Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek, California ranks 1,315th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Leamington Spa, Naha, and Schönbrunn Palace. Memorable people born in Walnut Creek, California include Randy Johnson, Kyle Gass, and Christy Turlington. Memorable people who died in Walnut Creek, California include Eleanor Garatti, Walther Müller, and Bob King. Walnut Creek, California has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many swimmers, and physicists. Walnut Creek, California is located in United States.
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about 16 miles east of the city of Oakland and 25 miles east of San Francisco. Walnut Creek has a total population of 70,127 per the 2020 census, is located at the junction of the highways from Sacramento and San Jose (I-680) and San Francisco/Oakland (SR-24), and is accessible by BART. The city shares its borders with Clayton, Lafayette, Alamo, Pleasant Hill, and Concord. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1960 and 2004, Walnut Creek, California was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Randy Johnson, Kyle Gass, and Christy Turlington. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Walnut Creek, California including Eleanor Garatti, Walther Müller, and Bob King.
People Born in Walnut Creek, California
Go to all RankingsRandy Johnson
BASEBALL PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 15
Kyle Gass
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1
Christy Turlington
MODEL
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 5
Michael Gaston
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 3
Jessica Bowman
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 2
Cecilia Rouse
ECONOMIST
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 4
Greg Sestero
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 9
Bryce Davison
SKATER
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 6
Eva Marie
WRESTLER
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 7
Sabrina Ionescu
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 36.08
Rank: 10
Alice Greczyn
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.02
Rank: 8
Omer Shapira
CYCLIST
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.84
Rank: 13
People Deceased in Walnut Creek, California
Go to all RankingsEleanor Garatti
SWIMMER
1909 - 1998
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Rank: 1
Walther Müller
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1979
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Rank: 2
Bob King
ATHLETE
1906 - 1965
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Neil Bartlett
CHEMIST
1932 - 2008
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Rank: 4
Newly Added People Deceased in Walnut Creek, California
Go to all RankingsEleanor Garatti
SWIMMER
1909 - 1998
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Rank: 1
Walther Müller
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1979
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Bob King
ATHLETE
1906 - 1965
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Neil Bartlett
CHEMIST
1932 - 2008
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Walnut Creek, California were actors (5), athletes (3), baseball players (1), models (1), and economists (1), while most who died were swimmers (1), physicists (1), athletes (1), and chemists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Walnut Creek, California, including Kyle Gass, Michael Gaston, and Jessica Bowman. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Walnut Creek, California, including Kyle Gass, Michael Gaston, and Jessica Bowman.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Walnut Creek, California since 1700.