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Famous people · Chevy Chase
17 famous people come from Chevy Chase, Hilary Rhoda the best known
Articles in 20 languages make the American model Hilary Rhoda the best known. Behind the leader come Gayle King and Collin Martin. For every 10,000 residents the town has 58.5, while at least half the towns in Maryland list nobody born there. From Bobby Stevens to Phoebe Bacon, the births on the list run from 1907 to 2002.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Hilary Rhoda
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Bobby Stevens
Youngest
2002
Phoebe Bacon
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
15
notable residents
What stands out about Chevy Chase’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chevy Chase’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Chevy Chase
Performers take two of the three places.
GK#2
Film, TV & Stage
Gayle King
born 1954American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News
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#3Known for
What Chevy Chase is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
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 Chevy Chase
14 more, best known first.
Tom Scott
born 1966American entrepreneur best known as the CEO and co-founder of Nantucket Nectars
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A chosen home
Also called Chevy Chase home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Chevy Chase, though born elsewhere.
Chris Matthews
born 1945American political commentator, former talk show host, and author
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Bethesda’s, at 52 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chevy Chase 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 (21)
- Collin Martin: Runningboards, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoebe Bacon: Wisconsin Athletics, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Bowman: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Harris: Josh Harris, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Warner: UNC - CFC - USFK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Serwer: Fortune Live Media, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Rubin: Dotan Doron, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Skottowe Northrop: United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Mitchell: NBC White Paper & United States Office of Economic Opportunity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Rosenberg: YES Network, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Binder: sanja10021, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Beyer: Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miles O'Brien: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Shriver: Sławek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ana Sol Gutierrez: 1msulax (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Shields: PBS NewsHour, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry O'Connor: Rick Hornsby / Flyover Country Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Satloff: Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Cook: Earl McDonald, NARA Staff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nina Easton: Asa Mathat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Schiff: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons