#1Famous people · Cleveland Heights
16 famous people were born in Cleveland Heights, more of them performers than in most towns
At the top of the list is the American actress Debra Winger, covered in 55 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 9 of them. Charles Z. Wick (1917) and Ari Lesser (1986) mark the two ends of the list. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Debra Winger
in 55 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Charles Z. Wick
Youngest
1986
Ari Lesser
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
6 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Cleveland Heights’ famous people
A town of performers6 of the 16 people born here are performers, 4× the usual share.Known worldwideDebra Winger has an article in 55 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 9, the most recent in 1986.A chosen home3 more notable people chose to live in Cleveland Heights, including Kathryn Hahn.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cleveland Heights is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 4 times.
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 Cleveland Heights
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Through the years
When Cleveland Heights’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 3.
Film, TV & StageSportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFaithWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cleveland Heights
Still to come: 13 more, from 1917 to 1986.
Ari Lesser
born 1986American Orthodox Jewish rapper, singer-songwriter and spoken word artist
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A chosen home
Also called Cleveland Heights home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Kathryn Hahn.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Cleveland’s, with 31.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleveland Heights 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 (14)
- Debra Winger: NIDA(NIH), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Chase: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Diana Hyland: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy P. Broglio: United States Naval Academy Photo Archive from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Dolan: Petty Officer 1st Class Armando Gonzales of U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonnie Nadzam: ASU Department of English, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Z. Wick: Mary Anne Fackelman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley: US Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Hahn: Our Movie Guide, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Meyer: Chris Jennings, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Boyd: Image courtesy of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christine Chubbuck: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Creech: Barkeep49, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Fingerhut: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons