#1Famous people · Mountain View
Of the 38 famous people born in Mountain View, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 31 languages make the united States figure skater Brian Boitano the best known. Ena Shibahara is second and Kenny Roberts, Jr. third. Since 1970, 27 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Doris Gates’, in 1901, and the last Joshua Pynadath’s, in 2002.
Born here
38
notable people
Best known
Brian Boitano
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Doris Gates
Youngest
2002
Joshua Pynadath
Most common field
Sports
24 people
Also called it home
8
notable residents
What stands out about Mountain View’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mountain View’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 12.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mountain View is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Mountain View
All three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Mountain View
Of the other 35, 21 are athletes.
Tony Sly
1970–2012Singer, song-writer musician. Lead singer of punk-rock group, No Use for a Name.
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Karen Gaffney
born 1977American motivator and president of Karen Gaffney Foundation
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A chosen home
Also called Mountain View home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Mountain View, though born elsewhere.
Edward Michael Keating
1925–2003American journalist, publisher and politician
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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The longest list nearby is Palo Alto’s, with 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountain View 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 (14)
- Brian Boitano: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ena Shibahara: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Roberts, Jr.: Rikita, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Crawford: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Sly: Matthias Zepper, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Jobs: MetalGearLiquid, based on File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg made by Matt Yohe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles K. Kao: David Dobkin [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sal Khan: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ilya Sutskever: Eladkarmel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Doyle: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Shostak: BDEngler, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Guaty: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorrie Fair-Allen: Embassy of the United States in Paraguay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons