#1Famous people · Cerritos
Of the 14 famous people born in Cerritos, an unusual share are performers
Most widely known is Morris Chestnut, the American actor, with articles in 30 languages. Behind the leader come Chad Allen and Eddie Lewis. Since 1970, 11 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.9, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Morris Chestnut
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1962
Justin Herwick
Youngest
2001
Max Park
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Cerritos’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cerritos’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cerritos is known for
Performers stand out most, at 3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Cerritos
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Cerritos
Of the other 11, 8 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Cerritos home
Born elsewhere, John J. B. Wilson lived here.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Bellflower has the most people on record, 38 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cerritos 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 (11)
- Morris Chestnut: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Allen: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Lewis: Jarrett Campbell from Cary, North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Park: Just a cuber, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin H. Min: Cris e Panda, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casper Ware: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Walton: Ocdmuch at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. B. Wilson: Par Lance, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg LeMond: MollySVH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eileen Davidson: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lamb: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons