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Famous people · Roeland Park
Roeland Park is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Nia Williams, the American soccer player, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second place goes to the American soccer player Eric Dick, third to Michael Weathers. For every 10,000 residents the town has 5.9, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 343 towns in Kansas with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Nia Williams
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1967
Mike Gardner
Youngest
1997
Michael Weathers
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Roeland Park
Nia Williams leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Eric Dick (5) and Michael Weathers (4).
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#3Through the years
When Roeland Park’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 3 births.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roeland Park 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 (4)
- Eric Dick: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Weathers: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Parker: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blair Butler: Gage Skidmore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons