#1Famous people · Hillsborough
4 famous people call Hillsborough their birthplace
Articles in 4 languages make the professional golfer Nathaniel Crosby the best known. Second and third on the list are Tyler Goeddel and Erik Kislik. Births span 1961 to 1994, from Nathaniel Crosby to Matt Krook. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 3.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Nathaniel Crosby
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1961
Nathaniel Crosby
Youngest
1994
Matt Krook
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Hillsborough’s famous people
The best known
Born in Hillsborough
The three best known are all athletes.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Hillsborough’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 2 births.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hillsborough
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Hillsborough home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Hillsborough, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, San Mateo lists the most people: 48.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hillsborough 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 (8)
- Nathaniel Crosby: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Goeddel: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Kislik: ShenkieDenk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Krook: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathy Garver: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yishan Wong: Tasshin Fogleman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Brady: Congressman Charlie Crist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Eastman: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons