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Famous people · Bridgeport

Bridgeport has one famous person on record

In 1940, the American baseball player Gary Wagner was born. Their birth falls between 1920 and 1969. 4 languages have an article about them. Alton has the most of any town in Illinois: 65.

Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Gary Wagner
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1940
Gary Wagner
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Bridgeport

GW#1
Sports

Gary Wagner

1940–2026

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bridgeport 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.