#1Famous people · Homewood
4 famous people were born in Homewood from 1883 to 1992
Kevin Dillard, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball player T. J. Cummings, third to Brandon Feehery. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 2.1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Kevin Dillard
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Mabel Sykes
Youngest
1992
Brandon Feehery
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Homewood
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Homewood’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Homewood is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 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
Everyone else born in Homewood
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Homewood home
Born elsewhere, Aja Evans lived here.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Hazel Crest has the most on record, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Homewood 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 (7)
- Kevin Dillard: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. J. Cummings: User:STB-1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mabel Sykes: Rudolf Dührkoop, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aja Evans: Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Acker: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tai Odiase: Zafer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Michael Schmitz: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons