Photo: Amin Eshaiker · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person from Placentia yet, but Fullerton next door has 48
543 towns across California can name a famous person born there. Modesto’s 65 names make the longest list in California. After Modesto, the next longest list in California is Alameda’s, with 64. The best known born in Fullerton is Gwen Stefani.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Placentia), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Placentia has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Placentia
4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Placentia 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 (4)
- Gwen Stefani: Liton Ali, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Benson: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Bryan: Dcimo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie J. Block: Sarah_Ackerman from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons