#1Del 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.




What stands out about Del Mar’s famous people
Born in Del Mar
Musicians take two of the three places.
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#3When Del Mar’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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 else born in Del Mar
1 more, best known first.
Also called Del Mar home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by Tom DeLonge.

Who’s the most famous person from Del Mar?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Del Mar’s most famous person is.
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.
Photo credits (5)
- Tristan Prettyman: Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachael Flatt: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Hayter: Viksalos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Allred: Pittsburgh_Steelers_offensive_line_2002.jpg: Steve Roman derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Cooper: Rico Shen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons