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Famous people · Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay is the birthplace of 3 famous people

At the top of the list is the American actor and singer Adam Jacobs, covered in 4 languages. Danny Flores, the American soccer player, comes second, with Al Pereira third. Born in 1906, Al Pereira is the first name on record, and Danny Flores, born in 2002, the most recent. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 2.6 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownAdam JacobsFilm, TV & Stage · born 1984
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Adam Jacobs
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Al Pereira
Youngest
2002
Danny Flores
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known

Born in Half Moon Bay

Counted by languages, Adam Jacobs is ahead of Danny Flores and Al Pereira: 4, 3 and 2.

Adam Jacobs#1
Film, TV & Stage

Adam Jacobs

born 1984

American actor and singer

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DF#2
Sports

Danny Flores

born 2002

American soccer player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AP#3
Sports

Al Pereira

1906–1990

American professional wrestler

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Half Moon Bay is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

A chosen home

Also called Half Moon Bay home

2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Robert Scoble the best known.

Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble

born 1965

American blogger

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
SB

Scott Banister

born 1975

American businessman

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Half Moon Bay 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.

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