#1Famous people · Hinsdale
52 famous people were born in Hinsdale, more of them performers than in most towns
The best known is the American actress Danielle Campbell, with articles in 38 languages. Close behind are Chris Klein and Nicholle Tom. The largest group, 33, was born since 1970. Born in 1890, Robert Gardner is the first name on record, and Landon Thome, born in 2007, the most recent.
Born here
52
notable people
Best known
Danielle Campbell
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Robert Gardner
Youngest
2007
Landon Thome
Most common field
Sports
26 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Hinsdale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hinsdale’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 14 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & LawBusinessMusicScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hinsdale is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
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 Hinsdale
By how many languages cover them, Danielle Campbell comes first (38), then Chris Klein (30) and Nicholle Tom (30).
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Everyone else born in Hinsdale
Still to come: 49 more, from 1890 to 2007.
Tom Rouen
born 1968All-American college football player, professional football player, punter
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A chosen home
Also called Hinsdale home
One more notable person made the town home: Kirk W. Dillard.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Western Springs lists the most people: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hinsdale 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 (24)
- Danielle Campbell: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Klein: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholle Tom: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Martin: Craig ONeal, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Riessen: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Dolehide: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Tom: Porter Hovey at http://www.porterhovey.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Roskam: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimberly Cheatle: United States Department of Homeland Security, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Stephens: Css71588, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lynch: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Gothard: Institute in Basic Life Principles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cooper MacNeil: Martin Lee from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Brandt: JungleClone, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Krol: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Benson: Joel Dinda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gardner: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Aldrich: Carlos Valdes-Dapena, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Ludy: American Eagle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Vrdoljak: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Sansonetti: U.S. Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk W. Dillard: 89 WLS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Russo: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Smith: Marc-Gregor Campredon / MGoBlog, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons