#1Famous people · Claremont
Most of the 10 famous people born in Claremont came into the world since 1970
Robert Buckley, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. The next two names are Kori Carter and Evelyn Stevens. The first birth on record is Frederick Sumner Brackett’s, in 1896, and the last Bill Walkenbach’s, in 2000. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.7, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Robert Buckley
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Frederick Sumner Brackett
Youngest
2000
Bill Walkenbach
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Claremont’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Claremont’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & MedicineMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Claremont
Robert Buckley has articles in 27 languages, Kori Carter in 21 and Evelyn Stevens in 19.
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What Claremont is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Claremont
The other 7 span the years 1896 to 2000.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Claremont home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Arthur T. Benjamin the best known.
Ann Hardy
1933–2023American computer programmer, pioneer of computer time-sharing systems
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The fullest list close by belongs to Pomona, with 61.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Claremont 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 (8)
- Robert Buckley: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kori Carter: SD Dirk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Stevens: Steve Ryan from Groveland, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Beltran: Marc W, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raja Kumari: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur T. Benjamin: Ed Schipul from Houston, TX, US, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Myrlie Evers-Williams: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher S. Johnson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Alba: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons