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
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Showing 129 of 6,947 notable people

0068 POLITICIAN

Adlai Stevenson II

1900 - 1965

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0127 ACTOR

Anna May Wong

1905 - 1961

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0128 SCULPTOR

Isamu Noguchi

1904 - 1988

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0337 ACTOR

Philip Ahn

1905 - 1978

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0347 ACTOR

Frances Dee

1909 - 2004

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0352 ACTOR

Lita Grey

1908 - 1995

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0786 CINEMA

Russell Metty

1906 - 1978

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0842 ACTOR

Douglass Montgomery

1907 - 1966

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0865 FILM

Lesley Selander

1900 - 1979

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1020 SCENOGRAPHER

Robert F. Boyle

1909 - 2010

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1054 ACTOR

William Bakewell

1908 - 1993

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1094 CINEMA

Joseph LaShelle

1900 - 1989

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1171 ACTOR

Onslow Stevens

1902 - 1977

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1178 ACTOR

Howard McNear

1905 - 1969

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1202 FILM

Ted Tetzlaff

1903 - 1995

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1231 ACTOR

Erin O'Brien-Moore

1902 - 1979

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1236 COMPOSER

Larry Morey

1905 - 1971

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1260 ACTOR

Sybil Seely

1902 - 1984

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1278 RADIO

Sylvester Weaver (executive)

1908 - 2002

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1289 CINEMA

Russell Harlan

1903 - 1974

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1308 FILM

William Hornbeck

1901 - 1983

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1468 ACTOR

Harvey Stephens

1901 - 1986

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1532 POLITICIAN

Jack Williams (American politician)

1909 - 1998

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1566 FILM

Adrienne Fazan

1906 - 1986

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1603 ACTOR

Marion Burns

1907 - 1993

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1643 ACTOR

Wesley Barry

1907 - 1994

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1675 COMPOSER

Leo Shuken

1906 - 1976

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1697 SCENOGRAPHER

Walter H. Tyler

1909 - 1990

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1726 RADIO

Martin Block

1903 - 1967

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1856 FILM

Ray McCarey

1904 - 1948

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1865 ACTOR

Carlotta Monti

1907 - 1993

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1897 ACTOR

Dorothy Burgess

1907 - 1961

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1940 SCREENWRITER

Virginia Kellogg

1907 - 1981

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1970 OFFICER

John William Finn

1909 - 2010

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2039 FILM

Paul Smith (animator)

1906 - 1980

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2122 AUTHOR

Theos Casimir Bernard

1908 - 1947

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2199 ACTOR

Katherine Grant

1904 - 1937

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2292 FILM

Pete Burness

1904 - 1969

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2304 ACTOR

Thomas Browne Henry

1907 - 1980

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2385 COMPOSER

Elinor Remick Warren

1900 - 1991

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2415 ACTOR

Lewis Sargent

1903 - 1970

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2417 SCENOGRAPHER

Edward Carfagno

1907 - 1996

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2433 PHYSICIAN

George Hill Hodel

1907 - 1999

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2493 POLITICIAN

Stanley Knowles

1908 - 1997

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2505 ACTOR

Mary McAllister

1909 - 1991

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2588 ATHLETIC

Bob King (athlete)

1906 - 1965

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2606 ACTOR

Diane Ellis

1909 - 1930

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2676 AUTHOR

Ross Russell

1909 - 2000

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2706 BASKET

Carl Shy

1908 - 1991

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2778 ACTOR

Edouard Trebaol

1905 - 1944

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2934 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Oliver Emert

1902 - 1975

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2993 DIVER

Michael Galitzen

1909 - 1959

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3029 CINEMA

Wilfred M. Cline

1903 - 1976

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3045 CINEMA

Charles Lawton Jr.

1904 - 1965

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3068 PRIEST

Joseph Thomas McGucken

1902 - 1983

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3105 BOXER

Joseph Salas

1903 - 1987

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3133 ATHLETIC

Glen Graham

1904 - 1986

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3164 POLITICIAN

John M. Costello

1903 - 1976

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3201 ACTOR

George Mann (vaudeville performer)

1905 - 1977

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3290 HOLLYWOOD

Roy Seawright

1905 - 1991

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3293 BOXER

Jack Thompson (boxer)

1904 - 1946

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3330 CHEMIST

Milton Harris (scientist)

1906 - 1991

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3369 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Alden H. Miller

1906 - 1965

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3400 CINEMA

Sidney Wagner

1901 - 1947

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3477 POLO

Philip Daubenspeck

1906 - 1951

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3526 ACTOR

Andy Samuel

1909 - 1992

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3690 ART DIRECTOR

Ralph Berger

1904 - 1960

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3726 GYMNAST

Ed Carmichael

1907 - 1960

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3747 MECHANIC

Richard G. Folsom

1907 - 1996

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3756 ACTOR

Ann Dunnigan

1909 - 1997

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3794 SCREENWRITER

Sid Sutherland

1901 - 1968

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3879 ACTOR

Lois Wilde

1907 - 1995

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3995 BUSINESS

Milton H. Bren

1904 - 1979

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4006 TALENT AGENT

Victor Orsatti

1905 - 1984

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4121 PUBLISHER

Ward Ritchie

1905 - 1996

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4214 SCREENWRITER

Helen Logan

1906 - 1989

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4227 ARTIST

Laura Andreson

1902 - 1999

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4241 SKIPPER

Thomas Webster (sailor)

1909 - 1981

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4246 LAWYER

Frederick F. Houser

1905 - 1989

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4284 BASEBALL

Ernie Orsatti

1902 - 1968

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4300 POLITICIAN

Bernice Layne Brown

1908 - 2002

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4309 BASEBALL

Harris McGalliard

1908 - 1978

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4342 LAWYER

Robert W. Kenny

1901 - 1976

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4354 ENGINEER

Howard Cary

1908 - 1991

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4437 ACTOR

Larry Kent (actor)

1900 - 1967

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4502 AUDIO

Waldon O. Watson

1907 - 1986

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4546 ACTOR

Barbara Brown (American actress)

1901 - 1975

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4576 JOURNALIST

Bruce Russell (cartoonist)

1903 - 1963

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4749 SKIPPER

Alan Morgan (sailor)

1909 - 1984

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4776 TALENT AGENT

William Meiklejohn

1903 - 1981

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4935 FILM

Josephine Wayne

1908 - 2003

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4943 PHOTOGRAPHER

John Engstead

1909 - 1983

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5067 FILM

William C. Thomas

1903 - 1984

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5068 SCREENWRITER

Charles Grayson (writer)

1903 - 1973

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5152 SCREENWRITER

Arnold Belgard

1907 - 1967

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5180 ACTOR

Lila Finn

1909 - 1996

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5265 FOOTBALL

Ade Schwammel

1908 - 1979

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5296 CARTOONIST

Henry Formhals

1908 - 1981

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5311 ACTOR

Gwynne Shipman

1909 - 2005

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5341 WRITER

Moye W. Stephens

1906 - 1995

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5544 ATHLETIC

George Schiller

1900 - 1946

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5592 FILM

Fred R. Feitshans junior

1909 - 1987

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5595 PIANIST

Webster Aitken

1908 - 1981

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5707 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Charles Edson

1905 - 1988

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5768 BASEBALL

Tiny Chaplin

1905 - 1939

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5791 COACH

Bert LaBrucherie

1905 - 1986

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5812 ATHLETIC

Maybelle Reichardt

1907 - 1999

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5861 OFFICER

Paul L. Bates

1908 - 1995

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6105 BASEBALL

Bud Teachout

1904 - 1985

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6169 CONSULTING

Lindley Bothwell

1901 - 1986

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6207 ACTOR

Ruth Eddings

1908 - 1955

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6309 PAINTER

Kay Kinsman

1909 - 1998

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6458 MUSIC

Fenton Jones

1907 - 2003

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6464 BASKET

Wilbur Johns

1903 - 1967

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6480 ACTOR

Thelma Salter

1908 - 1953

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6516 PHILANTHROPIST

Dolly Green

1906 - 1990

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6556 RUNNER

Bill Richardson (athlete)

1903 - 1969

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6559 COLLECTOR

Caroline Howard Hume

1909 - 2008

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6640 POLITICIAN

Paul H. Lamport

1907 - 1984

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6687 BASEBALL

Wes Kingdon

1900 - 1975

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6756 LAWYER

John Joseph Ford

1907 - 1982

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6770 FOOTBALL

Del Hufford

1901 - 1984

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6773 SAXOPHONIST

Charlie Lawrence

Born 1900

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6802 BASEBALL

Ike Danning

1905 - 1983

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6820 CHOREOGRAPHER

Flower Hujer

1907 - 1999

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6873 CHOREOGRAPHER

Russell Lewis (Choreograf)

1908 - 1961

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6903 ACTOR

Doris Baker

1907 - 1998

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6935 TECHNICIAN

Ray Hinsdale

1906 - 1955

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6946 POLITICIAN

Arthur Widén

1905 - 1989

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