Famous people · San Jose
Born near San Jose: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Elliot Johnson, from Safford, 6 mi away. Sarah Y. Mason is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. The list for San Jose is empty for now. 98 towns in Arizona have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Sarah Y. Mason
Best known
Sarah Y. Mason
in 13 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about San Jose’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near San Jose
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Manuel Perez
1914–1981Mexican American animator and animation director
Jack Ganzhorn
1881–1956Silent film actor and script writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is San Jose and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- Sarah Y. Mason: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin Jones: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliot Johnson: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. J. Carrasco: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Del M. Clawson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ettore DeGrazia: DeGrazia Foundation, Reggie Russell, Buehman, Dick Frontain, Thomas Galvin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank T. Mildren: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons