27 famous people were born within 35 miles of Live Oak
Closest of all is Isaac Austin, from Gridley, 6 mi away. Charlotte Stewart is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. No entry yet names Live Oak as a birthplace. The California lists hold names for 544 towns.
What stands out about Live Oak’s famous people
Famous people born near Live Oak
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





John Joseph Montgomery
1858–1911American aviation pioneer, inventor, scientist




Arthur L. Jarrett
1884–1960American screenwriter and actor





Robert H. Young
1929–1950United States Army Medal of Honor recipient


Connie Redbird Pinkerman-Uri
1930–2009First Native American woman to hold degrees in both law and medicine
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Live Oak 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 (16)
- Charlotte Stewart: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug LaMalfa: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Yerman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Molina: Simon Dall'Aglio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Joseph Montgomery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Bagby: MarkScottAustinTX, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Bigley: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wally Herger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Johnson: ABC Television Network 7 West 66TH Street New York 23, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Winford Lee Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Branum: hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert H. Young: Cambrosch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Rideout: Brainburgers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wally Westlake: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Hudgens: slgckgc (original) Cropped by UCinternational, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Griffin: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Elsa Portillo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons