#1Famous people · Artesia
14 famous people were born in Artesia, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 24 languages make the American actress Eileen Davidson the best known. 9 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Alex Roldan, born in 1996, is the youngest, and John McGuire, born in 1942, the first on record. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 8.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Eileen Davidson
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1942
John McGuire
Youngest
1996
Alex Roldan
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Artesia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Artesia’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 5.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Artesia is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Artesia
Eileen Davidson leads with articles in 24 languages, ahead of Steve Genter (14) and Alex Roldan (12).
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Everyone else born in Artesia
11 more, 7 of them athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Artesia 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 (8)
- Eileen Davidson: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Genter: Guido Segani, Giorgio Lotti (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Medlen: Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Marshall: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Lozano: Joyce Naltchayan Boghosian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rich Severson: Kansas City Royals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Lynch: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris Chestnut: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons