#1Film, TV & Stage
Jared Leto
born 1971American actor, singer, musician and songwriter
89 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Bossier City
Of the 21 famous people born in Bossier City, none is better known than Jared Leto
89 languages have an article about Jared Leto. Second and third on the list are Shannon Leto and Jesse Winchester. The list has 1.6 times the usual share of athletes, 12 in all. The largest group, 12, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Jared Leto
in 89 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
Al Smith
Youngest
2000
Terrace Marshall Jr.
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Bossier City’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bossier City
Jared Leto has articles in 89 languages, Shannon Leto in 36 and Jesse Winchester in 14.
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#3Music
Jesse Winchester
1944–2014American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer
14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Bossier City’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 5.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bossier City is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 2.6 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bossier City
Another 18, the earliest born in 1925.
Billie Jean Jones
born 1933American country music singer-songwriter and former music promoter
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bossier City home
One more notable person made the town home: David Houston.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Shreveport, at 36.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bossier 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 (7)
- Jared Leto: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Winchester: robbiesaurus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- B. J. Ryan: Alaney2k, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrace Marshall Jr.: https://www.flickr.com/people/138374196@N05 Tammy Anthony Baker from Louisiana, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Gandy: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Houston: Epic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Johnson: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons