#18 famous people from Cypress, many of them athletes
Articles in 94 languages make the American golfer Tiger Woods the best known. The largest group, 7, was born since 1970. John Stamos, born in 1963, is the earliest name and Sofie Dossi, born in 2001, the latest. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.6, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
What stands out about Cypress’ famous people
Born in Cypress
Tiger Woods, John Stamos and Brandon Laird are written about in 94, 41 and 9 languages.
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#3When Cypress’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Cypress is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Cypress
5 more names, born between 1981 and 2001.


No one matches both filters.
Who’s the most famous person from Cypress?
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Lakewood, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cypress 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)
- Tiger Woods: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stamos: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Laird: Rikigon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamil Douglas: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sofie Dossi: Stokes Twins, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg LeMond: MollySVH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Flanagan: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lamb: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fili Moala: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons



