Born near Mentone: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Brion James, from Redlands, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Gene Hackman, with articles in 86 languages. Redlands’ list, next door, has 58 names, Ashley Argota first among them. The California lists hold names for 543 towns.
What stands out about Mentone’s famous people
Famous people born near Mentone
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Ed Moses
born 1980American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder


LaKeith Stanfield
born 1991American actor and rapper




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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Mentone.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mentone and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. 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)
- Gene Hackman: Chicago Daily News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Lee: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Barker: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Miller: Flickr user Philadelphia 76ers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- LaKeith Stanfield: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Bonds: Jim Accordino at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyack205/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Modine: Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Argota: Ilya Haykinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Davidson: Minda Haas on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

