#1Famous people · Boise City
Boise City leads Idaho with 39 famous people
At the top of the list is the American professional wrestler Torrie Wilson, covered in 31 languages. Second place goes to the American actress Kristine Sutherland, third to James Jesus Angleton. With 8 performers, the list holds 2.2 times the share found across U.S. towns. 22 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Torrie Wilson
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Melville Ruick
Youngest
2003
Denzel Boston
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about Boise City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Boise City is known for
Performers stand out most, at 2.2 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.
Through the years
When Boise City’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 6 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicMilitaryNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Boise City
Ranked by languages covered: Torrie Wilson with 31, then Kristine Sutherland with 27 and James Jesus Angleton with 24.
#1
#2
#3Military
James Jesus Angleton
1917–1987Chief of the CIA's counterintelligence (CI) staff from 1954 to 1975
24 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Boise City
Another 36, 10 of them athletes.
David Edward Coombs
born 1969United States Army Reserve Judge Advocate and defense lawyer
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A chosen home
Also called Boise City home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 5 in all, led by William Petersen.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Meridian counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boise City 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 (8)
- Torrie Wilson: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristine Sutherland: fluzo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Jesus Angleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Church: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeret Peterson: Duncan Rawlinson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Barta: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Petersen: Shane Saunders, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vern Law: Brock Fleeger on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons