#1Famous people · Arcata
13 famous people were born in Arcata, most of them between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American ice dancer Naomi Lang, with articles in 9 languages. Brisa Roché and Garth Iorg follow. 4 of them were born since 1970. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Naomi Lang
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Lillian Kinkella Keil
Youngest
1978
Naomi Lang
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Arcata’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Arcata’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Arcata
Counted by languages, Naomi Lang is ahead of Brisa Roché and Garth Iorg: 9, 8 and 6.
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What Arcata is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Arcata
Still to come: 10 more, from 1916 to 1972.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Arcata 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 (9)
- Naomi Lang: Nürnberg Gala 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brisa Roché: Michaël Korchia from Bordeaux, France Brisa Roché by Michael Korchia on www.watoowatoo.net, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garth Iorg: Jninja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Quarry: The original uploader was East718 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willi Unsoeld: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Kinkella Keil: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Durdan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Gattis: The Alaska Landmine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph E. Greene: IvanGeoPetrov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons