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BERKELEY
Most Famous People Born in Berkeley, United States
- Notable people
- 441
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1952
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 5.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Berkeley during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 65 notable births.
What Berkeley Is Known For
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Actor is Berkeley's biggest profession — 7% of all notables (33).
Berkeley over-indexes on baseball — 5.0× the global rate.
Berkeley under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Berkeley's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
- Science
- Art & Design
- Other
Ben Affleck
Born 1972
Ursula K. Le Guin
1929 - 2018
Rebecca Romijn
Born 1972
John Fogerty
Born 1945
Andy Samberg
Born 1978
Nicole Richie
Born 1981
Robin Hobb
Born 1952
James Ivory
Born 1928
Nina Hartley
Born 1959
Daniel Wu
Born 1974
Tim Armstrong
Born 1966
Mike Mignola
Born 1960
Melissa Sue Anderson
Born 1962
Alexander Shulgin
1925 - 2014
Peter Buck
Born 1956
Mike Dirnt
Born 1972
Jenifer Lewis
Born 1957
Kathleen Kennedy (producer)
Born 1953
Karen Grassle
Born 1942
Tom Fogerty
1941 - 1990
Akiva Schaffer
Born 1977
Kent Nagano
Born 1951
Billy Martin
1928 - 1989
Alex Skolnick
Born 1968
Phil Lesh
Born 1940
Maxine Waters
Born 1938
Rockmond Dunbar
Born 1973
Joshua Redman
Born 1969
Kshmr
Born 1988
Jorma Taccone
Born 1977
Dana Scott
Born 1932
Curtis T. McMullen
Born 1958
Walter Alvarez
Born 1940
Mike Mills (director)
Born 1966
Jane Sibbett
Born 1962
Phil Tippett
Born 1951
Dave Meyers (director)
Born 1972
Ed Quinn
Born 1968
Mike Post
Born 1944
Michael Heizer
Born 1944
Lil B
Born 1989
Ralph Merkle
Born 1952
Erik Olin Wright
1947 - 2019
Jamaal Wilkes
Born 1953
Albert Scott Crossfield
1921 - 2006
Marcia Clark
Born 1953
John Cipollina
1943 - 1989
Christopher Rice
Born 1978
Jesmyn Ward
Born 1977
Don Walsh
Born 1931
David Brower
1912 - 2000
Dan Slott
Born 1967
Derrick Henry Lehmer
1905 - 1991
Rose Rollins
Born 1981
Jeanne Bates
1918 - 2007
Jake Schreier
Born 1980
Thomas O. Paine
1921 - 1992
Ron Goulart
Born 1933
Nikki Tyler
Born 1972
Richard North Patterson
Born 1947
Diana L. Paxson
Born 1943
Sam Shankland
Born 1991
Art Evans (actor)
Born 1942
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Born 1942
Hideo Levy
Born 1950
Francine Rivers
Born 1947
Sasha Velour
Born 1987
Jane Connell
1925 - 2013
Tyson Ross
Born 1987
Elodie Keene
Born 1949
Roger Guenveur Smith
Born 1955
John Bryant (basketball)
Born 1987
Rebecca MacKinnon
Born 1969
Jahvid Best
Born 1989
Kate Hodge
Born 1966
Ryan Fleck
Born 1976
D. C. Douglas
Born 1966
Julie Heldman
Born 1945
Anna Godbersen
Born 1980
John de Lancie (oboist)
1921 - 2002
Chantal Claret
Born 1982
MC Lars
Born 1982
Lenni Brenner
Born 1937
Gabriela Lena Frank
Born 1972
Goapele
Born 1977
Susannah McCorkle
1946 - 2001
Martin Eberhard
Born 1960
Stillman Drake
1910 - 1993
Amir Bar-Lev
Born 1972
Joe Ross (baseball)
Born 1993
Eddie House
Born 1978
John McCracken (artist)
1934 - 2011
Don Carpenter
1931 - 1995
Gary Ruvkun
Born 1952
Kamani Hill
Born 1985
Mackenzie McDonald
Born 1995
Jesse Waugh
Born 1974
Jesse Michaels
Born 1969
Bob Webster
Born 1938
Ginny Tyler
1925 - 2012
David Dodge (novelist)
1910 - 1974
Grace Morley
1900 - 1985
Brett Jackson
Born 1988
Dan Jennings (pitcher)
Born 1987
Darondo
1946 - 2013
Lisa Pelikan
Born 1954
Phil Chenier
Born 1950
Alvin S. White
1918 - 2006
Frank Chin
Born 1940
Herb Pedersen
Born 1944
Elizabeth Swaney
Born 1984
Laurence Owen
1944 - 1961
Chick Hafey
1903 - 1973
Rick Hunolt
Born 1963
Zaid Shakir
Born 1956
Michael Schnitzler
Born 1944
Jennifer Phang
-
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Born 1952
Austin Matelson
Born 1985
Jane H. Hill
1939 - 2018
Jeff Borowiak
Born 1949
Craig Barron
Born 1961
Elmer Bischoff
1916 - 1991
G. Frederick Reinhardt
1911 - 1971
Kim Vandenberg
Born 1983
Anders Nelsson
Born 1946
Grant Geissman
Born 1953
Jeff Stevens (baseball)
Born 1983
Daryl Coley
1955 - 2016
Huey (rapper)
1989 - 2020
Joshua Clover
Born 1962
Mary Corse
Born 1945
Victoria Chick
Born 1936
Maurice Loyal Huggins
1897 - 1981
Paul Budnitz
Born 1967
Terry McGovern (actor)
Born 1942
Amani Toomer
Born 1974
Paul J. Nahin
Born 1940
Karen Kijewski
Born 1943
Jayne Appel
Born 1988
Robin Williams (writer)
Born 1953
Anne Lonnberg
Born 1948
J. California Cooper
1931 - 2014
Colin Tilley
Born 1988
John Lambert (basketball)
Born 1953
Ernie Wasson
Born 1950
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Born 1960
John Hultberg
1922 - 2005
William Craig Reynolds
1933 - 2004
Anne Bredon
1930 - 2019
Peter Apfelbaum
Born 1960
Tarō Kimura (journalist)
Born 1938
Grace Upshaw
Born 1975
Alex Anderson (cartoonist)
1920 - 2010
Kossisko
Born 1992
Alexandra Kleeman
Born 1986
Ciel Bergman
1938 - 2017
Marteen
Born 2001
George Harrison (swimmer)
1939 - 2011
Christopher Keene
1946 - 1995
Karan English
Born 1949
Colby Slater
1896 - 1965
Tod Goldberg
Born 1971
Adam Sessler
Born 1973
Sylvia Ruuska
1942 - 2019
Dave Weill
Born 1941
Darren Lewis
Born 1967
Tertius Chandler
1915 - 2000
Scott Gault
Born 1983
Augusta Dabney
1918 - 2008
Joan Blades
Born 1956
Sean McKittrick
Born 1975
Russell J. Hemley
Born 1954
Charles Chandler (rower)
1911 - 1982
Elizabeth Rauscher
Died 2019
Kelly Griffin
Born 1986
Ala Ebtekar
Born 1978
Ellen Rosenblum
Born 1951
Mariko Peters
Born 1969
Matt Mitchell (tennis)
Born 1957
Joel Selvin
Born 1950
Brad Lackey
Born 1953
Rami Zur
Born 1977
Drew Bennett
Born 1978
Rodger Davies
1921 - 1974
Eric Moore (offensive lineman)
Born 1965
Peter Libby
Born 1947
Maureen Orth
Born 1943
Kathleen Williams (politician)
Born 1961
Aaron Cometbus
Born 1968
Philip Fearnside
Born 1947
Ben Jacques-Maynes
Born 1978
William A. Clemens Jr.
1932 - 2020
Robert Condon
1912 - 1976
Itamar Moses
Born 1977
Mike MacDonald (rugby union)
Born 1980
Daniel James Brown
Born 1951
Henry Swift (photographer)
1891 - 1962
Margaret Nagle
Born 1961
Richard E. Ladner
Born 1943
Miyoko Ito
1918 - 1983
Larry McGrew
1957 - 2004
Ian Moore (musician)
Born 1968
John Nichols (writer)
Born 1940
Marcus Maxwell
Born 1983
Roo Borson
Born 1952
Russell Arms
1920 - 2012
Evelyn McHale
1923 - 1947
Marshall Vian Summers
Born 1949
Michael Neel
Born 1951
Gladys Hansen
1925 - 2017
Ernie Broglio
1935 - 2019
Mike O'Neill (basketball)
Born 1927
Caitlin Flanagan
Born 1961
Karl V. Teeter
1929 - 2007
Michelle Friedland
Born 1972
Pete Hautman
Born 1952
Leonarde Keeler
1903 - 1949
Gyo Fujikawa
1908 - 1998
Asa Taccone
Born 1983
Nancy Turner
Born 1947
Ariel Schrag
Born 1979
Victoria Lundblad
Born 1952
Stuart Dempster
Born 1936
Peter Avanzino
Born 1962
Elihu Harris
Born 1947
Trent Johnson
Born 1956
Ynez Johnston
1920 - 2019
Steven T. Murray
Born 1943
Yonassan Gershom
Born 1947
Gordon Connell (actor)
1923 - 2016
Elaine Mayes
Born 1936
Kent Shocknek
Born 1956
Jon Ippolito
Born 1962
Fay Stender
1932 - 1980
Cari Beauchamp
Born 1951
Otis R. Marston
1894 - 1979
Mike White (American football coach)
Born 1936
David P. Gardner
Born 1933
Eisa Davis
Born 1971
Diego Romero (artist)
Born 1964
Jerome Karabel
Born 1950
Stephen G. Cecchetti
Born 1956
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine
1932 - 2015
Augie Galan
1912 - 1993
Martha Alf
1930 - 2019
David Denny (musician)
Born 1948
Carol Liu
Born 1941
Bip Roberts
Born 1963
Gwydion Pendderwen
1946 - 1982
Jerry Mullen
1933 - 1979
Corky Evans
Born 1948
Kris Saknussemm
Born 1961
Janet Hopps Adkisson
Born 1934
Jeff Ott
Born 1970
Gay Bryan
1927 - 2015
Gary Sheerer
Born 1947
Kenn Nesbitt
Born 1962
Ellsworth Dougherty
1921 - 1965
James Bartholet
Born 1959
Jon Svendsen
Born 1953
Heidi Kumao
Born 1964
Howard Ruff
1931 - 2016
Daria Schneider
Born 1987
Aaron Persky
Born 1962
Larry Laverty
Born 1959
James Schevill
1920 - 2009
Kenny Williams (baseball)
Born 1964
Ari'el Stachel
Born 1991
Daniel House
Born 1961
David G. Rand
Born 1982
David Heeger
Born 1961
Patrick Daughters
Born 1976
Aaron Peskin
Born 1964
Anthony Fahden
Born 1986
Michael Omi
-
Sian Beilock
-
Suzy Kline
Born 1943
Robert Mealy
-
Anastasia M. Ashman
Born 1964
Susan B. Horwitz
1955 - 2014
Jesse Reklaw
Born 1971
Malcolm Lucas
1927 - 2016
Avrim Blum
Born 1966
George Mitterwald
Born 1945
Stanley Hollingsworth
1924 - 2003
Jack J. Catton
1920 - 1990
Glenn Hauser
Born 1945
John Savage Bolles
1905 - 1983
David Huffman (artist)
Born 1963
Julie Croteau
Born 1970
Janet Wilder Dakin
1910 - 1994
Marquin Chandler
Born 1982
Eric Crookshank
Born 1978
Jeanine Louise Olsen
Born 1952
Diana O'Hehir
Born 1929
Paul Faries
Born 1965
Dave Bennett (baseball)
Born 1945
Walter F. Boone
1898 - 1995
Meredith Sheldon
Born 1988