#1Famous people · San Gabriel
Of the 30 famous people born in San Gabriel, an unusual share are writers and artists
Most widely known is George S. Patton, the united States Army general, with articles in 87 languages. Bill Mumy and Darrall Imhoff follow. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 21 in all. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 7.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
George S. Patton
in 87 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Guy Rose
Youngest
1998
Felicia Hano
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about San Gabriel’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in San Gabriel
Languages with an article: 87 for George S. Patton, 28 for Bill Mumy, 24 for Darrall Imhoff.
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#3Known for
What San Gabriel is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When San Gabriel’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawMilitaryNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in San Gabriel
Still to come: 27 more, from 1867 to 1998.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called San Gabriel home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Elmer Wachtel.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Alhambra’s, with 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is San Gabriel 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 (18)
- George S. Patton: Robert F. Cranston / Harry Warnecke, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrall Imhoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Rose: Guy Rose, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Aguilera: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Laughlin: Hal Roach Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Knorr: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gina Gillespie: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Garcia: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman: Catriona Sparks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Avila: Pixie, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Vitale: Laughing Jim, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary McCord: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmer Wachtel: Sgtrinaldi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sykkuno: https://www.youtube.com/c/OfflineTVPodcastClips, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronnie Bucknum: Harry Pot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vania King: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lindley: Helge Øverås, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Ling: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons