#1Famous people · Garden City
Writers and artists stand out among the 21 famous people born in Garden City
The best known is the American boxer Victor Ortiz, with articles in 19 languages. Roy Romer is second and Katherine Dunn third. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 13 in all. For every 10,000 residents the town has 7.5, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Victor Ortiz
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Ray Watson
Youngest
1989
Kate Zackary
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Garden City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Garden City is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 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 Garden City’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 6 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Garden City
First, Victor Ortiz (19 languages), then Roy Romer (13) and Katherine Dunn (11).
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Writing & Arts
Katherine Dunn
1945–2016American novelist, journalist, poet
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Garden City
18 more names, born between 1898 and 1989.
Thurman "Fum" McGraw
1927–2000American football player, college athletics administrator
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Bob Lewis
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Garden 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 (6)
- Victor Ortiz: Chamber of Fear, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Romer: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Reed: matt_bruensteiner from San Jose, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Watson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Fox: Thomsonmg2000, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thurman "Fum" McGraw: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons