#1Famous people · Los Altos
7 famous people were born in Los Altos, more of them athletes than in most towns
Lorrie Fair-Allen, the American soccer player, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Second place goes to the American writer Nancy Holder, third to Javier Mariona. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 4 in all. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Lorrie Fair-Allen
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1953
Nancy Holder
Youngest
2004
Javier Mariona
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
8
notable residents
What stands out about Los Altos’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Los Altos’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Los Altos is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
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 Los Altos
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Los Altos
Another 4, the earliest born in 1955.
Mark Whiteley
born 1962American skateboarder, photographer, writer, and former editor-in-chief of Slap Magazine
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Los Altos home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 8 in all, led by Sergey Brin.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Mountain View has the most on record: 38.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Los Altos 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)
- Lorrie Fair-Allen: Embassy of the United States in Paraguay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sergey Brin: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Geschke: Schmiebel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Logg: Photo taken by Aaron Hightower (Ahigh), Lead Programmer of Rush 2049 Coin-op, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Levie: TechCrunch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Boitano: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Guaty: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Thieriot: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons