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Famous people · Matteson
3 famous people call Matteson their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American basketball player Malik Osborne the best known. Jon Asamoah, the player of American football, comes second, with Sir Michael Rocks third. Born in 1987, Sir Michael Rocks is the first name on record, and Malik Osborne, born in 1998, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.6, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Malik Osborne
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1987
Sir Michael Rocks
Youngest
1998
Malik Osborne
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Matteson
Two of the three are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Matteson 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 (4)
- Jon Asamoah: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Michael Rocks: Stuart Sevastos, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessie Ackermann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Hodges: Photo Credit: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons