#1Famous people · Bemidji
Bemidji counts 29 famous people, first among them Jane Russell
At the top of the list is the American actress Jane Russell, covered in 60 languages. The list is still growing: 14 were born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 18.6, while at least half the towns in Minnesota list nobody born there. More are athletes than anything else, 10 in all.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Jane Russell
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Terry Frost
Youngest
1994
Mark Fenner
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Bemidji’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bemidji’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 6.
NotableSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bemidji
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Bemidji is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 10 people.
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 Bemidji
26 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bemidji home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Bemidji, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bemidji 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 (11)
- Jane Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie Nicholson: Chase N., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Tomassoni: Mark Dayton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Motzko: Eskimo pi, CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Frost: Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew de Marchi: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Wangberg: State of Minnesota, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Hickerson: Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Burger, U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Genevieve Belleveau: Genevieve Belleveau and Angelina Dreem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffrey E Schwartz: Cdevlin67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Beardsley: Precious2006, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons