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Famous people · Bowling Green
Performers stand out among the 17 famous people born in Bowling Green
Articles in 9 languages make the American actor Anthony De La Torre the best known. Second and third on the list are Andy Tracy and Cara Zavaleta. Only 61 of the 738 towns in Ohio with anyone on record list more. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 5.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Anthony De La Torre
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Charles F. Swigert
Youngest
1993
Anthony De La Torre
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Bowling Green’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bowling Green is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 3.1 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 Bowling Green’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bowling Green
Counted by languages, Anthony De La Torre is ahead of Andy Tracy and Cara Zavaleta: 9, 5 and 5.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bowling Green
Of the other 14, 8 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bowling Green home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Bowling Green, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bowling Green 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 (4)
- Andy Tracy: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Gardner: Ohio General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles F. Swigert: Pacific Bridge Company (Life time: 1913), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gertrude Lythgoe: The Baltimore Sun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons