
Born near El Sobrante: 19 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Amy Lee, was born in Riverside, 6 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in El Sobrante. Corona’s list, next door, has 44 names, Tyler Hoechlin first among them. No town in California lists more than Modesto, with 65.
What stands out about El Sobrante’s famous people
Famous people born near El Sobrante
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.











Shelly Martinez
born 1980American professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, model, and actress

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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Corona counts 44 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Sobrante 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 (12)
- Amy Lee: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Donovan: Regular Daddy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Miller: Flickr user Philadelphia 76ers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Bonds: Jim Accordino at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyack205/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Parks: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Edward Green: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Ayres: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cameron Townsend: Copyright holder is Wycliffe USA, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Calvert: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Smith: Wide World Photos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Fielder: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelly Martinez: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
