#1Famous people · Redmond
Of the 20 famous people born in Redmond, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Karan Brar, the American actor, with articles in 36 languages. Blake Lewis and Amy Tryon follow. More than half were born since 1970, 17 in all. Half or more of the towns in Washington have no one on record, but this one has 2.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Karan Brar
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Chet Johnson
Youngest
1999
Karan Brar
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Redmond’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Redmond’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 6 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Redmond is known for
Redmond 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 Redmond
Karan Brar has articles in 36 languages, Blake Lewis in 17 and Amy Tryon in 12.
#1
#2AT#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Redmond
17 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Redmond home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Steve Wiebe.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bellevue lists the most people: 52.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Redmond 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)
- Karan Brar: Movieguide®, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Lewis: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Deneen: Patrick_Deneen.jpg: Juliann Fritz/U.S. Ski Team derivative work: Wine Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Conley: David on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hekker: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Voth: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Sampson: Ian D'Andrea on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chet Johnson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Johnson: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Duncan: Mike Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Wiebe: Chris from Th' L.G., USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandra Eisert: William Fitz-Patrick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Surajit Chaudhuri: Dcoetzee, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Sanger: Larry Sanger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Browne: Tim Hipps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons