#1Famous people · Chesapeake
Of the 45 famous people born in Chesapeake, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American basketball player Alonzo Mourning, with articles in 38 languages. The American athlete Grant Holloway ranks second, ahead of Michael Copon. Since 1970, 31 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.1 in the typical town in Virginia.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Alonzo Mourning
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1943
Charlie Stukes
Youngest
2004
Michael Zheng
Most common field
Sports
35 people
What stands out about Chesapeake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chesapeake’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 13.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chesapeake is known for
Chesapeake has 2.2× the usual share of athletes.
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 Chesapeake
Two of the three are athletes.
#1
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Michael Copon
born 1982American actor, model, producer and singer
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Chesapeake
A further 42 follow, born between 1943 and 2004.
Joe Falk
born 1951American automobile dealer, stock car racing team owner and stock car racer
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The longest list nearby is Virginia Beach’s, with 56.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chesapeake 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 (24)
- Alonzo Mourning: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Holloway: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Copon: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Pharoah: dtstuff9, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Scott: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Forbes: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Magnum T.A.: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Briante Weber: Jeff Horne, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Zheng: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory D. Gadson: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Easley: Seattle Seahawks/Washington State Crime Prevention Association/Kiwanis International/Coca-Cola, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Sweat: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Smith: Løken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Harvin: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Evans: Botend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DeAngelo Hall: Ghastlyghost, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Butler: Jennifer Zambrano on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hassell: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zeke Spruill: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Stanley: mainerterrence, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashton Lewis: Sgt. Jimmie Perkins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walker Scobell: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patton Oswalt: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Byrd: Raymond Fudge Silver Spring, Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons