7 famous people from Mundelein, many of them athletes
The best known is the American tennis player Brienne Minor, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are Charlie Campbell and Zaire Barnes. Since 1970, 4 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 2.2 for every 10,000 residents.
What stands out about Mundelein’s famous people
When Mundelein’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Mundelein is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2 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.
Born in Mundelein
Languages with an article: 6 for Brienne Minor, 4 for Charlie Campbell, 4 for Zaire Barnes.
#3Everyone else born in Mundelein
Another 4, 2 of them leaders.


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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Libertyville: 15.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mundelein 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 (8)
- Zaire Barnes: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penny Bernard Schaber: Kochea7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Borucki: Joel Dinda on Flickr (Original)Trut-h-urts_man (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Knopf: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Simon: dann_garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Korbin Shrader: Doha News, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Redlicki: robbiesaurus from Smithtown, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar L. Larkin: Credit Line: Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, CC0, Wikimedia Commons




