#1Famous people · Mill Valley
11 famous people were born in Mill Valley, more of them performers than in most towns
The best known is the American actress Eve Arden, with articles in 42 languages. Mariel Hemingway and Maury Sterling follow. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 6 of them. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Eve Arden
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Eve Arden
Youngest
1999
Salem Ilese
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
4 people
Also called it home
9
notable residents
What stands out about Mill Valley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Mill Valley is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 3.8 times.
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 Mill Valley’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mill Valley
All three are performers.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Mariel Hemingway
born 1961American actress and author
36 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Mill Valley
8 more, best known first.
Tom Killion
born 1953American fine artist, printmaker, African historian and author
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Mill Valley home
9 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Bridgit Mendler the best known.
Warren Farrell
born 1943Author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Kentfield has the most people on record, 7 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mill Valley 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 (16)
- Eve Arden: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mariel Hemingway: Flick user RavenU, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maury Sterling: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Salem Ilese: Danal L. Brown, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Schallock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Freitas: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noëlle Hampton: George Hampton ATX, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bridgit Mendler: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Grabeel: Eryn Johnstone, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Carvey: TAS-C, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Farrell: Warren.Farrell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Rheingold: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Parasol: Reactionmg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tina Sharkey: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Curhan: Matt Hall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Duffy: Thewestisactive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons