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Famous people · San Ramon

Of 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.

#1 best knownAuston MatthewsSports · born 1997
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Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Auston Matthews
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1989
Andrew Wiedeman
Youngest
2001
Angelina Anderson
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents

What stands out about San Ramon’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

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.

Today20002050Auston MatthewsAngelina AndersonAndrew Wiedeman
SportsNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

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.

The best known

Born in San Ramon

Ranked by languages covered: Auston Matthews with 25, then Maggie Steffens with 24 and Anna Cockrell with 23.

Auston Matthews#1
Sports

Auston Matthews

born 1997

American ice hockey player

25 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MS#2
Sports

Maggie Steffens

born 1993

American water polo player

24 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Anna Cockrell#3
Notable

Anna Cockrell

born 1997

American hurdler

23 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in San Ramon

4 more names, born between 1989 and 2001.

Andrew Wiedeman

Andrew Wiedeman

born 1989

American soccer player

Angelina Anderson

Angelina Anderson

born 2001

American soccer player

AL

Austin Larkin

born 1995

American football player

A chosen home

Also called San Ramon home

Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Tiffany Roberts.

TR

Tiffany Roberts

born 1977

American soccer coach and player

PS

Purvis Short

born 1957

American basketball player

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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.

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