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San Anselmo from Mount Tam, February 2026Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · San Anselmo

2 famous people call San Anselmo their birthplace

At the top of the list is the American water polo player Dylan Woodhead, covered in 9 languages. The other is Brooke Smith, the American basketball player. Next door, the list for San Rafael holds 46, George Duke first. Dylan Woodhead, born in 1998, is the youngest, and Brooke Smith, born in 1984, the first on record.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Dylan Woodhead
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1984
Brooke Smith
Youngest
1998
Dylan Woodhead
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known

Born in San Anselmo

DW#1
Sports

Dylan Woodhead

born 1998

American water polo player

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
BS#2
Sports

Brooke Smith

born 1984

American basketball player

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
A chosen home

Also called San Anselmo home

Notable people Wikidata lists as living in San Anselmo, though born elsewhere.

KE

Katherine Ellison

born 1957

American author

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is San Rafael, at 46.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is San Anselmo 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.

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