Famous people · Discovery Bay
Born near Discovery Bay: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Johnny Burke, from Antioch, 12 mi away. Chris Isaak is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. 547 towns in California have at least one famous person on record. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Discovery Bay.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Chris Isaak
Best known
Chris Isaak
in 42 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Discovery Bay’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Discovery Bay
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Daniel Goleman
born 1946American psychologist and journalist
Kara Walker
born 1969American painter and installation artist
Jose M. Hernandez
born 1962American engineer and astronaut
Brandon Rogers
born 1988American sketch comedian, actor, and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Discovery Bay 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 (15)
- Chris Isaak: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Goleman: World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dante Basco: dmgice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Diaz: Bhenricksen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wondolowski: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kara Walker: studio international, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Diaz: Bhenricksen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dev: DEV_at_2011_MMVA.jpg: Vervegirl Canada derivative work: PancakeMistake, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Auston Matthews: Azadeh Kashani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vanessa Ray: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jose M. Hernandez: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Cockrell: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Brooks: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Higgins: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Arcy Carden: aitchisons from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons