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 280 of 6,947 notable people

0016 COMPOSER

John Cage

1912 - 1992

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0081 ACTOR

Jackie Coogan

1914 - 1984

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0115 ACTOR

Robert Stack

1919 - 2003

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0198 PLAYER

Bobby Riggs

1918 - 1995

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0204 ATHLETE

Woody Strode

1914 - 1994

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0228 ACTOR

Richard Boone

1917 - 1981

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0234 ACTOR

Eddie Constantine

1917 - 1993

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0239 SCREENWRITER

Leigh Brackett

1915 - 1978

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0250 ACTOR

Jeanette Nolan

1911 - 1998

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0287 ACTOR

Virginia Grey

1917 - 2004

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0288 ACTOR

Barbara Billingsley

1915 - 2010

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0307 WRITER

Forrest J Ackerman

1916 - 2008

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0327 PHYSICIST

Willis Lamb

1913 - 2008

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0343 NOVELIST

Henry Kuttner

1915 - 1958

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0368 ACTOR

Juanita Moore

1914 - 2014

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0401 RADIO

Iva Toguri D'Aquino

1916 - 2006

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0421 CHEMIST

Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)

1914 - 1952

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0492 BASEBALL

Bobby Doerr

1918 - 2017

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0537 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marge Champion

1919 - 2020

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0546 ACTOR

Audra Lindley

1918 - 1997

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0590 SOCIOLOGIST

Robert Nisbet

1913 - 1996

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0600 ACTOR

Dorothy Comingore

1913 - 1971

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0620 ACTOR

Wayne Morris (American actor)

1914 - 1959

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0622 JAZZ

Norman Granz

1918 - 2001

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0732 ACTOR

John Hart (actor)

1917 - 2009

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0798 MATHEMATICIAN

Clifford Truesdell

1919 - 2000

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0847 BIOCHEMIST

Sidney W. Fox

1912 - 1998

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0849 CHEMIST

John D. Roberts

1918 - 2016

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0857 POLITICIAN

John W. Gardner

1912 - 2002

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0877 ACTOR

John Beradino

1917 - 1996

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0899 ACTOR

Jane Bryan

1918 - 2009

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0903 DANCER

Iris Adrian

1912 - 1994

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0954 ACTOR

William Henry (actor)

1914 - 1982

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0957 FILM

Christian Nyby

1913 - 1993

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0959 ACTOR

K. T. Stevens

1919 - 1994

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0963 ACTOR

Fay McKenzie

1918 - 2019

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1023 SCREENWRITER

John Meredyth Lucas

1919 - 2002

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1031 ART HISTORIAN

George Kubler

1912 - 1996

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1042 ACTOR

James Griffith

1916 - 1993

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1064 ECONOMIST

Edith Penrose

1914 - 1996

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1075 FILM

Don Lusk

1913 - 2018

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1088 PLAYER

Ellsworth Vines

1911 - 1994

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1149 ACTOR

Fran Ryan

1916 - 2000

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1165 FOOTBALL

Kenny Washington (American football)

1918 - 1971

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1172 BASEBALL

Joe Gordon

1915 - 1978

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1208 ACTOR

Joan Woodbury

1915 - 1989

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1223 ACTOR

Virginia O'Brien

1919 - 2001

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1250 SCREENWRITER

Paul Jarrico

1915 - 1997

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1290 PHOTOGRAPHER

Brett Weston

1911 - 1993

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1342 MILITAR

Young-Oak Kim

1919 - 2005

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1391 BANDLEADER

Milton DeLugg

1918 - 2015

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1436 PLAYER

Dorothy Cheney

1916 - 2014

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1499 FILM

Harry Keller

1913 - 1987

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1502 BOXER

John Henry Lewis

1914 - 1974

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1518 ANIMATOR

Ray Patterson (animator)

1911 - 2001

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1535 SCREENWRITER

Douglas Heyes

1919 - 1993

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1602 ACTOR

Doodles Weaver

1911 - 1983

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1607 ANIMATOR

Fred Moore (animator)

1911 - 1952

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1641 PIANIST

Hadda Brooks

1916 - 2002

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1642 BASKET

Frank Lubin

1910 - 1999

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1657 FILM

Hal Roach Jr.

1918 - 1972

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1662 ATHLETIC

Cornelius Johnson (athlete)

1913 - 1946

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1671 FILM

David Weisbart

1915 - 1967

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1678 ACTOR

Harlan Warde

1917 - 1980

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1686 ART DIRECTOR

Jack Martin Smith

1911 - 1993

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1708 ACTOR

Kenneth Lee Spencer

1913 - 1964

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1721 CLARINET

Jack McVea

1914 - 2000

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1727 ACTOR

Jay R. Smith

1915 - 2002

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1740 SCREENWRITER

Jerry Sohl

1913 - 2002

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1756 FILM

Gene Allen (art director)

1918 - 2015

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1786 FILM

John Dunning (film editor)

1916 - 1991

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1803 ACTOR

Luana Walters

1912 - 1963

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1807 ACTOR

Jackie Condon

1918 - 1977

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1882 PUBLISHED

Virginia Prince

1913 - 2009

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1901 COSTUME DESIGNER

Tony Duquette

1914 - 1999

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1917 ARTIST

Reynold Brown

1917 - 1991

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1952 CHEMIST

Charles D. Coryell

1912 - 1971

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1973 BOXER

Lou Nova

1913 - 1991

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2014 POLITICIAN

Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.

1914 - 2004

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2029 ACTOR

June Knight

1913 - 1987

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2042 CONDUCTOR

Leonard Stein

1916 - 2004

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2058 WRITER

Jeff Sutton

1913 - 1979

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2072 ARTIST

Bud Westmore

1918 - 1973

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2085 ACTOR

Judith Arlen

1914 - 1968

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2134 FILM

William F. Claxton

1914 - 1996

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2135 LAWYER

Joseph Wapner

1919 - 2017

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2165 ACTOR

Caren Marsh Doll

Born 1919

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2166 ACTOR

Virginia Carroll

1913 - 2009

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2179 ACTOR

Jeff York

1912 - 1995

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2182 SCENOGRAPHER

Herman A. Blumenthal

1916 - 1986

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2195 ACTOR

Susan French

1912 - 2003

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2213 ACTOR

Dorothy Lee (actress)

1911 - 1999

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2253 ACTOR

John Kellogg (actor)

1916 - 2000

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2271 FILM

Bernard Girard

1918 - 1997

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2285 DRIVER

Johnnie Parsons

1918 - 1984

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2312 ACTOR

Jack Davis (actor)

1914 - 1992

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2398 POLITICIAN

Lionel Van Deerlin

1914 - 2008

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2465 ACTOR

Peter Gowland

1916 - 2010

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2489 SINGER

Claudia Drake

1918 - 1997

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2523 SCREENWRITER

William Roberts (screenwriter)

1913 - 1997

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2538 PAINTER

Lee Blair (artist)

1911 - 1993

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2545 CHEMIST

Stanley Gerald Thompson

1912 - 1976

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2546 SOLDIER

Edward A. Carter Jr.

1916 - 1963

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2580 DRIVER

Jack McGrath (racing driver)

1919 - 1955

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2581 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cole Weston

1919 - 2003

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2584 ACTOR

Mike Ragan

1918 - 1995

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2586 ACTOR

Phil Chambers

1916 - 1993

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2587 PHOTOGRAPHER

Henry Clarke (photographer)

1918 - 1996

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2589 OFFICER

Susan Ahn Cuddy

1915 - 2015

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2599 ENTREPRENEUR

Donn Tatum

1913 - 1993

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2614 FILM

Cal Howard

1911 - 1993

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2617 ACTOR

Coy Watson Jr.

1912 - 2009

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2618 ATHLETIC

Hector Dyer

1910 - 1990

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2633 WRITER

Frank Bonham

1914 - 1988

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2636 BOTANIST

Elizabeth McClintock

1912 - 2004

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2668 COMPOSER

Dudley Brooks

1913 - 1989

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2690 POLITICIAN

Victor Veysey

1915 - 2001

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2692 ACTOR

Dorothy Morrison (actress)

Born 1919

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2707 ANIMATOR

Walt Stanchfield

1919 - 2000

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2719 FILM

Joseph McMillan Johnson

1912 - 1990

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2739 SCREENWRITER

Arnaud d'Usseau

1916 - 1990

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2757 MUSIC

Buddy Moreno

1912 - 2015

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2766 FILM

George White (film editor)

1911 - 1998

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2804 ACTOR

Gordon Oliver

1910 - 1995

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2809 MANAGER

Roy Ash

1918 - 2011

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2823 PHYSICIST

Stan Frankel

1919 - 1978

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2849 STATISTICIAN

Donald Allan Darling

1915 - 2014

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2850 ACTOR

Carol Adams (actress)

1918 - 2012

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2851 ATHLETIC

Delos Thurber

1916 - 1987

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2893 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Hal Gausman

1917 - 2003

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2922 LAWYER

Allan O. Hunter

1916 - 1995

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2924 ACTOR

B. Reeves Eason Jr.

1914 - 1921

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2965 ART DIRECTOR

Robert Kinoshita

1914 - 2014

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3003 GYMNAST

George Roth

1911 - 1997

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3037 MUSIC

Leonard Shure

1910 - 1995

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3040 BASKET

John Mandic

1919 - 2003

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3087 WRITER

John Alfred "Jack" Webb

1916 - 2008

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3099 WORLD WAR

Richard Overton Hunziker

1916 - 1971

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3102 ACTOR

Mercedes Soler (actress)

1914 - 1971

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3137 ACTOR

Lennie Bluett

1919 - 2016

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3198 BOTANIST

Reid Venable Moran

1916 - 2010

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3217 ACTOR

Jacqueline deWit

1912 - 1998

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3221 ATHLETIC

Bill Sefton

1915 - 1982

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3233 CONSERVATIONIST

Martin Litton (environmentalist)

1917 - 2014

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3240 SINGER

Sally Sweetland

1911 - 2015

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3256 ACTOR

Vondell Darr

1919 - 2012

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3291 ACTOR

Don Marion Davis

1917 - 2012

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3313 RADIO

Bob Prince

1916 - 1985

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3316 ENTOMOLOGIST

Ray F. Smith

1919 - 1999

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3346 BASKET

Chet Carlisle

1916 - 1988

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3367 POLITICIAN

John C. Elliott

1919 - 2001

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3402 DIPLOMAT

William A. Wilson (diplomat)

1914 - 2009

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3418 SWIMMER

Frank Booth (swimmer)

1910 - 1980

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3438 COSTUME DESIGNER

Yvonne Wood

1914 - 1999

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3502 JOURNALIST

Flora Lewis

1918 - 2002

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3536 POLITICIAN

Edward M. Davis

1916 - 2006

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3588 HISTORIAN

Alexander Vucinich

1914 - 2002

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3602 MOBSTER

Dominic Brooklier

1914 - 1984

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3617 ACTOR

Faith Bacon

1910 - 1956

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3627 JOURNALIST

Herb Klein (journalist)

1918 - 2009

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3677 BASEBALL

Emmett Ashford

1914 - 1980

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3685 ANIMATOR

Brad Case

1912 - 2006

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3710 NAVY

Stephen Jurika

1910 - 1993

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3744 AUTHOR

Rupert Pole

1919 - 2006

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3781 OFFICER

Raymond Murray

1913 - 2004

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3785 WORLD WAR

Lowell Steward

1919 - 2014

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3798 ACTOR

Doug Young (actor)

1919 - 2018

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3812 LAWYER

Gerhard Gesell

1910 - 1993

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3813 ACTOR

Mae Giraci

1910 - 2006

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3820 LIBRETTIST

Verna Arvey

1910 - 1987

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3848 ARTIST

William George Wright

1917 - 1984

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3851 NOVELIST

Eleanor Clark

1913 - 1996

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3869 FILM

Stan Hough

1918 - 1990

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3906 FILM

Hollingsworth Morse

1910 - 1988

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3927 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Norman Rockett

1911 - 1996

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3947 SKIPPER

William Cooper (sailor)

1910 - 1968

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3970 SCREENWRITER

Sue Dwiggins

1914 - 2011

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3993 CINEMA

Kemp Niver

1911 - 1996

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4008 MOUNTAINEER

Dee Molenaar

1918 - 2020

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4011 MUSIC

Joe Comfort

1917 - 1988

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4014 ACTOR

Suzanne Ridgeway

1918 - 1996

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4036 BASEBALL

Harry Danning

1911 - 2004

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4098 FILM

George Glass

1910 - 1984

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4143 PRODUCER

Simon Waronker

1915 - 2005

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4251 MUSIC

Carl T. Fischer

1912 - 1954

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4287 MILITAR

Vincent P. de Poix

1916 - 2015

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4345 SPECIAL EFFECTS

Robert MacDonald (special effects artist)

1912 - 1989

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4410 BASEBALL

Al Zarilla

1919 - 1996

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4433 ACTIVIST

Frank S. Emi

1916 - 2010

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4461 COSTUME DESIGNER

Willa Kim

1917 - 2016

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4476 BASEBALL

Roy Partee

1917 - 2000

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4523 ACTOR

Paul Harris (actor)

1917 - 1985

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4537 BASEBALL

Jerry Priddy

1919 - 1980

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4551 ACTOR

Jimmy Robinson (actor)

1918 - 1967

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4559 PAINTER

Taro Yamamoto (artist)

1919 - 1994

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4726 SPORT

Eddie Testa

1910 - 1998

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4767 LAWYER

William Percival Gray

1912 - 1992

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4794 FOOTBALL

Jack Banta (American football)

1917 - 1977

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4807 ACTOR

Lucile Fairbanks

1917 - 1999

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4812 POET

Barbara Gibbs Golffing

1912 - 1993

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4830 ACTOR

June Gittelson

1910 - 1993

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4850 OFFICER

Roy Marlin Voris

1919 - 2005

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4917 BASEBALL

Hub Kittle

1917 - 2004

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4947 FOOTBALL

Bill Fisk

1916 - 2007

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5022 ACTOR

Bruce Guerin

1919 - 2012

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5057 BASEBALL

Rip Russell

1915 - 1976

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5161 SPECIAL EFFECTS

Roy Granville

1910 - 1986

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5197 BUSINESS

Louis Lesser

1916 - 2013

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5198 SWIMMER

Arthur Lindegren

1911 - 1981

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5207 POLITICIAN

Wilfred Von der Ahe

1910 - 1998

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5233 SPORT

Royden Ingham

1911 - 1999

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5236 BASEBALL

Tuck Stainback

1911 - 1992

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5262 DIPLOMAT

Charles J. Pilliod Jr.

1918 - 2016

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5294 ASTRONOMER

William P. Bidelman

1918 - 2011

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5295 OFFICER

Herbert C. Jones

1918 - 1941

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5307 ACTOR

Milton Quon

1913 - 2019

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5315 BASEBALL

Lefty Phillips

1919 - 1972

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5331 ACTOR

Elmo Billings

1912 - 1964

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5350 ANIMATOR

Warren Batchelder

1917 - 2007

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5362 ACTOR

Alma Lloyd

1914 - 1988

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5380 SAILOR

John Biby

1912 - 2002

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5384 ACTOR

John Shelton (actor)

1915 - 1972

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5422 FOOTBALL

Bob McChesney (American football, born 1912)

1912 - 1986

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5473 COACH

Gordon McEachron

1919 - 1993

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5495 FILM

Jodie Copelan

1914 - 1977

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5530 FOOTBALL

Jack Smith (end)

Born 1917

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5548 PHYSICIST

Waldo K. Lyon

1914 - 1998

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5553 ACTOR

Fred Kohler Jr.

1911 - 1993

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5591 BASEBALL

Jack Brewer (baseball)

1918 - 2003

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5599 ACTOR

Mae Madison

1915 - 2004

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5614 BASEBALL

Scat Metha

1913 - 1975

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5627 ARCHITECT

Dorothea Holt Redmond

1910 - 2009

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5651 AIRMAN

Eugene Tobin

1917 - 1941

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5711 BUSINESS

Henry T. Mudd

1913 - 1990

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5714 ARCHITECT

Albert C. Martin Jr.

1913 - 2006

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5756 PENCILLER

Roger Armstrong

1917 - 2007

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5763 MANAGER

Roger Lewis (Manager)

1912 - 1987

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5766 SWIMMER

Norene Forbes

1914 - 2004

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5774 ACTOR

Bernie Gozier

1917 - 1979

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5775 ATHLETIC

Walter J. Zable

1915 - 2012

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5783 ANIMATEUR

Louis Debney

1916 - 1986

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5946 BASEBALL

Jake Caulfield

1917 - 1986

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5981 FOOTBALL

George Smith (American football)

1914 - 1986

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5995 JOCKEY

Earl Graham

1911 - 1927

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6020 BASEBALL

Bill Knickerbocker

1911 - 1963

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6046 BASEBALL

Steve Mesner

1918 - 1981

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6148 MILITAR

Eduardo C. Gomez

1919 - 1972

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6159 FILM

Theron Warth

1911 - 1974

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6164 ACTOR

Ula Holt

1915 - 1982

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6171 SPORT

John Scolinos

1918 - 2009

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6173 BASEBALL

Merl Combs

1919 - 1981

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6212 FILM

Anthony Mondell

1916 - 2009

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6248 LAWYER

Charles Leach Hardy

1919 - 2010

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6299 OFFICER

Robert P. Baldwin

1917 - 1994

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6444 ART DIRECTOR

Frank Arrigo

1917 - 1977

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6492 MILITAR

Robert B. Westbrook (pilot)

1917 - 1944

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6564 ATHLETIC

Roy Staley

1915 - 2001

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6596 BUSINESS

Harvey Silbert

1912 - 2002

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6598 MUSIC

Jad Paul

1916 - 2008

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6600 OFFICER

Oliver Mitchell

1917 - 1942

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6648 FOOTBALL

Bob Fisher (offensive lineman)

1916 - 1983

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6674 DRIVER

Bud Rose

1914 - 1991

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6685 BASEBALL

Harl Maggert (1930s outfielder)

1914 - 1986

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6694 ACTIVIST

George W. Hill (pastor)

1916 - 2003

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6702 SAILOR

Charles Lyon (sailor)

1915 - 1987

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6747 ACTOR

Housely Stevenson junior

1914 - 1997

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6755 GEOLOGIST

Katherine Greacen Nelson

1913 - 1982

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6783 JUDGE

Albert Lee Stephens Jr.

1913 - 2001

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6794 BOXER

Young Peter Jackson (boxer, born 1912)

1912 - 1979

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6805 BASEBALL

Bud Bates

1912 - 1987

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6825 COMMANDER

August S. Narumi

1919 - 1994

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6851 LAWYER

Laughlin Edward Waters Sr.

1914 - 2002

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6862 RACING

Leo Breithaupt

1914 - 1984

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6877 BASEBALL

Red Steiner

1915 - 2001

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6886 ACTOR

Philippa Hilber

1918 - 1996

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6898 BASEBALL

Jim Cohen (baseball)

1918 - 2002

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6916 ACTOR

Nancy Caswell

1913 - 1987

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6920 ACTOR

Florence Morrison

1915 - 2000

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6943 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Marion Griswold Grey

1911 - 1964

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6944 BOXER

Al Romero

1911 - 1985

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