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Famous people · Paramount
6 famous people from Paramount, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American water polo player and coach Nicolle Payne, covered in 12 languages. Since 1970, 5 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Nicolle Payne, born in 1976, and the youngest Anthony Gose, born in 1990. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.2, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Nicolle Payne
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1976
Nicolle Payne
Youngest
1990
Anthony Gose
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Paramount’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Paramount’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Paramount is known for
Paramount has 2.3× the usual share of athletes.
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 Paramount
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Paramount
The rest number 3, with 2 athletes among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Lynwood has the most on record, with 62.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paramount 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 (7)
- Anthony Gose: Minda Haas Kuhlmann from Omaha, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kaesviharn: Bengals_defenders_pursue_Willie_Parker.jpg: SteelCityHobbies derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Costner: Bill Ingalls, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Cage: Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Krist Novoselic: Joe Mabel, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- "Weird Al" Yankovic: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Smith: Warner Brothers Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons