Photo: Mike Boucher · CC BY 2.0No one born in Montecito has made the famous people list yet
Next door, Santa Barbara lists 37, led by Katy Perry. Modesto’s 65 names make the longest list in California. After Modesto, the next longest list in California is Alameda’s, with 64. Across California, 543 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Montecito), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Montecito has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Montecito
Of the towns around it, Santa Barbara has the most on record: 37.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montecito 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 (1)
- Katy Perry: Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons