#1Famous people · San Luis Obispo
Zac Efron leads the 29 famous people born in San Luis Obispo
The American actor and singer Zac Efron is written about in 95 languages. Second and third on the list are Stephanie Brown Trafton and Chris Seitz. The list has 2 times the usual share of writers and artists, 6 in all. More than half were born since 1970, 16 in all.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Zac Efron
in 95 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Albert Thomas Derome
Youngest
2000
Tristan Weber
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about San Luis Obispo’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in San Luis Obispo
Counted by languages, Zac Efron is ahead of Stephanie Brown Trafton and Chris Seitz: 95, 23 and 18.
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Through the years
When San Luis Obispo’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableMusicMilitaryScience & MedicineBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What San Luis Obispo is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in San Luis Obispo
Another 26, 12 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called San Luis Obispo home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Bradford Parkinson.
Bradford Parkinson
born 1935American systems engineer and developer of global positioning system
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is San Luis Obispo 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 (7)
- Zac Efron: Eva Rinaldi from Sydney Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie Brown Trafton: Tostof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wolfgang Gartner: swimfinfan from Chicago, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dasha: Anthony Quintano from Mount Laurel, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Kennedy: By Catherine Tharpe, ASBP Blood Donor Recruiter, Fort Hood, Texas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Rachubka: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bradford Parkinson: National Executive Committee for Space-Based PNT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons