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BRIDGEPORT

Most Famous People Born in Bridgeport, United States

Notable people
321
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1937
Most distinctive
Baseball 10.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bridgeport during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Bridgeport Is Known For

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Baseball is Bridgeport's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (37).

Bridgeport over-indexes on baseball10.2× the global rate.

  1. Baseball37
  2. Politician31
  3. Football27
  4. Actor21
  5. Basket20
  6. Singer12
  7. Writer12
  8. Music11
  1. Baseball3710.2×
  2. Basket204.9×
  3. Music112.4×
  4. Business61.9×
  5. Singer121.8×
  6. Lawyer101.8×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bridgeport's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 38 of 321 notable people

0006 ACTOR

John Ratzenberger

Born 1947

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0008 ACTOR

Richard Belzer

Born 1944

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0015 DIPLOMAT

Joseph C. Wilson

1949 - 2019

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0019 ACTOR

Bill Smitrovich

Born 1947

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0028 ACTOR

Deborah Walley

1941 - 2001

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0040 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Kowalski

Born 1941

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0082 SONGWRITER

Paul Leka

1943 - 2011

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0104 COMPOSER

Richard Delvy

1942 - 2010

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0107 SINGER

Bill Kirchen

Born 1948

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0109 EXECUTIVE

Robert Pozen

Born 1946

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0112 MATHEMATICIAN

Paul A. Catlin

1948 - 1995

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0117 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Raymond C. Kelly

Born 1942

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0134 PASTOR

Calvin O. Butts

Born 1949

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0145 SINGER

Peter McCann

Born 1948

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0147 ACTOR

Gary Howard Klar

Born 1947

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0148 HISTORIAN

Bonnie G. Smith

Born 1940

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0149 BASEBALL

Pat Jordan (author)

Born 1941

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0165 HISTORIAN

Robert A. Gross

Born 1945

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0170 POET

Bill Zavatsky

Born 1943

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0174 BASEBALL

Gary Wagner (baseball)

Born 1940

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0189 BASEBALL

Paul Popovich

Born 1940

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0190 SKATER

Jim Sladky

1947 - 2017

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0195 WRITER

Jonathan Penner (writer)

Born 1941

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0201 CRIMINOLOGIST

William Doerner

Born 1949

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0205 MUSIC

Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell

Born 1941

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0217 BASKET

Dave Bike

Born 1946

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0252 POLITICIAN

R. Tracy Seyfert

Born 1941

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0255 ACTIVIST

Esta Soler

Born 1947

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0256 BUSINESS

Robert D. Scinto

Born 1947

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0265 FOOTBALL

Fran Lynch

1945 - 2014

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0269 BASEBALL

Doug Holmquist

1941 - 1988

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0274 BUSINESS

Katherine August-deWilde

Born 1948

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0282 BASEBALL

John Papa

Born 1940

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0293 RADIO

Alan White (DJ)

Born 1941

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0300 SINGER

Beverly Mae Wilson

1946 - 2010

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0309 POLITICIAN

Leonard Mastroni

1949 - 2020

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0310 ATHLETE

Terry Morse

Born 1946

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0314 POLITICIAN

Marilyn Moore (politician)

Born 1948

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