HK#1
Film, TV & Stage
Harmony Korine
born 1973American film director and screenwriter
28 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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3 famous people come from Bolinas, Harmony Korine the best known
Articles in 28 languages make the American film director and screenwriter Harmony Korine the best known. Second and third on the list are Gail Carriger and Gladys Kathleen Parkin. The first birth on record is Gladys Kathleen Parkin’s, in 1901, and the last Gail Carriger’s, in 1976. The longest list of any town in California belongs to Modesto, with 65.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Harmony Korine
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Gladys Kathleen Parkin
Youngest
1976
Gail Carriger
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Bolinas
First, Harmony Korine (28 languages), then Gail Carriger (8) and Gladys Kathleen Parkin (2).
GC#2
Writing & Arts
Gail Carriger
born 1976American archaeologist (as Tofa Borregaard) and fiction writer
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GP#3
Known for
What Bolinas is known for
Share of Bolinas’s famous people in each field.
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Also called Bolinas home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Bolinas, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bolinas 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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- Walter Murch: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons