#1Famous people · Freeport
Of the 37 famous people born in Freeport, an unusual share are performers
Calista Flockhart, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 53 languages. The oldest name on the list belongs to Charles J. Stine, born in 1869, the newest to Dikembe Dixson, born in 1996. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 15.7 for every 10,000 residents. Births since 1970 account for 7 of the names.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Calista Flockhart
in 53 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Charles J. Stine
Youngest
1996
Dikembe Dixson
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
9 people
What stands out about Freeport’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Freeport is known for
Performers stand out most, at 2.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Freeport
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Science & Medicine
George Kingsley Zipf
1902–1950American statistician
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Freeport’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsNotableMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Freeport
Another 34, the earliest born in 1869.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Florence Township has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Freeport 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)
- Calista Flockhart: Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louella Parsons: Lowell Sun, December 23, 1941; International News Service photo with earliest date stamp October 9, 1937, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Kingsley Zipf: Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred A. Cohn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Cain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Heller: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clare Winger Harris: unidentified staff artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ravi Patel: jen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Alfred Forbes: The Hoyle Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons