#1Famous people · Santa Rosa
Performers stand out among the 48 famous people born in Santa Rosa
Articles in 46 languages make the American actress Rebecca De Mornay the best known. Julie London is second and Jussie Smollett third. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.7, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there. 22 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.
Born here
48
notable people
Best known
Rebecca De Mornay
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Donald W. MacKay
Youngest
2003
Adrian Gonzalez
Most common field
Sports
24 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Santa Rosa’s famous people
Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 29, the most recent in 2003.A town of performersPerformers make up 8 of the 48, 1.8 times the usual share.Known worldwideRead in 46 languages, Rebecca De Mornay is known far beyond the town.A chosen home3 more notable people chose to live in Santa Rosa, including Charles Sibley.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Santa Rosa’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 10.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Santa Rosa is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
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 Santa Rosa
The three best known are all performers.
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Everyone else born in Santa Rosa
45 more, from 1874 to 2003.
Margery Wolf
1933–2017American anthropologist, writer, scholar, feminist activist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Frank Salsedo
1929–2009Hereditary Chief of the Wappo tribe of Sonoma County, California
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Santa Rosa home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Charles Sibley.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Sebastopol’s, at 7 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Santa Rosa 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 (9)
- Rebecca De Mornay: Original: Sara Morishige Williams from San Francisco, CA, USA Derivative work: Cryptic-waveform / WikiPedant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie London: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jussie Smollett: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Channing: Daniel House, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ripley: Press release says "From Ripley Office"., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jade Puget: Rickard Laurin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan González: SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raúl Rosas Jr.: Chamatkar Sandhu, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Valentine: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons