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Famous people · Gilroy
Gilroy’s famous people span 118 years: 14 births from 1883 to 2001
Articles in 16 languages make the American jazz singer Ivie Anderson the best known. Close behind are Jeff Garcia and Robert Guerrero. 6 of them were born since 1970. Ivie Anderson, the best known, was born in 1905.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Ivie Anderson
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Enid Michael
Youngest
2001
Dustin Wolf
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Gilroy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gilroy’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusicNotableScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gilroy
Languages with an article: 16 for Ivie Anderson, 10 for Jeff Garcia, 10 for Robert Guerrero.
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What Gilroy is known for
6 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gilroy 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 (7)
- Jeff Garcia: Jeff_Garcia_warms_up_to_pass.jpg: Darrin derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hudson: TV episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Wolf: MTG1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hudson: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Gubser: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Gimenez: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enid Michael: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons