39.3170° N, 83.8022° W
MOUNT VERNON
Most Famous People Born in Mount Vernon, United States
- Notable people
- 582
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1939
- Most distinctive
- Horse Trainer 65.1×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Mount Vernon during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Mount Vernon Is Known For
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Politician is Mount Vernon's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (72).
Mount Vernon over-indexes on horse trainer — 65.1× the global rate.
Mount Vernon under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Mount Vernon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
George Clooney
Born 1961
Denzel Washington
Born 1954
DMX (rapper)
Born 1970
Michael Shannon
Born 1974
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1866 - 1945
Jim Caviezel
Born 1968
Sugar Ray Robinson
1921 - 1989
Art Carney
1918 - 2003
Mary Todd Lincoln
1818 - 1882
Michael Imperioli
Born 1966
Jim Varney
1949 - 2000
Tinashe
Born 1993
E. B. White
1899 - 1985
Dick Clark
1929 - 2012
Robert Kirkman
Born 1978
Melissa McBride
Born 1965
John C. Breckinridge
1821 - 1875
David Chase
Born 1945
Michael O'Keefe
Born 1955
Tyson Gay
Born 1982
Richard Hell
Born 1949
Brian Littrell
Born 1975
Art Buchwald
1925 - 2007
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921 - 1999
Kevin Richardson (musician)
Born 1971
Seth Godin
Born 1960
David McClelland
1917 - 1998
Josh Hopkins
Born 1970
Paul Lynde
1926 - 1982
David Rice Atchison
1807 - 1886
Chad Lindberg
Born 1976
Julia Butterfly Hill
Born 1974
William Wells Brown
1814 - 1884
Tony Moore (artist)
Born 1978
Robert Monroe
1915 - 1995
Don Meredith
1938 - 2010
Gene Robinson
Born 1947
B. B. Warfield
1851 - 1921
Kay Johnson
1904 - 1975
Robinne Lee
Born 1974
Andre Drummond
Born 1993
Angelina Valentine
Born 1986
Robert K. Massie
1929 - 2019
Chris Stapleton
Born 1978
Johnny Marks
1909 - 1985
T. J. Oshie
Born 1986
Joyce Compton
1907 - 1997
Francis Preston Blair Jr.
1821 - 1875
Shelvin Mack
Born 1990
Robert Mosbacher
1927 - 2010
Andy Barr (American politician)
Born 1973
Crista Flanagan
Born 1976
Eugene Chadbourne
Born 1954
Les McCann
Born 1935
Tyler Clippard
Born 1985
Benjamin Gratz Brown
1826 - 1885
Phil Foglio
Born 1956
Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)
1916 - 2007
Sophonisba Breckinridge
1866 - 1948
Larry Romano
Born 1963
Harlan Howard
1927 - 2002
Grace Victoria Cox
Born 1995
Kevin Jones (basketball)
Born 1989
Joe Pitts
Born 1939
Susan Harris
Born 1940
William Brent Bell
Born 1970
Mrs. Leslie Carter
1862 - 1937
Wayne Allyn Root
Born 1961
William Alexander Richardson
1811 - 1875
Mary Gaitskill
Born 1954
Joseph O. Shelby
1830 - 1897
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
1817 - 1901
Jack Womack
Born 1956
Mark Hendrickson
Born 1974
Dan Bern
Born 1965
Dan Emmett
1815 - 1904
Isaiah Cousins
Born 1994
Carter Harrison Sr.
1825 - 1893
Simone (actress)
Born 1962
George Troup
1780 - 1856
Colton Harris Moore
Born 1991
James Lane Allen
1849 - 1925
Barbara Werle
1928 - 2013
Derrick Norman Lehmer
1867 - 1938
Walker Buehler
Born 1994
Linda Fairstein
Born 1947
Davey Moore (boxer, born 1933)
1933 - 1963
William Trelease
1857 - 1945
Cheryl Bentyne
Born 1954
Tamara McKinney
Born 1962
Robbie Ross Jr.
Born 1989
Chris Offutt
Born 1958
John Y. Brown Jr.
Born 1933
David Akers
Born 1974
Collin Cowgill
Born 1986
Tod Machover
Born 1953
Clifton R. Breckinridge
1846 - 1932
Chancellor Miller
Born 1993
Edward Faulkner
Born 1932
Jeremy Kagan
Born 1945
Ralph Branca
1926 - 2016
James G. Scrugham
1880 - 1945
Andy Green (baseball)
Born 1977
Melvin Turpin
1960 - 2010
Mark Harris (author)
1922 - 2007
Gabriel Jackson (hispanist)
1921 - 2019
Dotsie Bausch
Born 1973
Alfred Francis Russell
1817 - 1884
Gus Williams (basketball)
Born 1953
Danny Mastrogiorgio
Born 1964
Percival Bailey
1892 - 1973
Lilburn Boggs
1796 - 1860
Trevor Gott
Born 1992
Alvin Peterson Hovey
1821 - 1891
Jonathan A. Campbell
Born 1947
Gayl Jones
Born 1949
Luke Kornet
Born 1995
Beatrix Loughran
1900 - 1975
J. D. Crowe
Born 1937
Travis Fryman
Born 1969
Winthrop Kellogg
1898 - 1972
Christopher Stasheff
1944 - 2018
Robert Allen (actor)
1906 - 1998
John T. Stuart
1807 - 1885
Mark Tatulli
Born 1963
Rodney McCray (basketball)
Born 1961
Jack Givens
Born 1956
Austin Kearns
Born 1980
Rob Astorino
Born 1967
Dermontti Dawson
Born 1965
Ray Williams (basketball)
1954 - 2013
Sal Mosca
1927 - 2007
Jack Aeby
1923 - 2015
Thomas Buck Reed
1787 - 1829
Al Skinner
Born 1952
Tami Roman
Born 1970
Ross Mathews
Born 1979
Frank Kornet
Born 1967
Troy DeVries
Born 1982
Kenneth C. Davis
Born 1954
Vast Aire
Born 1978
Jean Sincere
1919 - 2013
Judith Blegen
Born 1943
Larry Haines
1918 - 2008
Davetta Sherwood
Born 1984
Edgar Hayes
1904 - 1979
Rudy Hackett
Born 1953
Winston Guy
Born 1990
Vince Taylor (basketball)
Born 1960
Jeff Williams (musician)
Born 1950
Earl Tatum
Born 1953
Walter Kauzmann
1916 - 2009
Lamont Barnes
Born 1978
Jeffrey M. Lacker
Born 1955
Ruth Glick
Born 1942
Van Deren Coke
1921 - 2004
Dirk Minniefield
Born 1961
Francis Preserved Leavenworth
1858 - 1928
Farah Fath
Born 1984
Mark W. Izard
1799 - 1866
Nick Maronde
Born 1989
William Ross Wallace
1819 - 1881
Daniel Sheldon Norton
1829 - 1870
George O. Curme Jr.
1888 - 1976
Benjamin Howard (Missouri)
1760 - 1814
Michael Maccoby
Born 1933
John Raymond Henry
Born 1943
Lansford Hastings
1819 - 1870
Thomas Satterwhite Noble
1835 - 1907
Martha Parke Custis Peter
1777 - 1854
J. B. Schneewind
Born 1930
John Blair Smith Todd
1814 - 1872
Channel 7 (musician)
Born 1977
Rachel Hartman
Born 1972
Frederick C. Leonard
1896 - 1960
John Huston (golfer)
Born 1961
Lowes Moore
Born 1957
Danny Kalb
Born 1942
Dan Burley
1907 - 1962
Tyler Wilkerson
Born 1988
Martin Welker
1819 - 1902
Natalie Novosel
Born 1989
Tom Mintier
1948 - 2016
Spencer Bell (actor)
1887 - 1935
Elaine Breeden
Born 1988
Adolpho Washington
Born 1967
Kelly Perdew
Born 1967
Scooter McCray
Born 1960
Rai Benjamin
Born 1997
Rex Burkhead
Born 1990
Fred Hochberg
Born 1951
Frank Minnifield
Born 1960
Asia Nitollano
Born 1988
Mike Emrick
Born 1946
Ann Hovey
1911 - 2007
Walt Kirk
1924 - 2012
George W. Geddes
1824 - 1892
Jehu Baker
1822 - 1903
Delano Ames
1906 - 1987
Trouble T Roy
1967 - 1990
Matthew Peterman
Born 1975
Frank H. Hurd
1840 - 1896
Matt Ginter
Born 1977
Beth Anderson (composer)
Born 1950
T. J. Clemmings
Born 1991
John Shelby
Born 1958
Arin Wright
Born 1992
Scotty Baesler
Born 1941
John R. Thomas
1846 - 1914
Scott Clements
Born 1981
Marc Logan
Born 1965
Jacob Tamme
Born 1985
John L. Stevens
1820 - 1895
Julia Perry
1924 - 1979
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
1836 - 1919
Dominique Blake
Born 1987
William B. Anderson
1830 - 1901
Joseph H. Hawkins
Died 1823
Dan Hester
Born 1948
Loren Fletcher
1833 - 1919
Kevin Jarvis
Born 1969
Vincent Sanford
Born 1990
T. Marshall Hahn
1926 - 2016
Susan Sloane
Born 1970
Thomas Peter Akers
1828 - 1877
Allan Lard
1866 - 1946
Joe Hamilton (basketball)
Born 1948
Valerie Still
Born 1961
James Edward Jouett
1826 - 1902
Lee Zavitz
1904 - 1977
Nancy Nichols Barker
1925 - 1994
Charles D. Martin
1829 - 1911
John H. Rice
1816 - 1911
William C. Cooper
1832 - 1902
Martin Huston
1941 - 2001
Robert W. Woolley
1871 - 1958
Nate Hawthorne
1951 - 2005
Joe Hagin
Born 1956
Doug Flynn
Born 1951
Hugh Peterson
1898 - 1961
Ben Hoffman
Born 1974
George W. Dunlap
1813 - 1880
Henry Clay Jr.
1811 - 1847
William Eugene Stanley
1844 - 1910
Benton Jay Hall
1835 - 1894
John W. Tibbatts
1802 - 1852
N. Bruce Hannay
1921 - 1996
Tony Jackson (basketball, born 1958)
Born 1958
William E. Wilson (Indiana politician)
1870 - 1948
Damaris Phillips
Born 1980
Bob Baldwin (musician)
Born 1960
Elmo Shropshire
Born 1936
Bobby Washington
Born 1947
Charles F. West
1895 - 1955
James Rowson
Born 1976
Drew Curtis
Born 1973
Sarah Gibson Blanding
1898 - 1985
Steven Forrest (astrologer)
Born 1949
Henry Earle
1789 - 1838
John K. Miller
1819 - 1863
Bill Collins (athlete)
Born 1950
Mary E. Sweeney
1879 - 1968
Arthur D. Nicholson
1947 - 1985
James Lee (basketball)
Born 1956
Mitchell Henry (American football)
1992 - 2017
Frank E. Gaebelein
1899 - 1983
John Breckinridge Castleman
1841 - 1918
Vertner Woodson Tandy
1885 - 1949
Heather Sheehan
Born 1961
Wally Moses
1910 - 1990
Ralph Washington Sockman
1889 - 1970
Marvin Krislov
Born 1960
Kelly Richey
Born 1962
Kenneth Michael Kays
1949 - 1991
John Morgan (lawyer)
Born 1956
John Felstiner
Born 1936
George Adams (American football)
Born 1962
Dave Shula
Born 1959
Robi Reed
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Cookie Cunningham
1905 - 1995
Benjamin White (Maine politician)
1790 - 1860
Clyde Pharr
1885 - 1972
Oscar Jimenez (soccer)
Born 1989
William T. Young
1918 - 2004
Frank Carideo
1908 - 1992
Kent Bloomer
Born 1935
William V. Marquis
1828 - 1899
Danny Gerard
Born 1977
Milt G. Barlow
1843 - 1904
Laura Clayton
Born 1943
Loren Long
Born 1964
Monroe H. Freedman
1928 - 2015
Gideon Shryock
1802 - 1880
Belle Brezing
1860 - 1940
Leah Lail
Born 1965
George Oliver Curme
1860 - 1948
Lucien Young
1852 - 1912
Roy Smith (1980s pitcher)
Born 1961
Dana Countryman
Born 1954
Dexter Westbrook
Born 1943