#14 famous people come from Tremonton, Jay Silvester the best known
Most widely known is Jay Silvester, the American athletics competitor, with articles in 18 languages. Behind the leader come Thomas L. Steffen and William A. Wilson. For every 10,000 residents there are 3.5 on the list, well above the typical Utah town’s 0.5. Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.

Born in Tremonton
Languages with an article: 18 for Jay Silvester, 2 for Thomas L. Steffen, 2 for William A. Wilson.
#1Thomas L. Steffen
1930–2020American supreme court justice
When Tremonton’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Tremonton is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Tremonton
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Garland, with 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tremonton 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 (1)
- Jay Silvester: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons