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Famous people · Dos Palos

Myron Joseph Cotta tops a list of 4 famous people born in Dos Palos

At the top of the list is the Catholic bishop in the United states Myron Joseph Cotta, covered in 10 languages. The baseball player Cody Martin ranks second, ahead of Nello Falaschi. Over 76 years of births, the list goes from Nello Falaschi (1913) to Cody Martin (1989). Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.

#2 best knownCody MartinSports · born 1989
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Myron Joseph Cotta
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Nello Falaschi
Youngest
1989
Cody Martin
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Dos Palos

Two of the three are athletes.

MC#1
Faith

Myron Joseph Cotta

born 1953

Catholic bishop in the United States

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Cody Martin#2
Sports

Cody Martin

born 1989

Baseball player

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
NF#3
Sports

Nello Falaschi

1913–1986

American football player

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Dos Palos’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 1 births.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Cody Martin
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Dos Palos is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.

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 Dos Palos

1 more, best known first.

SH

Shawn Hillegas

born 1964

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dos Palos 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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