#1Famous people · Bay City
Madonna leads the 46 famous people born in Bay City
Madonna, the American singer, has articles in 193 languages. Behind the leader come Betsy Brandt and Scott Steiner. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 24 in all. The biggest group are athletes: 19.
Born here
46
notable people
Best known
Madonna
in 193 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Jefferson Osborne
Youngest
1984
Alex Izykowski
Most common field
Sports
19 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Bay City’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bay City
Counted by languages, Madonna is ahead of Betsy Brandt and Scott Steiner: 193, 35 and 24.
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#3Through the years
When Bay City’s famous people were born
The 1920s saw the most births of any decade: 7.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotableWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bay City is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 1.5 times.
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 Bay City
The other 43 span the years 1872 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bay City home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Bay City, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bay 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 (15)
- Madonna: chrisweger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Betsy Brandt: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Steiner: Familyguy001, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Steiner: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Meyer: www.Tarbia.TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Welchli: John9594, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Garrels: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler McVey: Film screenshot (American International Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence E. Glendenin: ORNL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Ganz: GorillaWarfare, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. C. Schneirla: Brachyrhynchos5, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elford Albin Cederberg: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James G. Birney: Oliver S. Frazer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen McDonald Rivet: Ike Hayman, House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry McDermott: UPI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons