#1Famous people · Chanhassen
8 famous people from Chanhassen, many of them athletes
Articles in 8 languages make the American ice hockey player Rory Guilday the best known. More than half were born since 1970, 6 in all. The list runs from Jim Lord, born in 1948, to Rory Guilday, born in 2002. Half or more of the towns in Minnesota have no one on record, but this one has 3.1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Rory Guilday
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1948
Jim Lord
Youngest
2002
Rory Guilday
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Chanhassen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chanhassen’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chanhassen is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Chanhassen
By how many languages cover them, Rory Guilday comes first (8), then Stu Bickel (7) and Jim Lord (3).
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Everyone else born in Chanhassen
5 more names, born between 1956 and 1999.
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A chosen home
Also called Chanhassen home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Prince.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Eden Prairie has the longest list next door: 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chanhassen 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 (7)
- Rory Guilday: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stu Bickel: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Lord: The Minnesota Legislature, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Denton: State Farm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Bergman: U.S. Secretary of War, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curry: Hockeytigers (Eva Fuchs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons