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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 1,009 notable births.

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 500 of 6,947 notable people

4177 ACTOR

Carol Brewster

Born 1927

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4186 BASEBALL

Jack Lohrke

1924 - 2009

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4187 PAINTER

Zuka

1924 - 2016

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4194 SKATER

Eugene Turner

1920 - 2010

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4208 ACTOR

Lane Nakano

1925 - 2005

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4226 BOXER

Lou Filippo

1925 - 2009

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4235 ACTOR

Harry Spear

1921 - 2006

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4304 PAINTER

Margaret Holland Sargent

Born 1927

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4316 BASSIST

Stuart Sankey

1927 - 2000

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4336 SINGER

Louis Gottlieb

1923 - 1996

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4387 FOOTBALL

Johnny Williams (American football)

1927 - 2005

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4390 CHEMIST

Jay Kochi

1927 - 2008

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4399 ACTOR

Audrey Young

1922 - 2012

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4401 EDITOR

Frank Warner (sound editor)

1926 - 2011

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4407 NOVELIST

Nash Candelaria

Born 1928

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4426 BASEBALL

Blackie Schwamb

1926 - 1989

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4445 FOOTBALL

Woodley Lewis

1925 - 2000

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4455 GEOLOGIST

Robert Dolan (marine geologist)

1929 - 2016

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4456 ACTOR

Layne Tom Jr.

1927 - 2015

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4463 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Neal Wood

1922 - 2003

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4482 ACTOR

Vivian Austin

1920 - 2004

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4491 BOTANIST

Eugene Byron Smalley

1926 - 2002

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4503 PHOTOGRAPHER

George Pickow

1922 - 2010

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4504 PHILANTHROPIST

Margaret Anne Cargill

1920 - 2006

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4538 FOOTBALL

Billy Anderson (running back)

Born 1929

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4557 PRODUCER

David Hassinger

1927 - 2007

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4563 FOOTBALL

Paul Salata

Born 1926

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4565 WRITER

Robert Quackenbush

Born 1929

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4631 ACTOR

Buster Phelps

1926 - 1983

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4641 POLITICIAN

Jason Boe

1929 - 1990

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4642 NOVELIST

Ronyoung Kim

1926 - 1987

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4652 PSYCHOLOGIST

Peter G. Ossorio

1926 - 2007

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4653 FILM

Jules Levy (producer)

1923 - 2003

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4665 WRITER

Beverley Jackson

1928 - 2020

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4691 POET

Henri Coulette

1927 - 1988

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4710 PUBLISHER

Tichi Wilkerson Kassel

1926 - 2004

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4716 POLITICIAN

Kenneth Hahn

1920 - 1997

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4717 ACTOR

Faye Marlowe

Born 1926

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4729 WRITER

William Douglas Lansford

1922 - 2013

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4737 BASEBALL

Cliff Dapper

1920 - 2011

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4742 ACTOR

Jack Aranson

1924 - 2008

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4766 FILM

William Wiard

1927 - 1987

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4783 MILITAR

William Lyon (general)

1923 - 2020

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4785 ACTOR

Georgia Carr

1925 - 1971

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4797 MAFIA

Joe "Pegleg" Morgan

1929 - 1993

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4811 ACTOR

George Sawaya

1923 - 2003

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4818 FOOTBALL

Brad Ecklund

1922 - 2010

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4824 BASEBALL

Annabelle Lee

1922 - 2008

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4840 AIRFORCE

Elizabeth Chambers (pilot)

1920 - 1961

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4846 VISUAL EFFECTS

Howard A. Anderson Jr.

1920 - 2015

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4887 PLAYER

Sam Match

1923 - 2010

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4888 NUN

Antonia Brenner

1926 - 2013

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4898 SCREENWRITER

Charles K. Eastman

1929 - 2009

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4901 SCREENWRITER

Del Reisman

1924 - 2011

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4928 COMPOSER

Lawrence Moss

Born 1927

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4954 BASEBALL

Doug Hansen

1928 - 1999

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4958 POLITICIAN

Vincent de Roulet

1925 - 1975

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4976 COMPOSER

George William Weidler

1926 - 1989

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4996 PAINTER

Frank Martínez (artist)

1924 - 2013

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5014 DESIGNER

Ted Graber

1920 - 2000

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5029 WRITER

Donald Prell

1924 - 2020

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5039 OFFICER

Steven A. White

Born 1928

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5056 ACTOR

John Close

1921 - 1963

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5062 BASEBALL

Hank Workman

1926 - 2020

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5080 SWIMMER

Iris Cummings

Born 1920

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5100 ARCHITECT

Shoji Sadao

1927 - 2019

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5106 ACTOR

Harry Watson (actor)

1921 - 2001

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5118 ARCHITECT

Helen Liu Fong

1927 - 2005

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5132 LAWYER

Harry Lindley Hupp

1929 - 2004

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5148 FOOTBALL

Ralph Heywood

1921 - 2007

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5150 ANTHROPOLOGIST

William Y. Adams

1927 - 2019

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5173 ACTOR

Molly Dodd

1921 - 1981

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5175 MURALIST

Jack Hooper (artist)

1928 - 2014

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5186 HISTORIAN

Gerald H. Meaker

1926 - 2012

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5192 ACTOR

Ward Wood

1924 - 2001

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5201 ENGINEER

Carroll Pratt

1921 - 2010

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5206 SURFER

Nick Gabaldon

1927 - 1951

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5219 SOCIOLOGIST

Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi

1921 - 2012

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5235 COACH

Dick Voris

1922 - 2008

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5280 ACTOR

Jane Nigh

1925 - 1993

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5290 FOOTBALL

Jim Thomason

1920 - 2007

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5300 ACTOR

Tom Hennesy

1923 - 2011

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5314 BASEBALL

Archie Wilson (baseball)

1923 - 2007

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5344 FOOTBALL

Bill Chambers (American football)

1923 - 1983

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5365 POLITICIAN

Peter F. Schabarum

Born 1929

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5366 ANIMATOR

Bob Moore (animateur)

1920 - 2001

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5388 FOOTBALL

Bob Reinhard

1920 - 1996

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5389 LAWYER

William J. Rea

1920 - 2005

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5405 SURFER

Marge Calhoun

1926 - 2017

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5421 FOOTBALL

John Helwig

1927 - 1994

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5435 JOURNALIST

Ruth Ashton Taylor

Born 1922

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5446 HISTORIAN

Richard C. Raack

Born 1928

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5453 PAINTER

James Grant (artist)

1924 - 1997

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5482 BIOLOGIST

Stanley Michael Gartler

Born 1923

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5492 FOOTBALL

Bob McChesney (American football, born 1926)

1926 - 2002

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5512 ACTOR

Bob Herron

Born 1924

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5513 SCREENWRITER

Stuart Schulberg

1922 - 1979

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5566 HISTORIAN

Betty Lasky

1927 - 2017

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5573 COACH

Jim Stangeland

1921 - 2014

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5590 MODEL

Jeraldine Saunders

1923 - 2019

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5598 FOOTBALL

Howie Livingston

1922 - 1994

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5601 ENGINEER

David Paul Gregg

1923 - 2001

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5604 VITTIMA

Leno LaBianca

1925 - 1969

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5608 ZOOLOGIST

Robert L. Rudd

1921 - 2003

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5609 BASEBALL

Bill Sarni

1927 - 1983

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5669 RADIO

Hunt Stromberg Jr.

1923 - 1986

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5680 BASEBALL

Herb Adams (baseball)

1928 - 2012

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5721 PHYSICIST

Donald Merrifield

1928 - 2010

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5735 MUSIC

Jimmy Pruett

Born 1925

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5736 MOBSTER

Louis Tom Dragna

1920 - 2012

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5770 JUDGE

Vaino Spencer

1920 - 2016

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5801 POLITICIAN

Jim Corbett (politician)

1924 - 2007

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5810 POLITICIAN

Phil Soto

1926 - 1997

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5811 ACTOR

Tyler MacDuff

1925 - 2007

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5819 BASEBALL

Ed Wolfe

1929 - 2009

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5821 BOTANIST

Myron William Kimnach

1922 - 2018

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5827 BASEBALL

Dorothy Harrell

1924 - 2011

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5835 MILITAR

Thomas Tackaberry

1923 - 2017

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5841 COMPOSER

Gordon Zahler

1926 - 1975

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5843 DIPLOMAT

Robert O. Blake

1921 - 2015

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5851 PHOTOGRAPHER

Albert Tillman

1928 - 2004

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5871 FOOTBALL

Dick Moje

Born 1927

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5896 FOOTBALL

Bob Wilkinson

1927 - 2016

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5905 FILM

Ralph Lazo

1924 - 1992

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5918 SONGWRITER

Googie René

1927 - 2007

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5959 FOOTBALL

Jack Dwyer

1927 - 1997

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5961 POLITICIAN

Nolan Frizzelle

1921 - 2013

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5985 BASEBALL

Thelma Eisen

1922 - 2014

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5998 ACTOR

Maria Hart

1923 - 2012

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6004 SINGER

Dick Stewart (TV host)

1927 - 2019

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6011 ACTOR

Ralph Ahn

Born 1926

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6026 PHYSICIST

Alvin Tollestrup

Born 1924

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6058 GEOLOGIST

Roland von Huene

Born 1929

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6119 BASEBALL

Tod Davis

1924 - 1978

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6150 BASEBALL

Earle Brucker Jr.

1925 - 2009

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6162 FOOTBALL

Jack Finlay (American football)

1921 - 2014

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6167 BASEBALL

Nalda Bird

1927 - 2004

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6192 MUSIC

Karl Herman Kiffe

Born 1927

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6202 FOOTBALL

Mike Garzoni

1923 - 2007

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6211 BASEBALL

Clint Conatser

1921 - 2019

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6218 FOOTBALL

Bill Reinhard

1922 - 2016

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6230 MANAGER

Earl Hagaman

1925 - 2017

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6234 LAWYER

Mariana Pfaelzer

1926 - 2015

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6251 PENCILLER

Mel Keefer

Born 1926

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6262 FILM

Anthony Lawrence (scénariste)

Born 1928

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6289 COMPOSER

George Heussenstamm

Born 1926

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6294 SPORT

Eric Sollee

1926 - 2008

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6302 BASEBALL

Dick Conger

1921 - 1970

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6313 FOOTBALL

Sherwood Fries

1920 - 1986

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6320 FOOTBALL

John Sanchez (American football)

1920 - 1992

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6337 FOOTBALL

Jerry Hennessy

1926 - 2000

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6353 LAWYER

Sydney M. Irmas

1925 - 1996

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6356 PHYSICIST

Alvin V. Tollestrup

1924 - 2020

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6366 ANIMATOR

Jack Manning

1920 - 1986

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6387 POLITICIAN

Newton Russell

1927 - 2013

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6396 FOOTBALL

Jackie Fellows

1922 - 1993

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6401 COACH

Marty Feldman (American football)

1922 - 2015

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6416 MUSIC

Phil Carreón

1923 - 2010

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6420 LAWYER

David Eagleson

1924 - 2003

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6421 AIRMAN

Bob Vickman

1921 - 1948

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6423 PHYSICIST

Roy W. Gould

Born 1927

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6452 WRITER

William E. Cochrane

1926 - 1993

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6476 GUITAR

Tony Rizzi

1923 - 1992

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6477 PLAYER

Carl Earn

1921 - 2007

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6479 FOOTBALL

Al Sparlis

1920 - 2005

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6481 FOOTBALL

Don Avery

1921 - 2006

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6500 BANK

Preston Martin

1923 - 2007

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6515 ARMY

Francisco Mercado Jr.

1920 - 2005

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6546 BASEBALL

Kay Rohrer

1922 - 1962

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6554 MILITAR

Herbert R. Temple Jr.

Born 1928

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6563 ACTOR

Malcolm Sebastian

1923 - 2006

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6571 SCREENWRITER

Anthony Wilson (scénariste)

1926 - 1978

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6574 MUSIC

Forrest Westbrook

1927 - 2014

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6583 FOOTBALL

Mel Bleeker

1920 - 1996

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6627 JUDGE

John Arguelles

Born 1927

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6644 POLITICIAN

Robert Levitt

1926 - 1998

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6654 LAWYER

Berkeley Lent

1921 - 2007

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6658 BASEBALL

Wally Hood (pitcher)

1925 - 2001

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6667 DIPLOMAT

Edward Peck (American diplomat)

Born 1929

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6706 FILM

William R. Lasky

1921 - 1985

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6752 ARTIST

Richard Coons

1929 - 2003

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6760 DRIVER

Chuck Leighton

1924 - 2003

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6795 PLAYER

Arthur Alper

Born 1928

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6811 ACTOR

Robert Lehrer

1929 - 2017

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6839 OFFICER

Richard D. Creighton

1924 - 1988

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6845 ACTOR

Jannie Hoskins

1923 - 1996

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6855 PIANIST

Luz María Puente

Born 1923

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6859 ACTOR

Hannah Washington

Born 1923

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6868 ADMIRAL

L. S. Kollmorgen

Born 1927

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6883 CHEMIST

Richard Diamond (Chemiker)

1924 - 2007

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6892 OFFICER

Harrison Lobdell Jr.

1924 - 2014

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6899 SPORT

Kit Horn

1929 - 2010

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6900 OFFICER

Charles E. Larkin

Born 1927

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6907 POLITICIAN

Don Garrison

1925 - 2018

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6909 ARCHITECT

E. Thomas Casey

1924 - 2005

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6918 ACTOR

Virginia Maples

1921 - 2010

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6925 BASKET

Mort Hill

1922 - 1977

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6926 PLAYER

Hugh Stewart (tennis)

Born 1928

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6931 POLITICIAN

Gordon Willden

1929 - 2019

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6933 POLITICIAN

John Moreno (Politiker)

1927 - 1999

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