Born near Thousand Palms: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is David Wachs, from Palm Desert, 5 mi away. Alison Lohman is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. Across California, 545 towns list someone born there. Over the border in Palm Desert, 6 names are on record, led by Jack Blades.
What stands out about Thousand Palms’ famous people
Famous people born near Thousand Palms
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Catharine Baker
born 1971Member of the California State Assembly


Cameron Crowe
born 1957American filmmaker and journalist




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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Palm Desert lists the most people: 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thousand Palms 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 (7)
- Alison Lohman: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Crowe: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Hilton: Photobra Adam Bielawski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DeeDee Trotter: AllysonFelixRelais4x400_Londres2012.jpg: Citizen59 DeeDee_Trotter_2012_Olympics.jpg: Tab59 from Düsseldorf, Allemagne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Irby: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Omi Vaidya: Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Blades: Occkat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
