
Born near East San Gabriel: 19 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, George S. Patton, was born in San Gabriel, 2 mi away. Arcadia, which borders it, has 32 on its list, the best known Tracy Caldwell Dyson. The best known of them is Sally Field, with articles in 91 languages. No entry yet names East San Gabriel as a birthplace.
What stands out about East San Gabriel’s famous people
Famous people born near East San Gabriel
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Tracy Caldwell Dyson
born 1969American chemist and NASA astronaut


Genie
born 1957Abused child studied by linguists after spending most of early life locked in a room and tied to a chair


Meredith Baxter
born 1947American actress and producer








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Famous people from the towns next door
Arcadia has the longest list next door: 32.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East San Gabriel 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)
- Sally Field: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George S. Patton: Robert F. Cranston / Harry Warnecke, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Child: Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Clauser: Peter Lyons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Sargent: Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward James Olmos: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar De La Hoya: U.S. Navy photo (Released), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vania King: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverley Mitchell: James L. Harper Jr., USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsay Price: Porter Hovey at http://www.porterhovey.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meredith Baxter: ABC Television Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marni Nixon: Voiceperson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rena Sofer: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lindley: Helge Øverås, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Ling: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons


