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Famous people · Pacific Grove
Josh Randall tops a list of 4 famous people born in Pacific Grove
At the top of the list is the American actor Josh Randall, covered in 13 languages. The next two names are Ben Jealous and Taylor Tolleson. Jordan Jones, born in 1995, is the youngest, and Josh Randall, born in 1972, the first on record. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.7, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Josh Randall
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1972
Josh Randall
Youngest
1995
Jordan Jones
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pacific Grove
Josh Randall, Ben Jealous and Taylor Tolleson are written about in 13, 6 and 5 languages.
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Through the years
When Pacific Grove’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pacific Grove is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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 Pacific Grove
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Monterey leads the towns around it, with 53 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pacific Grove 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 (2)
- Ben Jealous: Jzhang17, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Panetta: Monica King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons