#1Famous people · Coos Bay
18 famous people were born in Coos Bay, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Articles in 24 languages make the American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine the best known. Second place goes to the American basketball player Mel Counts, third to Claire Falkenstein. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 9 in all. 5 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Steve Prefontaine
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Adelaide Hanscom Leeson
Youngest
1999
Micah Masei
Most common field
Writing & Arts
7 people
What stands out about Coos Bay’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Coos Bay is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 3.8 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 Coos Bay’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Coos Bay
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Coos Bay
15 more, from 1875 to 1999.
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Famous people from the towns next door
North Bend leads the towns around it, with 5 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coos Bay 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)
- Steve Prefontaine: Larry Sharkey, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mel Counts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Falkenstein: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Newton: Kai Kowalewski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adelaide Hanscom Leeson: Sunset Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Micah Masei: Tilali Scanlan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Whitty: Glonk, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caddy McKeown: Billie Johnson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Busterud: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons