#1Famous people · South Holland
4 famous people call South Holland their birthplace
Most widely known is Mark Mulder, the American baseball player, with articles in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American musician Kevin Drumm, third to Kevin DeYoung. Over 14 years of births, the list goes from Paul Gilmartin (1963) to Kevin DeYoung (1977). For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.9, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Mark Mulder
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1963
Paul Gilmartin
Youngest
1977
Kevin DeYoung
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in South Holland
Three names lead: Mark Mulder (8 languages), Kevin Drumm (7) and Kevin DeYoung (3).
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#3Through the years
When South Holland’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsMusicFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What South Holland is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
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 South Holland
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Harvey counts 57 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Holland 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 (7)
- Mark Mulder: Shgmom56, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Drumm: Seth Tisue, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin DeYoung: Joe Carter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Needham: Zafer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tink: Tse Daniel for The Come Up Show, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Smith: U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinn Buckner: Boston Celtics, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons