14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Salton City
Ahmad ibn Umar al-Hazimi, born in Mecca, 20 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Vanessa Marcil, with articles in 31 languages. No famous person on record lists Salton City as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in California belongs to Modesto, with 65.
What stands out about Salton City’s famous people
Famous people born near Salton City
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Steve Taylor
born 1957American singer, songwriter, record producer, music executive, film maker, assistant professor, and actor





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salton City and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (9)
- Oscar Loya: Daniel Kruczynski, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Van Gundy: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kayla Miracle: Jørgen Løken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al McCandless: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sergio Romo: cjmartin on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Taylor: CAMP BELL PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Caballero: DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Downing: Sen. Jon Tester, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Mohamed: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons