
Born near El Monte Mobile Village: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Bryce DeWitt, born in Dinuba, 1 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Robert B. Laughlin, with articles in 71 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in El Monte Mobile Village. The longest list of any town in California belongs to Modesto, with 65.
What stands out about El Monte Mobile Village’s famous people
Famous people born near El Monte Mobile Village
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Slim Pickens
1919–1983American rodeo performer, film and television actor

Calaway H. Dodson
1928–2020American botanist, orchidologist & taxonomist

Victor Davis Hanson
born 1953American classicist and military historian



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Monte Mobile Village 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 (8)
- Robert B. Laughlin: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryce DeWitt: Brandon dinunno, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Melkonian: Armenian Museum of Photo and Video Materials, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slim Pickens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Zeller: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Danals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Davis Hanson: No machine-readable author provided. Rune X2 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Hurst: Film World Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vern Mikkelsen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons