#1Famous people · Oak Park
5 famous people were born in Oak Park
Most widely known is Carrie Keranen, the American voice actress, with articles in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball player Ryan Perryman, third to Brian Alford. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.7, while at least half the towns in Michigan list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 505 towns in Michigan with famous people list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Carrie Keranen
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1975
Brian Alford
Youngest
1987
Carrie Keranen
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Oak Park
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Oak Park’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oak Park is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.3 times as common.
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 Oak Park
Another 2, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Oak Park home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Oak Park, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak 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 (6)
- Carrie Keranen: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Forta: Flickr user prayanks, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Selma Blair: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Carter: Kku, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Bell: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Levin: Franmarie Metzler; U.S. House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons