#1Famous people · El Cajon
23 famous people from El Cajon, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American racing driver Jimmie Johnson, covered in 100 languages. Most were born since 1970: 15 of them. Over 63 years of births, the list goes from Richard W. Johnson (1929) to Joe Musgrove (1992). For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.2, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Jimmie Johnson
in 100 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Richard W. Johnson
Youngest
1992
Joe Musgrove
Most common field
Sports
19 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about El Cajon’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in El Cajon
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Jason Russell
born 1978American director, choreographer, and activist
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When El Cajon’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 7 of the births charted here.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What El Cajon is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.3 times.
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 El Cajon
A further 20 follow, born between 1929 and 1989.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called El Cajon home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in El Cajon, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, San Diego has the most on record, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Cajon 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 (16)
- Jimmie Johnson: File:Jimmie Johnson Carvana Chip Ganassi Racing Driver 2021.png: Jimmie Johnson Oval Test derivative work: F1fans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Musgrove: Ryan Casey Aguinaldo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Russell: Jane Rahman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Griffin: Jrchun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bret Boone: John Traub / Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball Club, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Giles: ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Garcia: Minda Haas Kuhlmann from Omaha, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Malone: Cramerwiki, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie Spilger: LeWeb14, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Jacobson: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sharay Bennett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Garcia: Jeffrey Hayes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James P. Zumwalt: Embassy of the United States, Dakar, Senegal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarit Johnson: Interviewing_Jarit_Johnson.jpg: Royalbroil derivative work: The Bushranger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Koonce: Jeff Kramer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Evans: Sean007 Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Jeremiah: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons