#1Famous people · Westfield
Westfield counts 5 famous people, first among them Eriq Zavaleta
At the top of the list is the salvadoran-american soccer player Eriq Zavaleta, covered in 12 languages. Claude Gernade Bowers and Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson follow. The earliest on the list is Thomas Jefferson Lindley, born in 1843, and the youngest Eriq Zavaleta, born in 1992. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Eriq Zavaleta
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Thomas Jefferson Lindley
Youngest
1992
Eriq Zavaleta
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Westfield
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#3Politics & Law
Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson
1865–1943Christian Pentecostal denominational leader in the early Twentieth Century in the USA
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Through the years
When Westfield’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 1.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Westfield is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 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 Westfield
A further 2 follow, born between 1843 and 1922.
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The best known from each town bordering Westfield.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westfield 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)
- Eriq Zavaleta: Scott Calleja, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Gernade Bowers: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Jefferson Lindley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rex Stout: Jill Krementz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Booth: Alman & Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons