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Famous people · Poway
19 famous people from Poway, many of them athletes
Articles in 47 languages make the American rock musician Tom DeLonge the best known. Most were born since 1970: 18 of them. From Fletcher Bowron in 1887 to Tate Martell in 1998, the births cover 111 years. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 3.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Tom DeLonge
in 47 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Fletcher Bowron
Youngest
1998
Tate Martell
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Poway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Poway’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 7 births.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Poway is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 2.9 times.
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 Poway
The three are covered in 47, 26 and 21 languages: Tom DeLonge, Kelsey Plum and Christy Hemme.
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Christy Hemme
born 1980American professional wrestling valet, semi-retired professional wrestler, ring announcer, former model, and singer
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Poway
The rest number 16, with 12 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Poway home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Poway, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, San Diego has the most people on record, 30 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Poway 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 (15)
- Kelsey Plum: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christy Hemme: flippunkrocker, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Raynor: Kerry Key from San Diego, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradley Klahn: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh Ann Robinson: kkimphotography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevi Moran: Six Feet Above with Trevi Moran and Kate Lavrentios, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsay Taylor: Agent Zwei at English Wikipedia (Original text: en:User:Agent Zwei), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Taylor: Mike Dunn from Sunnyvale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Vincent: John H. Gámez on Flickr (Original version) 佾珜 (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Noonan: Minda Haas on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Newman: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Nevin: ウィ貴公子, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Martell: Paula R. Lively from Zanesville, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Kemp: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Opie: US Embassy Madrid, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons