#1Film, TV & Stage
Judy Garland
1922–1969American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian
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Famous people · Grand Rapids
Judy Garland leads the 28 famous people born in Grand Rapids
153 languages have an article about Judy Garland. Buzz Schneider is second and Adam Johnson third. With 5 performers, the list holds 1.9 times the share found across U.S. towns. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 15 in all.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Judy Garland
in 153 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
James Allen Byrne
Youngest
1994
Adam Johnson
Most common field
Sports
18 people
What stands out about Grand Rapids’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Grand Rapids
Languages with an article: 153 for Judy Garland, 14 for Buzz Schneider, 13 for Adam Johnson.
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#3Through the years
When Grand Rapids’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Grand Rapids is known for
Grand Rapids has 1.9× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Grand Rapids
The other 25 span the years 1911 to 1989.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Grand Rapids.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grand Rapids 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 (9)
- Judy Garland: Eric Carpenter (1909-1976) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Johnson: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Hill: Cdenowh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Goligoski: Pens Through My Lens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Hall: Stage Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Vandamm Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Wagner: BKLuis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick White: Longbomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunny Thompson: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Sertich: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons