#1Film, TV & Stage
Ethel Waters
1896–1977American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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Famous people · Chester
56 famous people were born in Chester, more of them performers than in most towns
Best known of all is Ethel Waters, written about in 35 languages. Close behind are Jameer Nelson and Alex North. Between 1920 and 1969, 26 were born, the most of any period. Over 193 years of births, the list goes from Peter H. Engle (1808) to George Campbell (2001).
Born here
56
notable people
Best known
Ethel Waters
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1808
Peter H. Engle
Youngest
2001
George Campbell
Most common field
Sports
27 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Chester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Chester is known for
Chester has 1.7× the usual share of performers.
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 Chester’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 11 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Chester
Ethel Waters, Jameer Nelson and Alex North are written about in 35, 31 and 29 languages.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Chester
53 more names, born between 1808 and 2001.
Sylvanus Morley
1883–1948American archaeologist, epigrapher, Mayanist scholar, and WWI spy for the U.S.
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A chosen home
Also called Chester home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Kia Davis the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Upland, with 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester 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 (16)
- Ethel Waters: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jameer Nelson: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyreke Evans: Pkantz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvanus Morley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Dixon Porter: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derrick Jones Jr.: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Draper: Photographer unknown. Distributed by Walter Reade's Continental Distributing., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda McGrory: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bud Grace: Dev-ko at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fran Brill: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Belgrave: W. Kim Heron, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fredia Gibbs: Joulia2323, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John M. Paxton, Jr.: U. S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Lind: Flickr user Greg2600 [2], CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Kerns McConnell, Jr.: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons