Aaron Eckhart tops a list of 13 famous people born in Cupertino
Aaron Eckhart, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 64 languages. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period. Over 404 years of births, the list goes from Francesco Antonio Roberti (1593) to Kris Bubic (1997). More are athletes than anything else, 5 in all.
What stands out about Cupertino’s famous people
When Cupertino’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 4 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Cupertino
The three are covered in 64, 15 and 7 languages: Aaron Eckhart, Bryan Mantia and Daniel Puder.
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#3Daniel Puder
born 1981American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
What Cupertino is known for
Share of Cupertino’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Cupertino
10 more names, born between 1593 and 1997.


No one matches both filters.
Also called Cupertino home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Suchir Balaji the best known.

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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cupertino 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 (9)
- Bryan Mantia: Frederik Dam Sunne / frederiksunne(at)gmail.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Puder: Glenn Francis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Axelson: U.S Navy Photographer, U.S Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Bubic: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie Lin: Andreas Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Wojcicki: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Guaty: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Guest: Rob DiCaterino, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorrie Fair-Allen: Embassy of the United States in Paraguay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons



