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Famous people · Pleasant Hill
5 famous people come from Pleasant Hill, Adin Brown the best known
Adin Brown, the American soccer player, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Cynthia Olavarri and Zyon Pullin. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. Over 51 years of births, the list goes from Cynthia Olavarri (1955) to Oscar Verhoeven (2006).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Adin Brown
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1955
Cynthia Olavarri
Youngest
2006
Oscar Verhoeven
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Pleasant Hill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pleasant Hill’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Pleasant Hill
Adin Brown leads with articles in 10 languages, ahead of Cynthia Olavarri (7) and Zyon Pullin (7).
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Everyone else born in Pleasant Hill
Another 2, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Pleasant Hill home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Pleasant Hill, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Walnut Creek leads the towns around it, with 48 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Hill 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)
- Zyon Pullin: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hanks: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe DiMaggio: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Simpson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons