LB#1
Writing & Arts
Lester Bangs
1948–1982American music critic and journalist
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Famous people · Escondido
Writers and artists stand out among the 40 famous people born in Escondido
Lester Bangs, the American music critic and journalist, is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. The saudi Arabian-American distance runner Sarah Attar ranks second, ahead of Jovan Kirovski. More than half were born since 1970, 21 in all. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 2.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Lester Bangs
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Paul Withington
Youngest
1999
Milan Iloski
Most common field
Sports
24 people
What stands out about Escondido’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Escondido’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 12.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Escondido is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Escondido
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Escondido
Another 37, 22 of them athletes.
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The longest list nearby is San Diego’s, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Escondido 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 (14)
- Sarah Attar: Citizen59, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jovan Kirovski: Adamserrano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Horine: photographer of IOC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Oien: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Nelson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Craft: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donny Lucy: Mike Kalasnik on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Korey Lee: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aiden Dillard: Tara Phillips, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Wyland: Office of Mark Wyland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nelson Abbott: Utah Reps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Withington: Lt. R. W. Sears, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Johnson: Atlanta Braves, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Bucher: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons