#1Famous people · Bend
Ian Boswell tops a list of 18 famous people born in Bend
Ian Boswell, the American racing cyclist, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are William A. Niskanen and Kiki Cutter. 7 were born in 1970 or later. Half or more of the towns in Oregon have no one on record, but this one has 1.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Ian Boswell
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Byron Haines
Youngest
1993
Jacob Hollister
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Bend’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bend’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 4 births.
SportsFaithWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicNotableBusinessFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bend
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2KC#3
Known for
What Bend is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 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 Bend
15 more, from 1914 to 1993.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bend home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Dave Cameron the best known.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bend 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 (6)
- Ian Boswell: Richard Masoner/Cyclelicious, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Niskanen: Department of Labor. Office of Public Affairs. Division of Audiovisual Communications. ca. 1992, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Arritola: Gianina Lindsey, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Weigand: Morenooso, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Hollister: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keegan DeWitt: Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons