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.

  1. Actor 1,787 4.8×
  2. Football 505 0.7×
  3. Film 365 4.3×
  4. Singer 294 2.0×
  5. Baseball 287 3.6×
  6. Basket 252 2.9×
  7. Music 248 2.5×
  8. Politician 200 0.2×
  1. Actor 1,787 4.8×
  2. Screenwriter 145 4.8×
  3. Producer 88 4.4×
  4. Film 365 4.3×
  5. Baseball 287 3.6×
  6. Basket 252 2.9×
  7. Music 248 2.5×
  8. Photographer 69 2.1×
  1. Politician 200 0.2×
  2. Writer 140 0.6×
  3. Football 505 0.7×

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.

1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000
  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Other
All6,947
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Showing 34 of 6,947 notable people

0432 ACTOR

Charlie Ruggles

1886 - 1970

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0474 ACTOR

Leo Carrillo

1881 - 1961

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0501 ACTOR

Minta Durfee

1889 - 1975

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0689 ACTOR

Wesley Ruggles

1889 - 1972

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1239 SCREENWRITER

Philip Merivale

1886 - 1946

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1292 ACTOR

Glenn Anders

1889 - 1981

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1449 DIPLOMAT

Hugh S. Gibson

1883 - 1954

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1866 ACTOR

Elmer Booth

1882 - 1915

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2013 RADIO

Charles E. Fuller

1887 - 1968

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2249 JOURNALIST

Bessie Beatty

1886 - 1947

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2436 COMPOSER

Arthur Hartmann

1881 - 1956

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2494 ACTOR

Teddy Tetzlaff

1883 - 1929

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2600 GYMNAST

Herman Glass

1880 - 1961

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2620 ENGINEER

Carl Breer

1883 - 1970

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2675 ART DIRECTOR

Jack Okey

1889 - 1963

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2945 ARTIST

Stan Cross

1888 - 1977

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3016 PLAYER

Tom Bundy

1881 - 1945

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3341 ENGINEER

Fred Offenhauser

1888 - 1973

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3824 SON

Christine Collins

1888 - 1964

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3833 ARCHITECT

Claud Beelman

1883 - 1963

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5071 BASEBALL

Bert Whaling

1888 - 1965

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5406 CARTOONIST

Fred L. Packer

1886 - 1956

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5503 ENTOMOLOGIST

Marion Durbin Ellis

1887 - 1972

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5613 POLITICIAN

Charles W. Lyon

1887 - 1960

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5664 BASEBALL

Tillie Shafer

1889 - 1962

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5675 BASEBALL

Spec Harkness

1887 - 1952

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5970 BASEBALL

Charlie Hartman

1888 - 1960

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6154 LAWYER

Neil S. McCarthy

1888 - 1972

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6155 ACTOR

Henry G. Sell

1884 - 1968

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6310 BASEBALL

Drummond Brown

1885 - 1927

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6329 ARCHITECT

Percy A. Eisen

1885 - 1946

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6336 BASEBALL

Fuller Thompson

1889 - 1972

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6489 LAWYER

Joseph P. Loeb

1883 - 1974

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6769 JUSTICE

Thomas P. White

1888 - 1968

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