#1Famous people · Manteca
The 5 famous people born in Manteca, led by Scott Speed
Articles in 34 languages make the American racing driver Scott Speed the best known. Patricia Miranda and Richard Pierce follow. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 0.6, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Scott Speed
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Milo Candini
Youngest
1983
Scott Speed
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Manteca’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Manteca’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1910s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Manteca
The three are covered in 34, 18 and 4 languages: Scott Speed, Patricia Miranda and Richard Pierce.
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Writing & Arts
Richard Pierce
1918–2004American historian and publisher
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Known for
What Manteca is known for
Manteca has 2.3× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Another 2, 2 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Manteca 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 (2)
- Scott Speed: Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milo Candini: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons