#1Famous people · Bell Gardens
4 famous people were born in Bell Gardens
Cristina Garcia, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Behind the leader come John Force and Michael Granville. From John Force in 1949 to Marvin Gamez in 2003, the births cover 54 years. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Cristina Garcia
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1949
John Force
Youngest
2003
Marvin Gamez
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Bell Gardens
Cristina Garcia leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of John Force (6) and Michael Granville (3).
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#3Through the years
When Bell Gardens’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bell Gardens is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
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 Bell Gardens
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Downey has the most people on record, 45 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bell Gardens 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 (5)
- Cristina Garcia: California State Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Force: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Granville: Malcolm Slaney, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- "Weird Al" Yankovic: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Knechtel: Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons