Famous people · Contra Costa Centre
Born near Contra Costa Centre: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Kyle Gass, born in Walnut Creek, 2 mi away, is the closest. The nearest list is next door in Walnut Creek: 48 names, starting with Kyle Gass. The best known of them is Tom Hanks, with articles in 135 languages. 552 towns in California have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Tom Hanks
Best known
Tom Hanks
in 135 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Contra Costa Centre’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Contra Costa Centre
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Alex Hirsch
born 1985American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and producer
Richard Carlson
1961–2006Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker
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Around it, Walnut Creek has the most people on record, 48 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Contra Costa Centre 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 (15)
- Tom Hanks: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Brubeck: Pablosecca, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe DiMaggio: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dante Basco: dmgice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Hirsch: CalArts Votes, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wondolowski: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Johnson: User Googie man on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecilia Rouse: Executive Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Marie: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Ionescu: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Higgins: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seanan McGuire: Library of Congress Life, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Arcy Carden: aitchisons from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Koontz: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Vogtmann: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons