#1Of the 7 famous people born in La Cañada Flintridge, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American singer and songwriter Tiffany Alvord, with articles in 23 languages. Phil Joanou is second and Julie Hayek third. More than half were born since 1970, 4 in all. From Julie Hayek to Tiffany Alvord, the births on the list run from 1960 to 1992.
What stands out about La Cañada Flintridge’s famous people
When La Cañada Flintridge’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What La Cañada Flintridge is known for
La Cañada Flintridge has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Born in La Cañada Flintridge
Tiffany Alvord, Phil Joanou and Julie Hayek are written about in 23, 11 and 9 languages.
#1Phil Joanou
born 1961American film director and music video director
#3Julie Hayek
born 1960Miss USA 1983, 1st runner-up to Miss Universe 1983
Everyone else born in La Cañada Flintridge
The other 4 span the years 1968 to 1990.

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Also called La Cañada Flintridge home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in La Cañada Flintridge, though born elsewhere.



Mark Adler
born 1959American computer scientist, mathematician and physicist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Glendale has the longest list next door: 41.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is La Cañada Flintridge 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)
- Tiffany Alvord: Guilty Party, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Hayek: Craig A. Hurst, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nik Turley: Hotta Akahane, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Molina: Justin Hoch at https://www.flickr.com/photos/justinhoch/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Carolla: Rwerner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Adler: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Walker: Andre Luis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Field: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

