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Famous people · Indio
19 famous people were born in Indio, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Vanessa Marcil, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 31 languages. Second and third on the list are Oscar Loya and Stan Van Gundy. The first birth on record is Benjamin F. Montoya’s, in 1935, and the last Abi Carter’s, in 2002. 9 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Vanessa Marcil
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Benjamin F. Montoya
Youngest
2002
Abi Carter
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Indio’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Indio’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 5.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Indio
Counted by languages, Vanessa Marcil is ahead of Oscar Loya and Stan Van Gundy: 31, 18 and 17.
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What Indio is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 7.
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Everyone else born in Indio
16 more, 6 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Indio 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 (12)
- Oscar Loya: Daniel Kruczynski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Van Gundy: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Caballero: DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Downing: Sen. Jon Tester, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Long: Vivalargo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abi Carter: Cpeter30, cropped by Joe Mabel, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- V. Manuel Perez: Jayel Aheram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eduardo Garcia: Uncredited photographer for the California Air Resources Board, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Reagins: Tony_Reagins_2010.jpg: Eric Sterling derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin F. Montoya: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Hinderaker: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Lua: SNSAnchor at Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons