#1Writing & Arts
Ernest Hemingway
1899–1961American author and journalist
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Famous people · Oak Park
Of the 52 famous people born in Oak Park, an unusual share are ministers and preachers
Articles in 208 languages make the American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway the best known. Betty White is second and Carl Rogers third. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 36 in all. From Lloyd Wright to Cathy Kelley, the births on the list run from 1890 to 1988.
Born here
52
notable people
Best known
Ernest Hemingway
in 208 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Lloyd Wright
Youngest
1988
Cathy Kelley
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
14 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Oak Park’s famous people
Known worldwideErnest Hemingway has a Wikipedia article in 208 languages.A town of ministers and preachers4 of the 52 people born here are ministers and preachers, 4.6× the usual share.A chosen home3 more notable people chose to live here, Steven D. Levitt among them.52 notable peopleMore than most towns: 52 notable people were born in Oak Park.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Oak Park
By how many languages cover them, Ernest Hemingway comes first (208), then Betty White (81) and Carl Rogers (76).
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What Oak Park is known for
Ministers and preachers stand out most, at 4.6 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.
Through the years
When Oak Park’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 12 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Oak Park
49 more, best known first.
Andrew Greeley
1928–2013Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and novelist, 1928-2013
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Richard C. Atkinson
born 1929American educational psychologist and academic
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Lois Kelso Hunt
1926–2018American actor, theatre director and arts advocate
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Oak Park home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Steven D. Levitt the best known.
Chris Ware
born 1967American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series (begun 1994) and several graphic novels
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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 Park 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 (21)
- Ernest Hemingway: Lloyd Arnold, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty White: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Rogers: The original uploader was Didius at Dutch Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Bach: Corsair133693, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Newhart: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Kroc: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John G. Avildsen: Columbia Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathy Griffin: nrkbeta, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Archambault: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph P. Kerwin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Slater: Alfred Eisenstaedt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Egan: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Lennon: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Alden Adams: Pvasiliadis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Nettleton: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Szarabajka: Keith Szarabajka, FedCon 2012.jpg: Eva Rinaldi derivative work: Rhain1999, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Humphrey: Strauss-Peyton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn McCord Adams: Kaihsu Tai, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William Stowe: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven D. Levitt: Stephen Foskett, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons