#1Music
Henry Cowell
1897–1965American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario
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Famous people · Menlo Park
20 famous people were born in Menlo Park, more of them performers than in most towns
Henry Cowell is the best known, with articles in 29 languages. The largest group, 10, was born since 1970. Only 126 of the 545 towns in California with anyone on record list more. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 6.1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Henry Cowell
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Marion Dorn
Youngest
2005
Jesse Love
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
6 people
Also called it home
12
notable residents
What stands out about Menlo Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Menlo Park is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 3.2 times as common.
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 Menlo Park’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
Film, TV & StageSportsMusicNotableBusinessWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Menlo Park
Henry Cowell has articles in 29 languages, Josie Maran in 28 and Tierna Davidson in 21.
#1JM#2
Film, TV & Stage
Josie Maran
born 1978American model, actress, and entrepreneur
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Menlo Park
The rest number 17, with 5 performers among them.
Marion Dorn
1896–1964Textile designer, significant contributions to modern British interiors in particular for her 'sculpted' carpets
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A chosen home
Also called Menlo Park home
12 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Sheryl Sandberg the best known.
Edward J. Davila
born 1952Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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Edward Michael Keating
1925–2003American journalist, publisher and politician
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Fremont has the most people on record, 46 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Menlo Park 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 (25)
- Henry Cowell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tierna Davidson: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Callahan Erdoes: World Economic Forum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Eigsti: Tslajack4hrs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Peterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Wise: Eowens90, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Love: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin A. Gilroy: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Harrod: Joanna Priestley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Dorn: 14GTR, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanya Seaman: PhillyCarShare, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheryl Sandberg: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fakir Musafar: The original uploader was Lesv at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alycia Moulton: Alycia Moulton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ram Shriram: Jenrosecir, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Goldberg: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Iribe: eVRydayVR from Berkeley, CA, United States, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea Goldsmith: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward J. Davila: United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Wills: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Cardellini: Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powerhouse Hobbs: West Smith, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Cook: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Fuller: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons