#1Famous people · West Jordan
Athletes stand out among the 10 famous people born in West Jordan
The best known is the American boxer Gene Fullmer, with articles in 16 languages. The largest group, 7, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents there are 0.9 on the list, well above the typical Utah town’s 0.5. Fewer than a quarter of the 123 towns in Utah with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Gene Fullmer
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Delila Richards Abbott
Youngest
1997
Kaysha Love
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about West Jordan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When West Jordan’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What West Jordan is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 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 West Jordan
Three names lead: Gene Fullmer (16 languages), Kaysha Love (11) and Jordan Loveridge (5).
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Everyone else born in West Jordan
The other 7 span the years 1908 to 1992.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called West Jordan home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in West Jordan, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Murray has the longest list next door: 24.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Jordan 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)
- Gene Fullmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Loveridge: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DaMarques Johnson: Mark Richardson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Fullmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sealver Siliga: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Delila Richards Abbott: The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Jan 1959, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Coleman: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michele Vasconcelos: Jamie Smed from Cincinnati, Ohio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don L. Lind: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam S. Bennion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Sharp, Marianne C., ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Branden Carlson: Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons