
Born near Cayucos: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Chelsea Johnson, born in Atascadero, 12 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Zac Efron, with articles in 95 languages. No entry yet names Cayucos as a birthplace. In California, 543 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Cayucos’ famous people
Famous people born near Cayucos
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.







Wolfgang Gartner
born 1982American DJ and record producer


Elena Verdugo
1925–2017American actress
Christine Clayburg
born 1973American actress

Jason Botts
born 1980American baseball player
Randall Reid
1931–1992Literary critic


Robert Hunter
1941–2019American lyricist, musician, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cayucos 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 (12)
- Zac Efron: Eva Rinaldi from Sydney Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie Brown Trafton: Tostof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Hunter: briangatens, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelsea Johnson: André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elena Verdugo: Photographer: John Engstead, Beverly Hills., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wolfgang Gartner: swimfinfan from Chicago, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dasha: Anthony Quintano from Mount Laurel, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brenda Holloway: Igbochild[1], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Barden: 與那嶺勲 on Picasa Web Albums (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Mayhew: Nascar9919, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Botts: Dopefish, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Truly Shattuck: The Burr Publishing Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons