#1Famous people · Pekin
Of the 21 famous people born in Pekin, an unusual share are performers
Susan Dey, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Second and third on the list are Everett Dirksen and Ormond Stone. 10 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.6, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Susan Dey
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Ormond Stone
Youngest
1976
D. A. Points
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Pekin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pekin is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2 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 Pekin
Ranked by languages covered: Susan Dey with 28, then Everett Dirksen with 26 and Ormond Stone with 21.
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#3Science & Medicine
Ormond Stone
1847–1933American astronomer, mathematician and educator
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Pekin’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pekin
18 more names, born between 1859 and 1976.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Pekin home
One more notable person made the town home: Liz Brunner.
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Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pekin 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)
- Susan Dey: ABC Television Network., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Dirksen: Richard Hood Harryman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ormond Stone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Brann: Atco Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Andrews Bumstead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sol Bloom: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. A. Points: Jhansen23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Kenney: Rob DiCaterino from Clifton, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abigail Scott Duniway: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons