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Photo: Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Surprise
A single famous person was born in Surprise: Colleen Planeta
Colleen Planeta, the American basketball player, was born in 1988. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. The nearest list is next door in Glendale: 27 names, starting with Brady Ellison. Famous people are on record for 94 of the towns in Arizona.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Colleen Planeta
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1988
Colleen Planeta
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Surprise
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Glendale leads the towns around it, with 27 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Surprise 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.
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- Mary Peters: DOT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons