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Famous people · Kirkland
24 famous people were born in Kirkland, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 16 languages make the American cyclist Jennie Reed the best known. Second place goes to the American bodybuilder Mike O'Hearn, third to Micah Downs. Since 1970, 14 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1939, JoAnne Carner is the first name on record, and Salvon Ahmed, born in 1998, the most recent.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Jennie Reed
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1939
JoAnne Carner
Youngest
1998
Salvon Ahmed
Most common field
Sports
15 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Kirkland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kirkland’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 6 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kirkland is known for
Kirkland has 1.8× 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 Kirkland
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Kirkland
Here are 21 more, born from 1939 to 1998.
Carrie L. Partch
born 1973American protein biochemist and circadian biologist
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Kirkland home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Cher Scarlett.
Cher Scarlett
born 1985American software engineer, writer, labor activist, and corporate whistleblower
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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The neighbour with the most names is Bellevue, at 52.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kirkland 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 (15)
- Mike O'Hearn: Erny Peibst, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Micah Downs: Drummer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Anstett: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Youngblood: Mary_signs_a_CD.jpg: Mike Oitzman derivative work: Adabow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samantha Hiatt: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Mueller: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Fitzgibbon: Oran Viriyincy from Santa Barbara, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tobey Butler: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Tarr: Scinsvche, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cher Scarlett: Cher Scarlett, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keegan Hall: 33houdini33, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Sanger: Larry Sanger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Gates: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karan Brar: Movieguide®, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patty Murray: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons