#1Famous people · Naperville
Of the 42 famous people born in Naperville, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Anthony Parker, the American basketball player, with articles in 24 languages. The American soccer player Chris Brady ranks second, ahead of Belmont Cameli. 34 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Over 111 years of births, the list goes from Winfred George Knoch (1895) to Daniel Martynov (2006).
Born here
42
notable people
Best known
Anthony Parker
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Winfred George Knoch
Youngest
2006
Daniel Martynov
Most common field
Sports
31 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Naperville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Naperville’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 16.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Naperville is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 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 Naperville
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Naperville
Of the other 39, 29 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Naperville home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Naperville, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Aurora, at 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Naperville 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)
- Anthony Parker: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belmont Cameli: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Krueger: Harvardton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordyn Poulter: Lega Pallavolo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Cordes: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Candace Parker: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Cussler: Oleo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa McCarthy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Plotkin: Jarrett Campbell from Cary, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons