Born near Chualar: 14 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, John Blume, was born in Gonzales, 6 mi away. The best known of them is John Steinbeck, with articles in 148 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Chualar. Across California, the lists cover 555 towns.
What stands out about Chualar’s famous people
Famous people born near Chualar
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





Leon Panetta
born 1938American politician, Secretary of Defense 2011–2013


Joel Fabiani
born 1936American film and television actor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chualar 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 (7)
- John Steinbeck: McFadden Publications, Inc.; no photographer credited; photo likely the work of Sonya Noskowiak, as Steinbeck is wearing the same clothes from her 1935 studio session that produced the work shown here: https://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.74, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vanessa Hudgens: Presidential Communications Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Panetta: Monica King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Metcalfe: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Sumpter: Sumpter.jpg: Joyce Costello derivative work: Alelapenya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Courtney: Dmcourtn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sacheen Littlefeather: Rick Browne, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons