13 famous people were born in Chesterfield, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the American ice hockey player Clayton Keller, with articles in 19 languages. Behind the leader come Luke Kunin and Robbie Daymond. The largest group, 12, was born since 1970. Over 24 years of births, the list goes from Kellyn Tate (1976) to Kyle Donahue (2000).
What stands out about Chesterfield’s famous people
When Chesterfield’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 6 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Chesterfield is known for
Chesterfield has 2.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Born in Chesterfield
Clayton Keller leads with articles in 19 languages, ahead of Luke Kunin (12) and Robbie Daymond (11).
#2Everyone else born in Chesterfield
The other 10 span the years 1976 to 2000.

Scott Van Slyke
born 1986Major League Baseball outfielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization



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Also called Chesterfield home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Cole McNary the best known.

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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Creve Coeur, with 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chesterfield 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 (9)
- Luke Kunin: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Van Slyke: David on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Davies: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff LoVecchio: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Donahue: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole McNary: KOMUnews, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heinie Mueller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Voit: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blaine Gabbert: Tiscionem510, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons


