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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
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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.
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
John Fogerty
Born 1945
Karen Grassle
Born 1942
Tom Fogerty
1941 - 1990
Phil Lesh
Born 1940
Walter Alvarez
Born 1940
Mike Post
Born 1944
Michael Heizer
Born 1944
Erik Olin Wright
1947 - 2019
John Cipollina
1943 - 1989
Richard North Patterson
Born 1947
Diana L. Paxson
Born 1943
Art Evans (actor)
Born 1942
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Born 1942
Francine Rivers
Born 1947
Elodie Keene
Born 1949
Julie Heldman
Born 1945
Susannah McCorkle
1946 - 2001
Darondo
1946 - 2013
Frank Chin
Born 1940
Herb Pedersen
Born 1944
Laurence Owen
1944 - 1961
Michael Schnitzler
Born 1944
Jeff Borowiak
Born 1949
Anders Nelsson
Born 1946
Mary Corse
Born 1945
Terry McGovern (actor)
Born 1942
Paul J. Nahin
Born 1940
Karen Kijewski
Born 1943
Anne Lonnberg
Born 1948
Christopher Keene
1946 - 1995
Karan English
Born 1949
Sylvia Ruuska
1942 - 2019
Dave Weill
Born 1941
Peter Libby
Born 1947
Maureen Orth
Born 1943
Philip Fearnside
Born 1947
Richard E. Ladner
Born 1943
John Nichols (writer)
Born 1940
Marshall Vian Summers
Born 1949
Nancy Turner
Born 1947
Elihu Harris
Born 1947
Steven T. Murray
Born 1943
Yonassan Gershom
Born 1947
David Denny (musician)
Born 1948
Carol Liu
Born 1941
Gwydion Pendderwen
1946 - 1982
Corky Evans
Born 1948
Gary Sheerer
Born 1947
Suzy Kline
Born 1943
George Mitterwald
Born 1945
Glenn Hauser
Born 1945
Dave Bennett (baseball)
Born 1945
Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Born 1942
Diane Rosenbaum
Born 1949
Gordon C. Strachan
Born 1943
Robert H. Gardner
Born 1947
Rich Barry
Born 1940
Oliver C. Brown
Born 1946
Lawrence J. Baack
Born 1943
Tom Bruggere
Born 1946
Walter Herbert (manager)
Born 1948
Carol Comeau
Born 1941
Glenn Henry (IT entrepreneur)
Born 1942
Robert Turturice
1949 - 2009
Walter Moore (Pianist)
Born 1940