SW#1
Film, TV & Stage
Shirley Walker
1945–2006American film and television composer
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Famous people · Napa
25 famous people were born in Napa, more of them athletes than in most towns
At the top of the list is the American film and television composer Shirley Walker, covered in 24 languages. Second and third on the list are Logan Tom and Donny Robinson. Most were born since 1970: 14 of them. Brock Bowers, born in 2002, is the youngest, and Frank Coombs, born in 1853, the first on record.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Shirley Walker
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
Frank Coombs
Youngest
2002
Brock Bowers
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Napa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Napa’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 6 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Napa is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.8 times as common.
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 Napa
The three are covered in 24, 20 and 14 languages: Shirley Walker, Logan Tom and Donny Robinson.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Napa
22 more, best known first.
Chiyoko Sakamoto
1912–1994California’s first Japanese American female lawyer
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A chosen home
Also called Napa home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Napa, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Napa 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)
- Logan Tom: Logan_Tom_WGP_Aug_2011.jpg: Fllovean derivative work: Yanguas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donny Robinson: shortCHINESEguy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brock Bowers: BullDawg2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Coombs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Euser: Ludovic Péron, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gibson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Alvarez: Splitfire1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Desmond-Hellmann: Huyclef, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Dodd: Lorie Leilani Shelley, California Senate Rules Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Guisto: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Housley: The Housley Life, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan T. Holte: United States Court of Federal Claims, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bickford: Leauramullins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Kmak: DJSkippyB, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons