
Born near Bay Point: 25 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Dante Basco, was born in Pittsburg, 4 mi away. Tom Hanks is the most widely known, written about in 135 languages. Next door, Concord lists 34, led by Tom Hanks. 544 towns in California have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Bay Point’s famous people
Famous people born near Bay Point
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.















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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bay Point and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (15)
- Tom Hanks: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Brubeck: Pablosecca, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe DiMaggio: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dante Basco: dmgice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wondolowski: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Johnson: User Googie man on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecilia Rouse: Executive Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Marie: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Ionescu: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Higgins: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seanan McGuire: Library of Congress Life, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Arcy Carden: aitchisons from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Koontz: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Vogtmann: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Frederick Tickner: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

