#1Of the 16 famous people born in Carmel, an unusual share are business people
The best known is the American basketball player Ryan Kelly, with articles in 16 languages. Behind the leader come Julia Nesheiwat and Marcus Carl Franklin. Since 1970, 8 were born, the most of any period. Joel Frost, born in 1765, is the earliest name and Sabrina Vega, born in 1995, the latest.
What stands out about Carmel’s famous people
What Carmel is known for
Compared with the usual town, business people are the most over-represented field, at 9.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
When Carmel’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 3 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Carmel
Ryan Kelly leads with articles in 16 languages, ahead of Julia Nesheiwat (8) and Marcus Carl Franklin (8).
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#2Everyone else born in Carmel
13 more, best known first.






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Also called Carmel home
One more notable person made the town home: Pierre Garçon.

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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Carmel.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carmel 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 (11)
- Ryan Kelly: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Nesheiwat: JNW21 885, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Drew: Illustrator not indicated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cynthia Dill: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaclyn Stapp: U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Eric T. Sheler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Ludington: James L. Cabot of book, sketch done by unknown person c. 1880, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Byrne: Byrne4NY, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Speckhardt: Lisa Zangrl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Garçon: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Span: IA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Mortimer Hopkins: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

