#1Los Altos Hills counts 4 famous people, first among them Max Thieriot
Most widely known is Max Thieriot, the American actor, with articles in 33 languages. Close behind are Daniel Rosenbaum and Cal Rossi. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 4.8 for every 10,000 residents. Cal Rossi, born in 1924, is the earliest name and Daniel Rosenbaum, born in 1997, the latest.

What stands out about Los Altos Hills’ famous people
Born in Los Altos Hills
Max Thieriot has articles in 33 languages, Daniel Rosenbaum in 4 and Cal Rossi in 3.
#1When Los Altos Hills’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Los Altos Hills 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.
Everyone else born in Los Altos Hills
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Also called Los Altos Hills home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 6 in all, led by Jerry Yang.



Anne Wojcicki
born 1973American biotech analyst, biologist, businesswoman, and co-founder of 23andMe


Who’s the most famous person from Los Altos Hills?
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Famous people from the towns next door
Palo Alto leads the towns around it, with 35 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Los Altos Hills 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)
- Max Thieriot: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Yang: Yahoo from Sunnyvale, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yuri Milner: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Wojcicki: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Goodger: Melwalke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Young Yu: Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorrie Fair-Allen: Embassy of the United States in Paraguay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

