#1Famous people · Chester
4 famous people were born in Chester from 1878 to 1996
The best known is the American baseball player Nate Eaton, with articles in 3 languages. William Trueheart and C. J. Reavis follow. The list’s best known name, Nate Eaton, dates from 1996. Per head, the list is long: 1.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Virginia has 0.1.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Nate Eaton
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Willis C. Pulliam
Youngest
1996
Nate Eaton
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Chester
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Chester’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chester is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chester
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester 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 (2)
- Nate Eaton: Minda Haas Kuhlmann from Omaha, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willis C. Pulliam: W. W. Foster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons