#1Film, TV & Stage
Matthew Modine
born 1959American actor and filmmaker
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Famous people · Loma Linda
29 famous people were born in Loma Linda, more of them performers than in most towns
The best known is the American actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine, with articles in 38 languages. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 15 in all. The list is still growing: 13 were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 561 towns in California with famous people list more.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Matthew Modine
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
Marshall Miles
Youngest
1993
Daniel Zamora
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Loma Linda’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Loma Linda is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Loma Linda’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 5.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitaryBusinessMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Loma Linda
Performers take two of the three places.
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Sports
Ed Moses
born 1980American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Loma Linda
Here are 26 more, born from 1926 to 1993.
Dick Rutan
1938–2024American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal
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Marshall Miles
1926–2013American contract bridge writer, teacher, and player
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Steve PonTell
born 1961BusinessWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Loma Linda home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Loma Linda, though born elsewhere.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Loma Linda 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 (16)
- Matthew Modine: Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Lawson: Timothy Galfas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete McCloskey: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Rutan: Government of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Holly Weber: LPF_girls_at_AEE_2007_Wednesday_22.JPG: Luke Ford derivative work: Gohe007, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Dangermond: United States Mission Geneva, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chantelle Anderson: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jilon VanOver: Kabhyasa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Trebon: Thomas.fanghaenel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Tran: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Zamora: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Martinez Martinez, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loree K. Sutton: R. D. Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Mendoza: Actingtrigger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Argota: Ilya Haykinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Hackman: Chicago Daily News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Teresa Scanlan: Lt. Col. Martha Brooks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons