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Famous people · Del Mar

Del Mar counts 4 famous people, first among them Tristan Prettyman

Articles in 14 languages make the American musician Tristan Prettyman the best known. Close behind are Rachael Flatt and Kristin Hayter. The earliest on the list is John Allred, born in 1974, and the youngest Rachael Flatt, born in 1992. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 10.2 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownTristan PrettymanMusic · born 1982
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Tristan Prettyman
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1974
John Allred
Youngest
1992
Rachael Flatt
Most common field
Music
2 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents

What stands out about Del Mar’s famous people

The best known

Born in Del Mar

Musicians take two of the three places.

Tristan Prettyman#1
Music

Tristan Prettyman

born 1982

American musician

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Rachael Flatt#2
Sports

Rachael Flatt

born 1992

American figure skater

12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Kristin Hayter#3
Music

Kristin Hayter

born 1986

American musician

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Del Mar’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 2.

The American centuryToday195020002050John AllredTristan PrettymanRachael Flatt
MusicSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Del Mar is known for

Music leads the fields, with 2 people.

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 Del Mar

1 more, best known first.

A chosen home

Also called Del Mar home

Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by Tom DeLonge.

Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper

born 1928

American engineer, father of mobile phone

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IS

Irwin Sherman

1933–2022

American biologist

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Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, San Diego has the most people on record, 30 of them.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Del Mar 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.

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