gainer: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Tumpane: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Donahue: Cbl62 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy P. Marshall: NWS forecast Doug Speheger during a damage survey (per source), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bil Dwyer: Liezl Estipona, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph C. Szabo: U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
