#1Famous people · Chula Vista
Musicians stand out among the 31 famous people born in Chula Vista
The best known is the American actor Mario Lopez, with articles in 32 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 19 in all. From Charles E. Whittingham to Keoni Cavaco, the births on the list run from 1913 to 2001. Only 75 of the 547 towns in California with anyone on record list more.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Mario Lopez
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Charles E. Whittingham
Youngest
2001
Keoni Cavaco
Most common field
Sports
17 people
Also called it home
6
notable residents
What stands out about Chula Vista’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Chula Vista is known for
Chula Vista has 2.9× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Chula Vista’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 8 births.
SportsMusicScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Chula Vista
The three are covered in 32, 24 and 18 languages: Mario Lopez, Jessica Sanchez and Brandon Vazquez.
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Everyone else born in Chula Vista
Here are 28 more, born from 1913 to 2001.
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A chosen home
Also called Chula Vista home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 6 in all, led by Desiree Linden.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, San Diego counts 30 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chula Vista 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 (15)
- Mario Lopez: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Sanchez: Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade derivative work: Axb3, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Vazquez: Eric.Jason.Cross, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Wright: L. Jagi Lamplighter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebekah Del Rio: hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Myers: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Jay: Pechblaende, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Zumaya: Karen E. Breen on Flickr (Original version) 佾珜 (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Jaso: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Jacobs: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Desiree Linden: marathon-i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wagner: Anna Vasalaki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus Hostetler: Runningboards, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baldessari: Analia Saban, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guido Knudson: Roger DeWitt on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons