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SPRINGFIELD

Most Famous People Born in Springfield, United States

Notable people
936
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1933
Most distinctive
Baseball 9.5×

There are several Springfields in this dataset and they blur together statistically, which is the point - the 9.5× Baseball over-index is small-town America's pre-television obsession crystallized, the era when every Midwestern Springfield fielded a semi-pro team and a few of those kids made the Cardinals or Reds. The 2.6× Lawyer ratio is the Lincoln-era Springfield, IL signal still echoing through the data.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Springfield during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 90 notable births.

What Springfield Is Known For

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Politician is Springfield's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (124).

Springfield over-indexes on baseball — 9.5× the global rate.

Springfield under-produces football — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician124
  2. Baseball101
  3. Football72
  4. Actor59
  5. Lawyer43
  6. Basket38
  7. Music26
  8. Writer23
  1. Baseball1019.5×
  2. Basket383.2×
  3. Lawyer432.6×
  4. Novelist92.4×
  5. Screenwriter92.2×
  6. Music261.9×
  7. Officer101.6×
  1. Football720.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Springfield's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0072 FOOTBALL

Daniel Schmidt (footballer)

Born 1992

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0125 ACTOR

Cailee Spaeny

Born 1997

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0137 SWIMMER

Ryan Held

Born 1995

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0180 FOOTBALL

Braxton Miller

Born 1992

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0183 FOOTBALL

Tom Savage (American football)

Born 1990

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0184 BASKET

Travis Trice

Born 1993

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0223 BASEBALL

Andrew Moore (baseball)

Born 1994

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0225 MARTIAL ART

Randy Brown (fighter)

Born 1990

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0289 BASEBALL

Bobby Wahl

Born 1992

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0313 FOOTBALL

Bryan Stork

Born 1990

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0316 ACTOR

Nick Benson

Born 1994

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0330 SINGER

Ashley Gearing

Born 1991

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0338 WRITER

Adora Svitak

Born 1997

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0416 FOOTBALL

Mohammed Seisay

Born 1990

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0438 FOOTBALL

Wes Lunt

Born 1993

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0461 FOOTBALL

Trey DePriest

Born 1993

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0468 FOOTBALL

Tyler Marz

Born 1992

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0470 FOOTBALL

Dylan Cole (American football)

Born 1994

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0518 SINGER

Laivan Greene

Born 1992

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0520 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Chandler Lawson

Born 1990

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0526 GOLF

Richy Werenski

Born 1991

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0536 ROWER

Austin Hack

Born 1992

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0547 FOOTBALL

Christian Wilkins

Born 1995

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0555 BASKET

Mercedes Russell

Born 1995

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0574 FOOTBALL

Meghan Cox

Born 1994

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0604 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Tippe Emmott

Born 1990

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0638 BASEBALL

Tyler Bashlor

Born 1993

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0664 BASKET

Obi Enechionyia

Born 1995

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0706 BASKET

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir

Born 1990

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0728 FOOTBALL

Anthony Cioffi

Born 1994

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0736 BASEBALL

Jordan Milbrath

Born 1991

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0789 PLAYER

Emily Thater

Born 1995

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0794 PLAYER

Hannah Werth

Born 1990

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0795 ACTOR

Tre Manchester

Born 1992

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0893 FOOTBALL

Albert Okwuegbunam

Born 1998

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0917 FOOTBALL

Kelley Johnson (footballer)

Born 1992

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0921 MUSIC

Jackie Nese

Born 1997

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0934 SPORT

Erik Durham

Born 1994

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