#15 famous people come from Bellwood, Robert Covington the best known
The best known is the American basketball player Robert Covington, with articles in 21 languages. The next two names are Demetri McCamey and Kamal Bey. More than half were born since 1970, 5 in all. Over 26 years of births, the list goes from Ray McElroy (1972) to Kamal Bey (1998).
What stands out about Bellwood’s famous people
When Bellwood’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Bellwood
Robert Covington has articles in 21 languages, Demetri McCamey in 8 and Kamal Bey in 7.
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#2Everyone else born in Bellwood
2 more, 2 of them athletes.

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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bellwood 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)
- Robert Covington: Pkantz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Demetri McCamey: flickr user tsavoja, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antonio Morrison: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Burley Griffin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Finley: Michael_Finley_pregame_intro.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Hahn: Our Movie Guide, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottie Lindsey: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons



