#1Famous people · Ukiah
11 famous people were born in Ukiah, most of them since 1970
At the top of the list is the American actor Shiloh Fernandez, covered in 25 languages. Births span 1872 to 2000, from William Harrison Standley to Christine Feehan. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.7, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Shiloh Fernandez
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
William Harrison Standley
Youngest
2000
Christine Feehan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Ukiah’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ukiah’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ukiah
Two of the three are performers.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Holly Near
born 1949American actress, singer and activist
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#3Known for
What Ukiah is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 2.7 times.
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 Ukiah
The rest number 8, with 3 writers and artists among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Ukiah home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Jade Puget the best known.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ukiah 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 (8)
- Shiloh Fernandez: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holly Near: Donna A. Korones, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Burke: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Harrison Standley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashlee Evans-Smith: OnlyFans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Chaty: V Smoothe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jade Puget: Rickard Laurin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Sassenrath: uploaded on en.wp by User:Rebol (uploaded on Commons by User:Ims), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons