#1Famous people · Silver Spring
44 famous people from Silver Spring, many of them performers
Articles in 52 languages make the American romance writer Nora Roberts the best known. Behind the leader come Rian Johnson and Rebecca Sugar. Since 1970, 33 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Lewis Black, born in 1948, the newest to Mansoor Delane, born in 2003.
Born here
44
notable people
Best known
Nora Roberts
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1948
Lewis Black
Youngest
2003
Mansoor Delane
Most common field
Sports
22 people
Also called it home
9
notable residents
What stands out about Silver Spring’s famous people
A town of performersPerformers make up 14 of the 44, 3.4 times the usual share.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 2003, among 42 since 1950.Known worldwideNora Roberts has a Wikipedia article in 52 languages.A chosen home9 more notable people chose to live here, Rachel Carson among them.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Silver Spring is known for
Silver Spring has 3.4× the usual share of performers.
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 Silver Spring’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 12 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Silver Spring
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Rebecca Sugar
born 1987American animator and screenwriter
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Silver Spring
41 more, best known first.
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
born 1984American author of fantasy and young adult literature
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Silver Spring home
9 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Rachel Carson the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Takoma Park: 32.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Silver Spring 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 (11)
- Nora Roberts: Dev Librarian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rian Johnson: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Sugar: Peter Dzubay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Ealy: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Oladipo: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessie T. Usher: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Carson: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laphonza Butler: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Francis: V. Manninen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Gore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miriam O'Brien Underhill: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons