
34 famous people were born within 35 miles of Diablo
The nearest, Chris Wondolowski, was born in Danville, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Tom Hanks, with articles in 135 languages. Next door, Danville lists 14, led by Chris Wondolowski. So far, no famous person on record was born in Diablo.
What stands out about Diablo’s famous people
Famous people born near Diablo
Nobody born in Diablo is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
















Rachel Maddow
born 1973American television news host and political commentator




William E. Moerner
born 1953Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist


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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Danville’s, at 14 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Diablo and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (22)
- Tom Hanks: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Brubeck: Pablosecca, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Burton: Distributed by Megaforce Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Moerner: Kevin Lowder, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dante Basco: dmgice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wondolowski: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Johnson: User Googie man on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Heller: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auston Matthews: Azadeh Kashani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecilia Rouse: Executive Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Marie: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Ionescu: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Cockrell: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Higgins: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonas Rivera: Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Arcy Carden: aitchisons from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Koontz: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Vogtmann: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- David Bingham: Noah Salzman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Frederick Tickner: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Demmel: José Goulão, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Handleson: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
