#1Famous people · Chester
4 famous people call Chester their birthplace
Articles in 3 languages make the American basketball player Jim Jordan the best known. Behind the leader come Scott Paulsen and Win Mercer. The list runs from Win Mercer, born in 1874, to Scott Paulsen, born in 1959. Huntington’s 62 names make the longest list in West Virginia.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jim Jordan
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Win Mercer
Youngest
1959
Scott Paulsen
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Chester
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1SP#2
#3Through the years
When Chester’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1920s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chester is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
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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The best known from each town bordering Chester.
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)
- Jim Jordan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Win Mercer: Composer: N. Dunning. Publisher: Henry White, Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons