#1Famous people · Wheaton
4 famous people call Wheaton their birthplace
Articles in 8 languages make the American ice dancer Michael Parsons the best known. Second and third on the list are Diana Barrera and Benjamin F. Kramer. From Robin Koontz in 1954 to Michael Parsons in 1995, the births cover 41 years. Half or more of the towns in Maryland have no one on record, but this one has 0.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Michael Parsons
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1954
Robin Koontz
Youngest
1995
Michael Parsons
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Wheaton
Languages with an article: 8 for Michael Parsons, 5 for Diana Barrera, 4 for Benjamin F. Kramer.
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#3Through the years
When Wheaton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wheaton is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
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 Wheaton
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wheaton home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, R. David Zorc the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Forest Glen has the most on record: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wheaton 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)
- Michael Parsons: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 fr, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin F. Kramer: Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin Koontz: Marvinad, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miriam O'Brien Underhill: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons