#1Famous people · Lomita
8 famous people from Lomita, many of them athletes
Articles in 9 languages make the major League Baseball pitcher Ted Lilly the best known. Most were born since 1970: 5 of them. Erv Palica, born in 1928, is the earliest name and A. J. Richardson, born in 1995, the latest. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Ted Lilly
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Erv Palica
Youngest
1995
A. J. Richardson
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Lomita’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lomita’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lomita is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Lomita
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Lomita
Here are 5 more, born from 1928 to 1995.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Lomita home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Lomita, though born elsewhere.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Lomita?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Lomita’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Torrance has the most on record: 42.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lomita 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 (9)
- Ted Lilly: bridgetds on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Qualls: dbking on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Wysocki: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Stits: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erv Palica: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Puerta: Jusdafax, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Kwan: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Monroe: Sam Shaw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Rogers: Longbomb, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons