#1Of the 7 famous people born in San Ramon, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the American ice hockey player Auston Matthews, covered in 25 languages. Maggie Steffens and Anna Cockrell follow. 7 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Andrew Wiedeman, born in 1989, and the youngest Angelina Anderson, born in 2001.
What stands out about San Ramon’s famous people
When San Ramon’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What San Ramon is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Born in San Ramon
Ranked by languages covered: Auston Matthews with 25, then Maggie Steffens with 24 and Anna Cockrell with 23.
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#3Everyone else born in San Ramon
4 more names, born between 1989 and 2001.


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Also called San Ramon home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Tiffany Roberts.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Danville has the most on record: 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is San Ramon 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 (5)
- Auston Matthews: Azadeh Kashani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Cockrell: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Wiedeman: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angelina Anderson: Kabest, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Wondolowski: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
