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Famous people · Big Bear Lake

Big Bear Lake is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Itan Daniel Chavira, the American inline hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American slopestyle snowboarder Janna Meyen. Of the bordering towns, Big Bear City has a list, with Itan Daniel Chavira. The earliest on the list is Janna Meyen, born in 1977, and the youngest Itan Daniel Chavira, born in 1987.

#1 best knownItan Daniel ChaviraSports · born 1987
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Itan Daniel Chavira
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1977
Janna Meyen
Youngest
1987
Itan Daniel Chavira
Most common field
Sports
1 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents

What stands out about Big Bear Lake’s famous people

The best known

Born in Big Bear Lake

Itan Daniel Chavira#1
Sports

Itan Daniel Chavira

born 1987

American inline hockey player

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JM#2
Notable

Janna Meyen

born 1977

American slopestyle snowboarder

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Big Bear Lake is known for

Share of Big Bear Lake’s famous people in each field.

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 Big Bear Lake home

3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Jordan Romero the best known.

JR

Jordan Romero

born 1996

American mountaineer

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Jay Obernolte

Jay Obernolte

born 1970

American politician and video game developer

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Abel Sanchez

Abel Sanchez

born 1949

Mexican-American boxing trainer

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Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Big Bear City: one.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Big Bear Lake 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.

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