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Famous people · Simi Valley
Of the 18 famous people born in Simi Valley, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Matt Evans, the guatemalan-american soccer player, with articles in 9 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 17 in all. The earliest on the list is Ray Navarro, born in 1964, and the youngest Matt Evans, born in 2006. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.4, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Matt Evans
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1964
Ray Navarro
Youngest
2006
Matt Evans
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Simi Valley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Simi Valley’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
SportsNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Simi Valley is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.5 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 Simi Valley
All three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Simi Valley
The other 15 span the years 1964 to 2000.
Ray Navarro
1964–1990American video artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Simi Valley home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Jason Dolley the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Moorpark, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Simi Valley 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 (6)
- Scott Rice: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kameron Loe: LiAnna Davis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Robertson: Joe Bielawa on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Dolley: Salpi Bezdjian (SBEZSTARZ365), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karolina Protsenko: Nick Amoscato, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelli Berglund: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons