#1Music
Janet Jackson
born 1966American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
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Famous people · Gary
68 famous people from Gary, many of them musicians
Best known of all is Janet Jackson, written about in 104 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 51 of them. Over 92 years of births, the list goes from Jerry Blake (1908) to Darius Garland (2000). Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 10 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
68
notable people
Best known
Janet Jackson
in 104 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Jerry Blake
Youngest
2000
Darius Garland
Most common field
Sports
20 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Gary’s famous people
Known worldwideRead in 104 languages, Janet Jackson is known far beyond the town.A town of musiciansMusicians make up 18 of the 68, 4.8 times the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 40 of them have been born here, the latest in 2000.68 notable peopleGary lists 68 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Gary
Ranked by languages covered: Janet Jackson with 104, then Paul Samuelson with 95 and Joseph Stiglitz with 85.
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#3Science & Medicine
Joseph Stiglitz
born 1943American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
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Known for
What Gary is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 4.8 times.
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 Gary’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 17 births.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFaithPolitics & LawBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gary
65 more names, born between 1908 and 2000.
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
born 1953American Wikipedia editor, focused on closing its gender gap; Knight of Serbia
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A chosen home
Also called Gary home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Gary, though born elsewhere.
Anne Margaret Cooke
1907–1997African-American theater director and educator,
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Famous people from the towns next door
Hammond leads the towns around it, with 54 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gary 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 (38)
- Janet Jackson: Rich Esteban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Stiglitz: Jérémy Barande, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Toya Jackson: Template:Glória Pires, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jermaine Jackson: JosephJackson2007.jpg: Reflexivity Capital Group[1] of picasa.google.com derivative work: Solid State Survivor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebbie Jackson: SAMHSA from Rockville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Jackson: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlon Jackson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Jackson: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Williamson: Florida Supercon at http://www.supercon.tv/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: Rosiestep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darius Garland: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freddie Gibbs: Carl Pocket, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Robinson: MavsFan28, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Karras: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph McQuarrie: Terri Hodges from San Francisco, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Barnett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deniece Williams: Distributed by Columbia Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Robinson III: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Zale: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helene Stanley: Film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Visclosky: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Marshall: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Magee: Reuven Frizi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert A. McDonald: Procter & Gamble, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Varnado: Johny Stabler, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Branden Dawson: Paulou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James McCracken: Fotograf im Auftrag der United States Information Agency (Pictorial Section der Information Services Branch (ISB))Ausschnitt: Christoph Waghubinger (Lewenstein), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Hammons: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hunter: eric molina from San Francisco, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Kinsey: Malice1991, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Lee Thomas: eternalconceptspr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kym Mazelle: Kym Mazelle, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Varnava Nastić: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Hall: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Funk: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregg Popovich: The Obama White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Neville: 400_m_Meeting_Areva_2009.jpg: Yann Caradec from Paris, France derivative work: Zakke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons