#1Famous people · Portola Valley
4 famous people call Portola Valley their birthplace
The best known is the American football player Rhett Ellison, with articles in 4 languages. Jeff Arons is second and Maverick McNealy third. Over 35 years of births, the list goes from Jeff Arons (1960) to Maverick McNealy (1995). Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Rhett Ellison
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1960
Jeff Arons
Youngest
1995
Maverick McNealy
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
7
notable residents
What stands out about Portola Valley’s famous people
The best known
Born in Portola Valley
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Portola Valley’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 2 births.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Portola Valley
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Portola Valley home
7 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Sandy Mayer the best known.
David Yang
born 1968A Silicon Valley-based serial entrepreneur with a focus on AI, founder of ABBYY
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John Donahoe
born 1960American businessperson and board member, former CEO of Nike
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Palo Alto’s, at 35 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Portola Valley 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 (5)
- Rhett Ellison: Adrian_Peterson_tackled_2012-12-30.jpg: Joe Bielawa derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Yang: Ilya Voyager, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Donahoe: ServiceNow, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Cook: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons