
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Fruitdale
The best known of them is Steve Wozniak, with articles in 105 languages. The nearest, Susan Wojcicki, was born in Santa Clara, 4 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Fruitdale is on record yet. Across California, the lists cover 561 towns.
What stands out about Fruitdale’s famous people
Famous people born near Fruitdale
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Kerri Walsh Jennings
born 1978American professional beach volleyball player
Steve Wozniak
born 1950American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

Michio Kaku
born 1947U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author





Eric Allin Cornell
born 1961American physicist, professor

Josie Maran
born 1978American model, actress, and entrepreneur
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fruitdale 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)
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michio Kaku: Cristiano Sant´Anna, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Teri Hatcher: hyku, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Allin Cornell: Betsythedevine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Wojcicki: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Fire: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dudley R. Herschbach: Conrad Erb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Holloway: Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons