#1Politics & Law
Mike Pompeo
born 1963American politician, United States Secretary of State
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Famous people · Orange
Mike Pompeo and 38 more famous people were born in Orange
Mike Pompeo has articles in 80 languages. Behind the leader come Sunny and Steve Johnson. With 5 musicians, the list holds 2.3 times the share found across U.S. towns. Since 1970, 26 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Mike Pompeo
in 80 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
John Trent
Youngest
2003
David Bailey
Most common field
Sports
27 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Orange’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Orange
Mike Pompeo leads with articles in 80 languages, ahead of Sunny (32) and Steve Johnson (30).
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#3Through the years
When Orange’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 10.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Orange is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 2.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Orange
Of the other 36, 26 are athletes.
Jessica Hardy
born 1987American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
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A chosen home
Also called Orange home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Howard Bach the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Santa Ana, at 44.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Orange 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)
- Mike Pompeo: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunny: Spes Sublimitas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Johnson: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trischa Zorn: User:LauraHale, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Orozco Fiscal: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan D. O'Connor: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Sánchez: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciara Hanna: RealTVFilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Mathewson: Cmorinello, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dianne de Leeuw: Mieremet, Rob / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Freese: Alex Bellink, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Bown: Rachel Boettcher, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Pfeiffer: joyparris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Benson: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter Holland: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Sweet: World Economic Forum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons