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Errea House · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Tehachapi
Tehachapi is the birthplace of 4 famous people
John Meehan, the American art director, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Behind the leader come Boo Johnson and Chris Denman. The list runs from John Meehan, born in 1902, to Boo Johnson, born in 1993. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 3.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Meehan
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
John Meehan
Youngest
1993
Boo Johnson
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Tehachapi
By how many languages cover them, John Meehan comes first (9), then Boo Johnson (3) and Chris Denman (2).
BJ#2
CD#3
Through the years
When Tehachapi’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Film, TV & StageNotableSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tehachapi is known for
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Tehachapi
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tehachapi 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.