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Famous people · Oak Lawn
Athletes stand out among the 20 famous people born in Oak Lawn
Articles in 20 languages make the American guitarist Dan Donegan the best known. The next two names are C. J. Kupec and Marc Rzepczynski. 12 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 769 towns in Illinois with famous people list more.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Dan Donegan
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1953
C. J. Kupec
Youngest
1988
Leslie Cichocki
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Oak Lawn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oak Lawn’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 6 births.
SportsMusicFaithPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oak Lawn is known for
Oak Lawn has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
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 Oak Lawn
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Oak Lawn
A further 17 follow, born between 1953 and 1988.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Chicago lists the most people: 37.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak Lawn 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)
- C. J. Kupec: Unidentified (Michiganensian is the University of Michigan yearbook published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Rzepczynski: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Byrdak: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Bogusevic: batgeek on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory Markham: The Doppelganger (Adam Etheridge), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robb Thompson: Robb_Thompson.jpg: holaratcha derivative work: Off2riorob, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Rowe: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons