5 famous people call Tuba City their birthplace
The best known is the American soldier Lori Piestewa, with articles in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Jonathan Nez and Aaron Yazzie. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.3, while at least half the towns in Arizona list nobody born there. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born in Tuba City
Lori Piestewa leads with articles in 9 languages, ahead of Jonathan Nez (7) and Aaron Yazzie (2).
#2Jonathan Nez
born 19759th President of the Navajo Nation
#3When Tuba City’s famous people were born
Most were born since 1970 (4); the busiest decade is the 1970s (3).
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Tuba City is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Tuba City
The rest number 2, with 2 leaders among them.


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tuba City 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 (4)
- Jonathan Nez: Wikiuser159597, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Yazzie: Adexy04, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethel Branch: Navajo Nation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunshine Sykes: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons