
Born near West Menlo Park: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Drew Fuller, born in Atherton, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is James Franco, with articles in 83 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in West Menlo Park. Across California, 552 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about West Menlo Park’s famous people
Famous people born near West Menlo Park
Nobody born in West Menlo Park is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.




Eric Allin Cornell
born 1961American physicist, professor


Josie Maran
born 1978American model, actress, and entrepreneur


Chelsi Smith
1973–2018Actress, singer, Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995






Kerri Walsh Jennings
born 1978American professional beach volleyball player
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Famous people from the towns next door
Menlo Park leads the towns around it, with 20 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Menlo Park 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 (15)
- James Franco: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Teri Hatcher: hyku, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Allin Cornell: Betsythedevine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Wojcicki: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Brady: Congressman Charlie Crist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Fire: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Irving: Amy_Irving.jpg: Photo by Alan Light derivative work: Wildhartlivie, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Cardellini: Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Haysbert: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hinton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Carradine: Bearbeiter: Frank C. Müller, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Thieriot: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Fuller: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Boitano: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liza Soberano: Embassy of the United States, Manila / Ambassador Lee Lipton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Cowell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

