34.0546° N, 118.2482° W
LOS ANGELES
Most Famous People Born in Los Angeles, USA
- Notable people
- 6,947
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1958
- Most distinctive
- Actor 4.8×
A one-industry town that happens to be the entertainment industry. Roughly a quarter of all notable births in Los Angeles work somewhere in film — actors, animators, art directors, production designers, stunt performers, cinematographers — at concentrations no other city comes close to matching. There is almost no one here born before the studios arrived, and almost everyone after is, in one way or another, on the call sheet.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Los Angeles Is Known For
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Actor is Los Angeles's biggest profession — 26% of all notables (1,787).
Los Angeles over-indexes on actor — 4.8× the global rate.
Los Angeles under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Los Angeles's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Music
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Other
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Eugene Meyer (financier)
1875 - 1959
Alphonzo Bell
1875 - 1947
Eddie Polo
1875 - 1961
Ida May Park
1879 - 1954
Charmian London
1871 - 1955
Florence Meyer Blumenthal
1875 - 1930
David Hartford
1873 - 1932
Solly Smith
1871 - 1933
Armando Quezada Acharán
1873 - 1936
Samuel Tilden Norton
1877 - 1959
Fanny Bixby Spencer
1879 - 1930
Bill Hanlon
1876 - 1905
Robert F. Cook
1879 - 1958