#1Famous people · Victorville
13 famous people were born in Victorville, most of them since 1970
Articles in 37 languages make the American film director Patty Jenkins the best known. Second and third on the list are Travis Van Winkle and Ryan Garcia. Michael Wolff, born in 1952, is the earliest name and Ryan Garcia, born in 1998, the latest. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 0.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Patty Jenkins
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1952
Michael Wolff
Youngest
1998
Ryan Garcia
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Victorville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Victorville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 5.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableMusicBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Victorville
Two of the three are performers.
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What Victorville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.3 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 Victorville
10 more names, born between 1952 and 1993.
Andy Karsner
born 1967American technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and energy and environmental policymaker.
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Of the towns around it, Apple Valley has the most on record: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Victorville 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)
- Patty Jenkins: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Van Winkle: Gage & Skidmore on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Garcia: Ryan Garcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Chapman: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Renna: Manningmbd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amir Garrett: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Dorsey: Cmm3, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Long: Jamie Smed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons