#1Famous people · Visalia
Performers stand out among the 38 famous people born in Visalia
Articles in 71 languages make the American physicist Robert B. Laughlin the best known. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 19 in all. From Arizona Charlie to Brooke Crain, the births on the list run from 1859 to 1993. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.6, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
38
notable people
Best known
Robert B. Laughlin
in 71 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Arizona Charlie
Youngest
1993
Brooke Crain
Most common field
Sports
17 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Visalia’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Visalia
Three names lead: Robert B. Laughlin (71 languages), Monte Melkonian (27) and Tyler Zeller (23).
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#3Through the years
When Visalia’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 10.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableMusicScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Visalia is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 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 Visalia
Of the other 35, 16 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Visalia home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Visalia, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Visalia 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 (14)
- Robert B. Laughlin: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Melkonian: Armenian Museum of Photo and Video Materials, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Zeller: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Danals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Johnston: Dodger27, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avi Kaplan: Aszpiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert List: Brian Sandoval and Robert List 2.jpg: sobyrne99 from Texas derivative work: Karppinen, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DJ LeMahieu: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Hill: Not That Bob James on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cal Dooley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Vogt: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Betsy Wolfe: Xyz123123123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Khachigian: An employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, taken or made as part of that person's official duties., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Wilcox: Tommy Lee Kreger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Schwinden: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons