#1Famous people · Mount Vernon
The 19 famous people born in Mount Vernon, led by Jim Caviezel
At the top of the list is the American actor Jim Caviezel, covered in 62 languages. The American actor Chad Lindberg ranks second, ahead of T. J. Oshie. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 10 in all. Over 73 years of births, the list goes from Dave Strong (1916) to Oscar Jimenez (1989).
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Jim Caviezel
in 62 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Dave Strong
Youngest
1989
Oscar Jimenez
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Mount Vernon’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Mount Vernon
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Through the years
When Mount Vernon’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMusicMilitaryFaithWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mount Vernon is known for
Share of Mount Vernon’s famous people in each field.
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 Mount Vernon
Of the other 16, 7 are athletes.
Mark Hendrickson
born 1974American sportsperson, basketball player and baseball player
SportsWikipedia ↗
Arthur D. Nicholson
1947–1985Officially regarded by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been a victim of murder and the final victim of the Cold War
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Vernon 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)
- Jim Caviezel: Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. J. Oshie: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Bentyne: Walter Gehring, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hendrickson: User Rabbethan on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy DeVries: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Jimenez: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Richardson: mjl816 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Willrich: Elwood P. Dowd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Eldridge: Jeffers V .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box-siz…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Trafton: Katherine Trafton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Fidler: Funkyyak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons