#1Famous people · Sandwich
10 famous people were born in Sandwich, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Paul Harvey, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 13.9 for every 10,000 residents. Born in 1852, Simon Patten is the first name on record, and Laura Weber White, born in 1971, the most recent. Only 110 of the 750 towns in Illinois with anyone on record list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Paul Harvey
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
Simon Patten
Youngest
1971
Laura Weber White
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
The best known
Born in Sandwich
Paul Harvey, Simon Patten and Charles Adams Mosher are written about in 11, 8 and 6 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Sandwich’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 3 births.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sandwich is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Sandwich
The rest number 7, with 2 performers among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Plano’s, with 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sandwich 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)
- Paul Harvey: film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Patten: Madelgarius This file was derived from: File:Simon Nelson Patten.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Adams Mosher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Brannum: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Latham Castle: Illinois Secretary of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Weber White: Telecineguy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus B. von KleinSmid: Unidentified (El Rodeo is the University of Southern California yearbook published by University of Southern California), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Bennett: GuapJosh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons