#1Famous people · Porterville
Porterville counts 21 famous people, first among them Joan Marsh
Articles in 17 languages make the American actress Joan Marsh the best known. The next two names are Rick Owens and Barbara Baxley. The largest group, 9, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Joan Marsh
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
William I. Traeger
Youngest
1988
Javy Ayala
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Porterville
The three are covered in 17, 14 and 13 languages: Joan Marsh, Rick Owens and Barbara Baxley.
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#3Through the years
When Porterville’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 6.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Porterville is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 9 of them.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Porterville
18 more names, born between 1880 and 1988.
John R. Quinn
1889–1979Commander of the American Legion, Los Angeles County Supervisor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Porterville 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 (8)
- Joan Marsh: Motion Picture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Owens: Asha Mines, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Baxley: TV episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William I. Traeger: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Sanders: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Quinn: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bear Pascoe: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devon Mathis: California State Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons