Share Famous people · Atherton Drew Fuller tops a list of 2 famous people born in Atherton Articles in 32 languages make the American actor and former male model Drew Fuller the best known. The other is Jerry Rice, Jr, the American football player. Linda Cardellini leads the 45 names listed next door in Redwood City. The oldest name on the list belongs to Drew Fuller, born in 1980, the newest to Jerry Rice, Jr, born in 1991.
#1 best known Drew Fuller Film, TV & Stage · born 1980 Best known
Drew Fuller
in 32 Wikipedia languages
Youngest
1991
Jerry Rice, Jr
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
Also called it home
24
notable residents
What stands out about Atherton’s famous people The best known
Born in Atherton #1 Film, TV & Stage Drew Fuller born 1980 American actor and former male model
#2 Sports Jerry Rice, Jr born 1991 American football player
Known for What Atherton is known for The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
Film, TV & Stage 1 person 50%5.3× usual Sports 1 person 50%1.4× usual The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
A chosen home Also called Atherton home Born elsewhere, they lived here: 24 in all, led by Douglas Engelbart.
Douglas Engelbart 1925–2013 American engineer and inventor
Eric Schmidt born 1955 Software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO
Meg Whitman born 1956 American business executive
Marc Andreessen born 1971 American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
Guy Kawasaki born 1954 American businessman and author
Catherine Bellis born 1999 American female tennis player
David Sacks born 1972 South African-American entrepreneur and investor
Omid Kordestani born 1963 Iranian-American businessman
Brian Krzanich born 1960 American chemist, engineer, entrepreneur and businessman
CS Charles R. Schwab born 1937 American entrepreneur
Rajeev Motwani 1962–2009 Indian theoretical computer scientist and venture capitalist at Stanford University
Y. A. Tittle 1926–2017 American football player
GR George R. Roberts born 1943 American businessman
KG Kim Grant born 1971 South African tennis player
CB Carl Berg born 1938 American businessman
Douglas Leone born 1957 American businessman
Wendy Schmidt born 1955 Philanthropist
Bill Gurley born 1966 American businessman
JS John A. Sobrato born 1939 American businessman, developer
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy born 1970 Technology executive and entrepreneur
AM Andy Mattes born 1961 German businessman
Brad Garlinghouse born 1971 American businessman
GP Greg Penner born 1970 American businessman
JH Jack K. Horton 1917–2000 American lawyer
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Did you grow up with someone famous from Atherton? → Who should be on this list but isn’t? → Next door Famous people from the towns next door Around it, Redwood City has the most people on record, 45 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Atherton 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 (21) Drew Fuller: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jerry Rice, Jr: J R, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Douglas Engelbart: Alex Handy from Oakland, Nmibia, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Eric Schmidt: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Meg Whitman: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Marc Andreessen: JD Lasica, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Guy Kawasaki: VGrigas (WMF), CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Catherine Bellis: Christian Mesiano, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons David Sacks: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Omid Kordestani: JD Lasica, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Brian Krzanich: AP Photo/Intel Corporation,Bob Riha, Jr., CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Rajeev Motwani: Dr Ona from Silicon Valley, USA, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Y. A. Tittle: Topps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Douglas Leone: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Wendy Schmidt: Ben Gibbs, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Bill Gurley: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Brad Garlinghouse: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Linda Cardellini: Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Henry Cowell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Karl Cook: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons