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Famous people · El Monte
The 18 famous people born in El Monte, led by Scatman John
Most widely known is Scatman John, the American musician, with articles in 50 languages. Mary Ford, the American musician, comes second, with Glenn Corbett third. The largest group, 8, was born between 1920 and 1969. The biggest group are athletes: 7.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Scatman John
in 50 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Hiram Merritt Barton
Youngest
1998
Jacob Amaya
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about El Monte’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in El Monte
Musicians take two of the three places.
#2
#3Through the years
When El Monte’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What El Monte is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 7.
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 Monte
Still to come: 15 more, from 1856 to 1998.
Aletha Gilbert
1870–1931American civic leader; policewoman; Los Angeles City Mother; clubwoman
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called El Monte home
Born elsewhere, William Weeks lived here.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Arcadia has the most people on record, 32 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Monte 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)
- Mary Ford: NBC Television-photo by "Bruno of Hollywood", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Corbett: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Gilmore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Bottin: John Collier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Wiggins: Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Nathan: Andrew Nathan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Hernández: Roadtrips101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Piercy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Amaya: BeTheHopeful, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aletha Gilbert: Photographer not credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Chen: Pchen1978, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raja Gemini: DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Diaz: Louisp12, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaime Chavez: JonBroxton at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Ling: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons