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 892 of 6,947 notable people

0004 ACTOR

Diane Keaton

Born 1946

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0007 ACTOR

Liza Minnelli

Born 1946

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0010 ACTOR

Jeff Bridges

Born 1949

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0027 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mia Farrow

Born 1945

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0043 SINGER

Randy Newman

Born 1943

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0053 ACTOR

James Cromwell

Born 1940

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0055 ACTOR

Barbara Hershey

Born 1948

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0058 ACTOR

Ryan O'Neal

Born 1941

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0061 ACTOR

Edward James Olmos

Born 1947

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0064 GUITAR

Ry Cooder

Born 1947

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0067 ACTOR

Beau Bridges

Born 1941

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0074 ACTOR

Katharine Ross

Born 1940

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0077 ACTOR

James Brolin

Born 1940

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0083 WRITER

James Ellroy

Born 1948

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0085 ACTOR

Harry Shearer

Born 1943

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0108 ACTOR

Cheech Marin

Born 1946

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0118 GUITAR

David Crosby

Born 1941

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0145 GUITAR

Robby Krieger

Born 1946

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0146 ACTOR

Anne Archer

Born 1947

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0147 ACTOR

Lindsay Wagner

Born 1949

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0153 DRUMMER

John Densmore

Born 1944

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0161 SCREENWRITER

Stephen J. Cannell

1941 - 2010

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0162 ACTOR

Ed Begley Jr.

Born 1949

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0172 ACTOR

Stefanie Powers

Born 1942

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0174 MUSIC

Micky Dolenz

Born 1945

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0186 ACTOR

Jill St. John

Born 1940

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0199 SINGER

Mike Love

Born 1941

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0212 ACTOR

Burt Ward

Born 1945

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0213 PSYCHOLOGIST

Elizabeth Loftus

Born 1944

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0215 ARTIST

James Turrell

Born 1943

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0217 ACTOR

Sharon Gless

Born 1943

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0226 WRITER

Harry Turtledove

Born 1949

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0235 SINGER

Darlene Love

Born 1941

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0246 ACTOR

Nick Castle

Born 1947

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0266 WRITER

Raymond E. Feist

Born 1945

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0281 SINGER

Bob Welch (musician)

1945 - 2012

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0303 ACTOR

Susan Saint James

Born 1946

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0312 ACTOR

Yvette Mimieux

Born 1942

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0315 SINGER

Sylvester (singer)

1947 - 1988

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0339 CONDUCTOR

Michael Tilson Thomas

Born 1944

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0348 SCREENWRITER

Jeannie Berlin

Born 1949

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0356 ACTOR

Michael Berryman

Born 1948

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0381 FILM

Jack Bender

Born 1949

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0385 ACTOR

Leslie Easterbrook

Born 1949

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0388 CONDUCTOR

Leonard Slatkin

Born 1944

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0389 ACTOR

Tina Aumont

1946 - 2006

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0391 SCREENWRITER

James Burrows

Born 1940

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0396 COMPOSER

Bobby Hutcherson

1941 - 2016

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0404 FILM

Douglas Trumbull

Born 1942

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0405 ACTOR

Kevin Tighe

Born 1944

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0406 GUITAR

Chris Hillman

Born 1944

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0408 SINGER

Roy Ayers

Born 1940

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0410 ACTOR

Kim Darby

Born 1947

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0422 PRODUCER

Olivia Harrison

Born 1948

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0423 FILM

Tom Mankiewicz

1942 - 2010

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0429 FILM

Charles Roven

Born 1949

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0443 SINGER

Bill Medley

Born 1940

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0445 ACTOR

John Rubinstein

Born 1946

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0450 FILM

Charles Shyer

Born 1941

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0458 ACTOR

Wings Hauser

Born 1947

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0465 WRITER

Jane Smiley

Born 1949

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0469 MUSIC

Lowell George

1945 - 1979

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0470 POLITICIAN

Jan Brewer

Born 1944

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0471 SINGER

Michele Lee

Born 1942

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0487 ACTOR

Sean Flynn (photojournalist)

1941 - 1970

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0491 COMPOSER

Bruce Broughton

Born 1945

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0513 COMPOSER

Tom Scott (musician)

Born 1948

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0520 SINGER

P. P. Arnold

Born 1946

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0524 AUTHOR

Dan Millman

Born 1946

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0535 OFFICER

Michael Mullen

Born 1946

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0544 ACTOR

Anson Williams

Born 1949

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0549 ACTRESS

Cathy Lee Crosby

Born 1944

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0579 LINGUIST

Marc Okrand

Born 1948

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0601 ACTOR

Cliff DeYoung

Born 1945

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0629 ACTOR

Lee Aaker

Born 1943

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0630 HISTORIAN

Daniel Yergin

Born 1947

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0632 FILM

Andrew Blake (director)

Born 1947

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0643 MUSIC

Jim Gordon (musician)

Born 1945

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0651 ACTOR

Mike Marshall (actor)

1944 - 2005

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0667 ACTOR

Beverly Aadland

1942 - 2010

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0670 ACTOR

Annette Charles

1948 - 2011

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0672 FILM

Alan Rudolph

Born 1943

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0674 MUSIC

Tim McIntire

1944 - 1986

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0677 FILM

Gary Kurtz

1940 - 2018

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0686 SINGER

Johnny Crawford

Born 1946

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0716 ACTOR

Mary Jo Deschanel

Born 1945

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0719 ACTOR

Creed Bratton

Born 1943

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0730 SINGER

Chris Montez

Born 1943

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0736 ACTOR

Kent McCord

Born 1942

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0739 ACTOR

Reb Brown

Born 1948

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0763 SINGER

Willie Hutch

1944 - 2005

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0779 POLITICIAN

Duke Cunningham

Born 1941

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0781 POET

Robert Bringhurst

Born 1946

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0782 SCREENWRITER

David Greenwalt

Born 1949

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0784 SCREENWRITER

Ronald Bass

Born 1942

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0795 HISTORIAN

Michael Ledeen

Born 1941

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0801 FILM

Tim Hunter (director)

Born 1947

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0807 ACTOR

Tony Dow

Born 1945

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0811 PUPPETEER

Dave Goelz

Born 1946

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0817 FILM

Joel Cox

Born 1941

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0827 SCREENWRITER

Marc Norman

Born 1941

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0844 ACTOR

Richard Paul (actor)

1940 - 1998

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0861 COMPOSER

Dennis McCarthy (composer)

Born 1945

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0872 FILM

Conrad Buff IV

Born 1948

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0880 ACTOR

Rich Correll

Born 1948

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0882 BASKET

Gail Goodrich

Born 1943

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0888 SCREENWRITER

Willard Huyck

Born 1945

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0889 ACTOR

Susan Bernard

1948 - 2019

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0892 SCREENWRITER

Gloria Katz

1942 - 2018

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0894 ACTOR

Jennifer Salt

Born 1944

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0907 ACTOR

Billy Chapin

1943 - 2016

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0908 ART DEALER

Larry Gagosian

Born 1945

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0915 SCREENWRITER

Christopher Mitchum

Born 1943

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0916 CHILD

Maureen Reagan

1941 - 2001

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0938 FILM

Richard Chew

Born 1940

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0948 GUITAR

Steve Khan

Born 1947

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0958 MUSIC

Gary Karr

Born 1941

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0968 CONDUCTOR

Lawrence Foster

Born 1941

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0974 FILM

Randa Haines

Born 1945

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0980 ACTOR

Jack Bannon

1940 - 2017

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0985 CINEMA

Matthew F. Leonetti

Born 1941

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0989 ACTOR

Craig R. Baxley

Born 1949

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0993 ACTOR

Erica Gavin

Born 1947

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1012 WRITER

Dan Fante

1944 - 2015

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1013 COMPOSER

Sharon Sheeley

1940 - 2002

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1030 ASTRONOMER

Michael Turner (cosmologist)

Born 1949

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1032 ARTIST

Wild Man Fischer

1944 - 2011

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1040 POLITICIAN

Howard Berman

Born 1941

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1041 COMPOSER

Miles Goodman

1949 - 1996

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1051 ACTOR

Louise Sorel

Born 1940

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1057 RADIO

Michael Reagan

Born 1945

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1061 FILM

Richard Elfman

Born 1949

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1068 ARTIST

Michael Asher (artist)

1943 - 2012

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1082 ACTOR

Erika Slezak

Born 1946

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1092 MUSIC

Stanley Crouch

1945 - 2020

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1100 MUSIC

Mark Volman

Born 1947

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1117 ACTOR

Tisha Sterling

Born 1944

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1143 MUSIC

Alan O'Day

1940 - 2013

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1144 MUSIC

Arthur Blythe

1940 - 2017

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1154 ACTOR

Bill Lancaster

1947 - 1997

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1162 SINGER

Russell Mael

Born 1948

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1164 FOOTBALL

Ben Davidson

1940 - 2012

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1175 ACTOR

Sondra Currie

Born 1947

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1179 COMPOSER

Craig Safan

Born 1948

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1187 ACTOR

Jo Ann Harris

Born 1949

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1193 ANIMATOR

Kim Deitch

Born 1944

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1199 BUSINESS

Jerry Jones

Born 1942

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1219 DRUMMER

Gary Lewis (musician)

Born 1946

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1237 ACTOR

Quentin Dean

1944 - 2003

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1241 PAINTER

Jann Haworth

Born 1942

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1245 PAINTER

Judy Baca

Born 1946

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1249 ACTOR

Peter Jason

Born 1944

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1253 BASKET

Sidney Wicks

Born 1949

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1256 ACTOR

Bob Einstein

1942 - 2019

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1264 ACTOR

Gigi Perreau

Born 1941

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1269 SINGER

Bryan MacLean

1946 - 1998

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1293 LAWYER

Robert Kardashian

1944 - 2003

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1296 ACTOR

Marilyn Hassett

Born 1947

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1299 ARCHITECT

Eric Owen Moss

Born 1943

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1306 WRITER

Michael Shea (author)

1946 - 2014

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1315 MUSIC

Christopher Parkening

Born 1947

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1317 SINGER

Mona Marshall

Born 1947

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1333 BASEBALL

Dock Ellis

1945 - 2008

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1340 ASTRONOMER

Virginia Louise Trimble

Born 1943

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1349 BIOLOGIST

Ronald M. Evans

Born 1949

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1358 MURDER

Patricia Krenwinkel

Born 1947

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1371 SCREENWRITER

Lawrence Lasker

Born 1949

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1381 PHILOSOPHER

Denis Dutton

1944 - 2010

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1389 MODEL

Peggy Moffitt

Born 1940

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1418 STAR

Mike Vejar

Born 1943

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1420 MUSIC

Bill Connors

Born 1949

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1444 MUSIC

Jim Horn

Born 1940

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1451 SCREENWRITER

Susan Griffin

Born 1943

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1490 ACTOR

Terrence Evans

1944 - 2015

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1491 ASTROPHYSICIST

Steven Soter

Born 1943

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1492 ACTOR

Angelique Pettyjohn

1943 - 1992

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1497 ACTOR

Frank Bank

1942 - 2013

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1523 STUNT

Dar Robinson

1947 - 1986

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1525 PSYCHOLOGIST

Carol Tavris

Born 1944

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1547 PAINTER

Allan McCollum

Born 1944

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1553 SCREENWRITER

Dennis Berry (director)

Born 1944

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1560 MUSIC

Jimmy Greenspoon

1948 - 2015

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1570 ACTOR

David Arkin

1941 - 1991

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1581 ACTOR

David Ladd

Born 1947

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1583 PHOTOGRAPHER

Judy Dater

Born 1941

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1606 BUSINESS

Mike Markkula

Born 1942

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1611 ACTOR

Bobby Diamond

1943 - 2019

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1615 PSYCHOLOGIST

O. Carl Simonton

1942 - 2009

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1632 FILM

Joel Douglas

Born 1947

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1649 FILM

Howard Kazanjian

Born 1942

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1655 FILM

Michael Tronick

Born 1949

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1664 PAINTER

Robert Williams (artist)

Born 1943

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1667 FILM

Charles Correll (director)

1944 - 2004

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1673 PRODUCER

Jerry London

Born 1947

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1676 ACTOR

Brenda Benet

1945 - 1982

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1703 FILM

Joel Siegel

1943 - 2007

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1706 WRITER

Gerald Petievich

Born 1944

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1710 ACTOR

Joan Juliet Buck

Born 1948

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1717 ATTORNEY

Gil Garcetti

Born 1941

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1720 ACTOR

George Winslow

1946 - 2015

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1746 ACTOR

Linda Gaye Scott

Born 1943

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1749 ACTOR

Darby Lloyd Rains

Born 1947

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1750 SPRINT

Wayne Collett

1949 - 2010

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1764 ACTOR

Aron Kincaid

1940 - 2011

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1788 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Hoeye

Born 1947

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1791 BALLET

Cynthia Gregory

Born 1946

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1795 SPRINT

Ronnie Ray Smith

1949 - 2013

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1809 MATHEMATICIAN

Bruce Lee Rothschild

Born 1941

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1816 ACTOR

Jim Houghton

Born 1948

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1821 ACTOR

Pamela Susan Shoop

Born 1948

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1833 ACTOR

Stephen Humphrey Bogart

Born 1949

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1853 ACTOR

Tim Considine

Born 1940

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1873 MUSIC

Ted Greene

1946 - 2005

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1875 MATHEMATICIAN

John N. Mather

1942 - 2017

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1892 PHOTOGRAPHER

Richard Misrach

Born 1949

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1909 BIOGRAPHER

John Lahr

Born 1941

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1911 MUSIC

John Locke (musician)

1943 - 2006

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1913 COSTUME DESIGNER

Julie Weiss

Born 1947

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1936 BASEBALL

Larry Dierker

Born 1946

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1941 POLITICIAN

Floyd Flake

Born 1945

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1949 BASEBALL

Roy White

Born 1943

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1961 ACTOR

Melinda O. Fee

1942 - 2020

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1963 FILM

Charles Swenson

Born 1941

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1969 PRODUCER

Russ Titelman

Born 1944

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1978 ATHLETIC

Richard Stebbins

Born 1945

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1980 ACTOR

Elizabeth Baur

1947 - 2017

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2000 SPORT

Leigh Steinberg

Born 1949

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2001 BASKET

Stan Love (basketball)

Born 1949

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2007 ENGINEER

Steve Maslow

Born 1944

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2015 MUSIC

Daryl Dragon

1942 - 2019

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2023 HISTORIAN

Fred Patten

1940 - 2018

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2035 POLITICIAN

Gloria Negrete McLeod

Born 1941

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2043 BILLIONAIRE

David Bonderman

Born 1942

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2045 FOOTBALL

Mike Garrett

Born 1944

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2047 ARTIST

Eve Babitz

Born 1943

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2060 ACTOR

James Mitchum

Born 1941

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2066 ACTOR

Joey D. Vieira

Born 1944

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2067 SINGER

Mike Deasy

Born 1941

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2080 OCEANOGRAPHER

Curtis Ebbesmeyer

Born 1943

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2104 POLITICIAN

Steve Bartlett

Born 1947

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2113 FILM

Peter E. Berger

1944 - 2011

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2114 POLITICIAN

Bill Sarpalius

Born 1948

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2115 TELEVISION

David Wallechinsky

Born 1948

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2116 ACTOR

Jimmy Hawkins

Born 1941

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2118 PHOTOGRAPHER

Donna Michelle

1945 - 2004

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2121 ACTOR

Dennis Cleveland Stewart

1947 - 1994

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2139 ACTOR

Jenny Sullivan

Born 1946

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2140 MUSIC

Lee Michaels

Born 1945

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2144 BOTANIST

Gerald R. Allen

Born 1942

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2171 MUSIC

Bill Goodwin (jazz drummer)

Born 1942

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2181 PROGRAMMER

Larry Kaplan

Born 1949

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2192 SCREENWRITER

Timothy Harris (writer)

Born 1946

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2194 ACADEMIC

Sean Solomon

Born 1945

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2198 ORGANIST

Anthony Newman (musician)

Born 1941

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2203 ACTOR

Christopher Olsen (actor)

Born 1946

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2204 ACTOR

Geoffrey Scott (actor)

Born 1942

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2205 CLARINET

Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)

1940 - 2020

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2210 FILM

Thom Eberhardt

Born 1947

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2215 COMPOSER

Dean Drummond

1949 - 2013

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2220 BASEBALL

George Hendrick

Born 1949

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2224 ACTOR

Robyn Hilton

Born 1940

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2229 MATHEMATICIAN

Gregg Zuckerman

Born 1949

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2235 SCREENWRITER

Christopher Trumbo

1940 - 2011

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2239 VIOLIN

Richard Greene (musician)

Born 1942

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2240 FILM

Tony Thomas (producer)

Born 1948

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2244 ACTOR

Linda Kaye Henning

Born 1944

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2254 ACTOR

Rickie Sorensen

1946 - 1994

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2260 SCREENWRITER

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Born 1945

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2266 BASKET

Dennis Awtrey

Born 1948

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2277 PHILOSOPHER

Joseph Hilbe

1944 - 2017

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2280 ACTOR

Indus Arthur

1941 - 1984

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2289 ACTOR

Evelyn Rudie

Born 1949

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2328 SCHOLAR

William B. Quandt

Born 1941

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2348 MUSIC

Pete Christlieb

Born 1945

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2356 BASKET

John Block (basketball)

Born 1944

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2361 ASTRONOMER

Jerry Nelson (astronomer)

1944 - 2017

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2363 PAINTER

Jill Gibson

Born 1942

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2374 COMPOSER

Tim Weisberg

Born 1943

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2377 CINEMA

Reynaldo Villalobos

Born 1940

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2388 BASEBALL

Tommy Hutton

Born 1946

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2390 CARTOONIST

Greg Evans (cartoonist)

Born 1947

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2392 ACTOR

Karolyn Grimes

Born 1940

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2397 ACTOR

Gwynne Gilford

Born 1946

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2402 SWIMMER

Don McKenzie (swimmer)

1947 - 2008

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2403 AUTHOR

Red Pine (author)

Born 1943

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2406 FILM

Lee Shallat Chemel

Born 1943

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2410 FILM

Charles Braverman

Born 1944

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2413 MUSIC

Glenn Dicterow

Born 1948

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2416 POLITICIAN

Mel Levine

Born 1943

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2421 SINGER

Rob Grill

1943 - 2011

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2424 WRITER

Joel Rose

Born 1948

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2427 BASEBALL

Mike Andrews

Born 1943

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2435 ACTOR

Lynne Marie Stewart

Born 1946

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2440 FILM

Jeff Gourson

Born 1946

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2446 RADIO

Emperor Rosko

Born 1942

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2449 CINEMA

James Glennon

1942 - 2006

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2450 PRODUCER

Deke Richards

1944 - 2013

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2461 ACTOR

Archie Hahn (actor)

Born 1941

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2470 MODEL

DeDe Lind

1947 - 2020

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2480 MUSIC

Mike Clifford

Born 1943

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