#1Film, TV & Stage
Lance Guest
born 1960American film and television actor
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Famous people · Saratoga
Most of the 13 famous people born in Saratoga came into the world since 1970
The best known is the American film and television actor Lance Guest, with articles in 16 languages. Behind the leader come Ed Solomon and Mekenna Melvin. From Zaza Harvey to Niko Tsakiris, the births on the list run from 1879 to 2005. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 4.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Lance Guest
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Zaza Harvey
Youngest
2005
Niko Tsakiris
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Saratoga’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Saratoga’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saratoga
Performers take two of the three places.
#1ES#2
Writing & Arts
Ed Solomon
born 1960American writer, producer and director
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#3Known for
What Saratoga is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.3 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 Saratoga
10 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Saratoga home
4 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Michael Burry the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
San Jose has the longest list next door: 54.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Saratoga 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 (10)
- Lance Guest: Rob DiCaterino, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mekenna Melvin: The Nerdy Girls, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Liccardo: Ike Hayman, House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Ames: Mark Ames, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Junqua: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Lisick: San Francisco Public Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zaza Harvey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jayshree Ullal: multichill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gina Bianchini: Mario Sundar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Macdonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons