
26 famous people were born within 35 miles of South Whittier
The nearest, Fergie, was born in Whittier, 2 mi away. Tiger Woods is the most widely known, written about in 94 languages. 556 of the towns in California list at least one person. The list for South Whittier is empty for now.
What stands out about South Whittier’s famous people
Famous people born near South Whittier
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.










Chris Carter
born 1956American television and film producer






Janet Evans
born 1971American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder





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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Whittier, with 50.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Whittier and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (21)
- Tiger Woods: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- "Weird Al" Yankovic: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hetfield: Kreepin Deth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Stefani: Liton Ali, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fergie: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Stoltz: oscalito, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stamos: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg LeMond: MollySVH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Evans: PoolSafely, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm David Kelley: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Korver: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Eggold: Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiffany: No machine-readable author provided. Dtobias assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris Chestnut: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wendi McLendon-Covey: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aimee Teegarden: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Allen: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alanna Ubach: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Dallas: The Paparazzi Gamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Lewis: Jarrett Campbell from Cary, North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
