PW#1
Famous people · Wilmette
24 famous people from Wilmette, many of them writers and artists
Most widely known is Pete Wentz, the American musician, with articles in 36 languages. Second and third on the list are Joel Murray and Nico Tortorella. 11 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.7, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Pete Wentz
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Stanley Sutton
Youngest
2001
Alex Vlasic
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Wilmette’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Wilmette is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.9 times as common.
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 Wilmette’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Wilmette
Performers take two of the three places.
JM#2
NT#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wilmette
21 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wilmette home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Wilmette, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Evanston has the most people on record, 48 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wilmette 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 (13)
- Beck Bennett: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Skelton: George Grantham Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- K.Flay: Justin Higuchi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jus10h/), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Walker: Robman94, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Ruhl: Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Schroeder: Srf7425, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. W. Moffett: US_Army_53056_Ambassadors_of_Hollywood_visit_Afghanistan.jpg: Spc. Elisebet Freeburg, Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan, PAO derivative work: B3t, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas S. Ricketts: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Seals: Robman94, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert V. Remini: Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cusack: Gerald Geronimo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Witwer: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Decker Breckenridge: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons