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Jimmy Doolittle
1896–1993American military officer and aviation pioneer
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Famous people · Alameda
64 famous people were born in Alameda, more of them performers than in most towns
Most widely known is Jimmy Doolittle, the American military officer and aviation pioneer, with articles in 31 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 24 were born, the most of any period. Over 138 years of births, the list goes from Edgar A. Cohen (1859) to Aaron Banks (1997). Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 8.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
64
notable people
Best known
Jimmy Doolittle
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Edgar A. Cohen
Youngest
1997
Aaron Banks
Most common field
Sports
23 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Alameda’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Alameda is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Alameda’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 8 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMilitaryPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Alameda
By how many languages cover them, Jimmy Doolittle comes first (31), then Leif Erickson (23) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (18).
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Everyone else born in Alameda
61 more, 23 of them athletes.
Jerron Herman
born 1991Interdisciplinary dancer, choreographer, and researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0754-8517)
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A chosen home
Also called Alameda home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Philip K. Dick the best known.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Oakland’s, with 46.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alameda 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 (19)
- Jimmy Doolittle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leif Erickson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasmin Savoy Brown: Watagwaan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Knowland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Heidt: NBC Radio-photographer-Ray lee Jackson, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adele Blood: Strauss-Peyton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Franklin: Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Perata: Office of California State Senator Don Perata, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Nelson: resedabear on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baker: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph R. Knowland: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stu Inman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Hanger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Dayton: Bex Walton from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Eustachy: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Fong-Torres: User Fongtorres on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip K. Dick: Arthur Knight (photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Robert Young: OMGchad, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Jobs: MetalGearLiquid, based on File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg made by Matt Yohe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons