#1Famous people · Benicia
Benicia counts 5 famous people, first among them Addison Mizner
Articles in 12 languages make the American architect Addison Mizner the best known. Second place goes to the American artist Robert Carston Arneson, third to William Edward Colby. Addison Mizner, born in 1872, is the earliest name and Joe Jacobs, born in 1970, the latest. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Addison Mizner
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Addison Mizner
Youngest
1970
Joe Jacobs
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Benicia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Benicia’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Benicia
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#3Known for
What Benicia is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 5.9 times.
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Everyone else born in Benicia
Still to come: 2 more, from 1950 to 1970.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Vallejo, at 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Benicia 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 (3)
- Addison Mizner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edward Colby: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Gordon: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons