#1Famous people · Zion
10 famous people were born in Zion, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Gary Coleman, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 68 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.1, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there. From James Gordon Lindsay to Lenzelle Smith Jr., the births on the list run from 1906 to 1991. Fewer than a quarter of the 747 towns in Illinois with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Gary Coleman
in 68 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
James Gordon Lindsay
Youngest
1991
Lenzelle Smith Jr.
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Zion’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Zion
Counted by languages, Gary Coleman is ahead of Richard Bull and James Gordon Lindsay: 68, 25 and 8.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Richard Bull
1924–2014American film, stage and television actor
25 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Zion’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 3.
Film, TV & StageSportsPolitics & LawFaithScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Zion is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 3.2 times as common.
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 Zion
7 more names, born between 1915 and 1991.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Zion home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Zion, though born elsewhere.
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Beach Park has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Zion 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 (6)
- Gary Coleman: Daniel McConnell at https://www.flickr.com/photos/trojandan/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Bull: TV-pilot screenshot (Hammer Film Productions/Columbia Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gordon Lindsay: Gordon Lindsay (Life time: NA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lenzelle Smith Jr.: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adeline Geo-Karis: State of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Darnell: Nascar fan mx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons