MS#1
Film, TV & Stage
Molly Shannon
born 1964American actress and comedian
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Famous people · Shaker Heights
16 famous people were born in Shaker Heights, more of them performers than in most towns
Molly Shannon, the American actress and comedian, is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. Second and third on the list are Roger Penske and Jamie Babbit. The largest group, 10, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Molly Shannon
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
James Card
Youngest
1977
Courtney Ledyard
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
6 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Shaker Heights’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Shaker Heights is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as 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.
Through the years
When Shaker Heights’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 5.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusinessNotableMusicPolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Shaker Heights
Performers take two of the three places.
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Jamie Babbit
born 1970American director, producer, and screenwriter
20 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Shaker Heights
The rest number 13, with 4 writers and artists among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Shaker Heights home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Shaker Heights, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Cleveland lists the most people: 31.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shaker 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 (7)
- Roger Penske: Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Babbit: Tacopopcorn123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wain: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldo Rivera: Justin Hoch[dead link] photographing for Hudson Union Society, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newton Diehl Baker Jr.: George Grantham Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Debra Winger: NIDA(NIH), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Fingerhut: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons