Born near Lake California: 17 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Tom Hubert, was born in Cottonwood, 6 mi away. Megan Rapinoe is the most widely known, written about in 70 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lake California. No town in California lists more than Modesto, with 65.
What stands out about Lake California’s famous people
Famous people born near Lake California
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Tom Bruce
1952–2020American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder

Denver S. Dickerson
1872–192511th Governor of Nevada from the Silver – Democratic coalition party.


Brian Sandoval
born 196329th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge

Kevin Sharp
1970–2014American country music singer, author, and motivational speaker



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake California 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 (7)
- Megan Rapinoe: Daniel Nickson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Sandoval: Brian Sandoval, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francesca Eastwood: Massod123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Leary: Olympic Athletic Club (San Francisco, California), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denver S. Dickerson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marv Grissom: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Charles Behrens: Jack Kightlinger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons