#1Famous people · Madera
22 famous people from Madera, many of them athletes
Articles in 28 languages make the American track and field athlete Lee Evans the best known. Wally O'Connor is second and Tony Romano third. 16 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Martha Baird, born in 1895, the newest to Alec Gamboa, born in 1997.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Lee Evans
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Martha Baird
Youngest
1997
Alec Gamboa
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Madera’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Madera is known for
Madera has 2.5× the usual share of musicians.
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 Madera’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawMilitaryFaithWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Madera
Two of the three are athletes.
#1WO#2
Sports
Wally O'Connor
1903–1950American swimmer and water polo player
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Madera 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 (9)
- Lee Evans: _Lee_Evans.jpg: Astrid Barros from USA derivative work: MachoCarioca, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- María Elena Durazo: California State Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Peter Aguilar: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Gamboa: Joel Dinda from Mulliken, Michigan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Clark: Seattle Mariners, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Conley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Stroud: Uyvsdi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack W. Kelso: ERcheck at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Baird: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons