#1Famous people · Philadelphia
Musicians stand out among the 18 famous people born in Philadelphia
At the top of the list is the American musician Otis Rush, covered in 28 languages. Marty Stuart is second and Billy Cannon third. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 13 of them. From Georgia Tann to HARDY, the births on the list run from 1891 to 1990.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Otis Rush
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Georgia Tann
Youngest
1990
HARDY
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Philadelphia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Philadelphia is known for
Philadelphia has 4.1× the usual share of musicians.
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 Philadelphia’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Philadelphia
Two of the three are musicians.
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Everyone else born in Philadelphia
Of the other 15, 5 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Philadelphia 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)
- Otis Rush: Svein M Agnalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Stuart: Forrest L. Smith, III, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Cannon: Topps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- HARDY: Photo taken by Tanner Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Tann: Commercial Appeal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Martin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Arthur Winstead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons