#1Famous people · Casa Grande
Casa Grande counts 12 famous people, first among them Joe Jonas
Joe Jonas is the best known, with articles in 57 languages. From Pedro E. Guerrero in 1917 to Ricardo Velazco in 1993, the births cover 76 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 96 towns in Arizona with famous people list more. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Joe Jonas
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Pedro E. Guerrero
Youngest
1993
Ricardo Velazco
Most common field
Music
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Casa Grande’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Casa Grande’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
MusicSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Casa Grande
Musicians take two of the three places.
#1
#2Music
Joy Oladokun
born 1992American singer-songwriter and folk musician
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Known for
What Casa Grande is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 4.6 times the usual share.
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 Casa Grande
9 more, from 1942 to 1993.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Casa Grande home
Born elsewhere, Frank Pratt lived here.
Frank Pratt
1942–2021American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Casa Grande 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 (5)
- Joe Jonas: NotAnotherAKA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joy Oladokun: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Teresa Martinez: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Seaman: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Pratt: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons