#1Famous people · Santa Clara
Of the 61 famous people born in Santa Clara, an unusual share are performers
At the top of the list is the American business executive Susan Wojcicki, covered in 60 languages. Michelle Akers, the American soccer player, comes second, with Liza Soberano third. The largest group, 36, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.7, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
61
notable people
Best known
Susan Wojcicki
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
John Norton
Youngest
2000
Blake Broszus
Most common field
Sports
33 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Santa Clara’s famous people
Still making names51 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2000.Known worldwideSusan Wojcicki is written about in 60 languages.A town of performers12 of the 61 people born here are performers, 2.1× the usual share.A chosen home3 more notable people chose to live in Santa Clara, including Linus Torvalds.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Santa Clara’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 14 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotableBusinessPolitics & LawMusicFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Santa Clara
Susan Wojcicki has articles in 60 languages, Michelle Akers in 44 and Liza Soberano in 31.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Liza Soberano
born 1998Filipino and American actress
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Known for
What Santa Clara is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Santa Clara
Here are 58 more, born from 1893 to 2000.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Santa Clara home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Santa Clara, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
San Jose leads the towns around it, with 54 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Santa Clara 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 (13)
- Susan Wojcicki: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liza Soberano: Embassy of the United States, Manila / Ambassador Lee Lipton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larisa Oleynik: LA NY LA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Barnes: Bridget Samuels from College Park, MD, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Harwell: Eric Liesse, U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer: Shawn T Moore, U.S. Department of Labor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarina Bolden: an anonymous member of the Philippine Sports Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Tulowitzki: Onetwo1 on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Joines: Rachel Boettcher, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Packer: Alex Lozupone, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Polina Edmunds: nabechiko29, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linus Torvalds: Lf Asia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Guaty: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons