#1Famous people · Cleveland
Athletes stand out among the 33 famous people born in Cleveland
Articles in 11 languages make the American soccer player Matt Lampson the best known. The largest group, 16, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 10 were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 236 towns in Tennessee with famous people list more.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Matt Lampson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Clinton J. Calloway
Youngest
1994
Chad Voytik
Most common field
Sports
18 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Cleveland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cleveland’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicScience & MedicineMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cleveland is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.5 times the usual share.
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
Counted by languages, Matt Lampson is ahead of Anthony Burger and Darnell Mee: 11, 8 and 8.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Cleveland
Here are 30 more, born from 1869 to 1994.
William M. Moore
1926–2013American football coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator
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A chosen home
Also called Cleveland home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Bob Jones.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleveland 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)
- Matt Lampson: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Burger: Ssawatzky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doc Johnston: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Johnston: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Jones III: Hi540, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Bates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Jones: Carrie Christmas Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Watson: Harrison Keely, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- JaJuan Smith: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clinton J. Calloway: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons