#1Famous people · Northbrook
Performers stand out among the 14 famous people born in Northbrook
Scott Adsit, the American stand-up comedian, is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. Born in 1951, Gary Donatelli is the first name on record, and Jesse Compher, born in 1999, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Scott Adsit
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1951
Gary Donatelli
Youngest
1999
Jesse Compher
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Northbrook’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Northbrook’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Northbrook is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 3 times as common.
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 Northbrook
Two of the three are performers.
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Everyone else born in Northbrook
11 more names, born between 1951 and 1999.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Northbrook home
One more notable person made the town home: Kathy Parker.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Deerfield: 11.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Northbrook 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 (10)
- Scott Adsit: Florida Supercon from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. T. Compher: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Brown: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Scheyer: Photo by flickr user James DiBianco, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Compher: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Misch: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Martini: Richmartini at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colt Cabana: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald MacLeish: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Witwer: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons