#1Famous people · Irmo
Athletes stand out among the 9 famous people born in Irmo
Alaina Coates, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Behind the leader come Jalin Hyatt and Rodney Burgess. The largest group, 7, was born since 1970. Born in 1955, Bobby Weed is the first name on record, and Jalin Hyatt, born in 2001, the most recent.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Alaina Coates
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1955
Bobby Weed
Youngest
2001
Jalin Hyatt
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Irmo’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Irmo’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Irmo is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 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 Irmo
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone else born in Irmo
Another 6, 4 of them athletes.
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A chosen home
Also called Irmo home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Irmo, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Irmo.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Irmo 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 (6)
- Alaina Coates: SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Burgess: derivative work, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David A. Wright: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen Johnson: André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Singleton: Stuart Grout, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Donen: Adam Schartoff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons