#1Music
Cher
born 1946American musician, singer, actress and television personality
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Famous people · El Centro
Of the 15 famous people born in El Centro, none is better known than Cher
Articles about Cher exist in 120 languages. Behind the leader come Ken Howard and Dino Cazares. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 11 in all. With 4 performers, the list holds 2.8 times the share found across U.S. towns.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Cher
in 120 Wikipedia languages
First
1937
Ray Zinn
Youngest
1982
Dan Hacker
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about El Centro’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in El Centro
By how many languages cover them, Cher comes first (120), then Ken Howard (23) and Dino Cazares (15).
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Known for
What El Centro is known for
El Centro has 2.8× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When El Centro’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in El Centro
The rest number 12, with 6 athletes among them.
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Imperial leads the towns around it, with 4 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Centro 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)
- Cher: Raph_PH, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Howard: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Hacker: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Zinn: Ray Zinn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Ruiz Jr.: NotimexTV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons