Famous people · Westside
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Westside
Closest of all is Emily Best, from San Joaquin, 14 mi away. Mick Wingert is the most widely known, written about in 53 languages. Across California, 561 towns list someone born there. No entry yet names Westside as a birthplace.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Mick Wingert
Best known
Mick Wingert
in 53 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Westside’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Westside
Nobody born in Westside is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1927–2014American writer of children's fiction
Victor Davis Hanson
born 1953American classicist and military historian
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westside 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 (8)
- Mick Wingert: Art of Comics, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyson Chandler: Tyson_Chandler_Mavs.jpg: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA derivative work: Edgars2007, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Perry: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Stafford: New York Daily News/Sunday News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Shively: Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Finney: Daily News-Post (staff photo), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Davis Hanson: No machine-readable author provided. Rune X2 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Hoffmann Price: Will Hart from Fullerton, U.S.A. - flickr.com/photos/cthulhuwho1 - cthulhuwho1.com - youtube.com/user/CthulhuWho1, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons