#1Film, TV & Stage
Karen Black
1939–2013American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter
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Famous people · Park Ridge
Of the 45 famous people born in Park Ridge, an unusual share are performers
Karen Black is the best known, with articles in 57 languages. Close behind are Gary Cole and Adam Jones. 21 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 19 of the names.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Karen Black
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
John Alden Carpenter
Youngest
2001
Peter Skoronski
Most common field
Sports
25 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Park Ridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Park Ridge’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 13 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableMusicFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Park Ridge
Performers take two of the three places.
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What Park Ridge is known for
Park Ridge has 1.9× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Park Ridge
Another 42, 25 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Park Ridge home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Park Ridge, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
5 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Park Ridge 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 (19)
- Karen Black: Vanessa Lua at https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessalua/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Jones: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Anderson: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek: Luu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alden Carpenter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Fors Olson: abbeyprivate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Hultgren: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Gregerson: Djh57, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Sloan: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Skoronski: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Zbikowski: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James I. Dolliver: US Government printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorraine Rodgers: President Barack Obama signs S.614, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, P070109PS-0602 (3679248793).jpg: Pete Souza derivative work: SarekOfVulcan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Mersch: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Bourjos: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Mahrley: Jeff Yeo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eich: Wisconsin court system, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Les: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons