#1Famous people · Fontana
Athletes stand out among the 64 famous people born in Fontana
Articles in 48 languages make the American drummer Travis Barker the best known. Since 1970, 46 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Ralph Whitney’s, in 1936, and the last Nicolas Bechtel’s, in 2005. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
64
notable people
Best known
Travis Barker
in 48 Wikipedia languages
First
1936
Ralph Whitney
Youngest
2005
Nicolas Bechtel
Most common field
Sports
49 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Fontana’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fontana’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 14.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fontana is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.2 times.
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 Fontana
Three names lead: Travis Barker (48 languages), Bill Fagerbakke (31) and Maurice Edu (29).
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Bill Fagerbakke
born 1957American actor and voice actor
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Everyone else born in Fontana
Another 61, the earliest born in 1936.
Mike Davis
1946–2022American writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Marc Wilmore
1963–2021American television writer, producer, actor, and comedian
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Broderick Hunter
born 1991American model and actor from Fontana, California
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Roger Lodge
born 1960American TV game show host and sports radio host, actor, radio personality, writer and producer
SportsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Fontana home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Meagan Tandy.
Shelton Brooks
1886–1975Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz
MusicWikipedia ↗
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4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fontana 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 (29)
- Travis Barker: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Fagerbakke: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Edu: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Boxx: Ampatent, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torri Edwards: Eckhard Pecher (Arcimboldo), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Brittany Brown: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Aguilar: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Davis: Alessandra Moctezuma, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jayden Daniels: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jillian Alleyne: SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Percival: shgmom56 on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Stewart: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Smith: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Barnett: Screen name fool, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sione Takitaki: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Robertson: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Weddle: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Franchino: Jarrett Campbell from Cary, North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Kielty: User Paul Keleher on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Broderick Hunter: Amarie Cassidy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heath Farwell: Jeffrey Beall`, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nat Berhe: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Wick: GOhioCasts, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Hasay: Dave Atkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen G. Larson: Stephen G Larson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meagan Tandy: Adweek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Donovan: Regular Daddy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Connor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Collison: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons