#1Famous people · Costa Mesa
11 famous people from Costa Mesa, many of them athletes
April Ross, the American beach volleyball player, is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. The next two names are Ian McCall and Zach Wells. 7 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is Lonnie Frisbee’s, in 1949, and the last Richson Simeon’s, in 1997.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
April Ross
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1949
Lonnie Frisbee
Youngest
1997
Richson Simeon
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Costa Mesa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Costa Mesa’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Costa Mesa is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.7 times as common.
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 Costa Mesa
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Costa Mesa
Here are 8 more, born from 1949 to 1997.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Costa Mesa home
One more notable person made the town home: Dana Rohrabacher.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Newport Beach lists the most people: 48.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Costa Mesa 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 (6)
- April Ross: Ralph Arvesen from Round Mountain, Texas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian McCall: Davidmc5585, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Wells: derivative work: Ytoyoda Image:Clyde Simms and Zach Wells.jpgClyde Simms and Zach Wells.jpg: Ben Stanfield from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Rohrabacher: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Pfeiffer: joyparris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren German: Sue Lukenbaugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons