#1Famous people · Bel Air
Of the 16 famous people born in Bel Air, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 24 languages make the American swimmer Chase Kalisz the best known. The next two names are Edwin Booth and Augustus Bradford. In the early republic, 7 were born, the most of any period. 4 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Chase Kalisz
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1796
Jacob Alexander Preston
Youngest
1996
Colin Miller
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Bel Air’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bel Air is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.8 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 Bel Air’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bel Air
Chase Kalisz, Edwin Booth and Augustus Bradford are written about in 24, 24 and 10 languages.
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Everyone else born in Bel Air
Another 13, 5 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bel Air 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 (8)
- Chase Kalisz: Oleg Bkhambri (Voltmetro), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Booth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Bradford: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Scott Jones: NatGertler, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Asia Booth: Scanned and uploaded by JGHowes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Keen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Berry: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James J. Archer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons