#1Famous people · Sandy
16 famous people from Sandy, many of them leaders
The best known is the association football player Michele Vasconcelos, with articles in 9 languages. Second place goes to the united States federal judge Dee Benson, third to Dalton Schultz. Most were born since 1970: 8 of them. For every 10,000 residents there are 1.7 on the list, well above the typical Utah town’s 0.5.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Michele Vasconcelos
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Frank Ezekiel Holman
Youngest
1996
Chandler Cox
Most common field
Sports
8 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Sandy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sandy’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sandy is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.8 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 Sandy
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Sandy
13 more names, born between 1886 and 1996.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Sandy home
One more notable person made the town home: Karl Meltzer.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Draper’s, at 11 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sandy 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 (8)
- Michele Vasconcelos: Jamie Smed from Cincinnati, Ohio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dee Benson: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalton Schultz: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Kramer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dia Frampton: maine12329, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Fullmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don L. Lind: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Branden Carlson: Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons