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
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4317 LAWYER

Carl E. Douglas

Born 1955

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4338 FOOTBALL

John Sciarra

Born 1954

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4346 WRITER

Kristiana Gregory

Born 1951

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4349 MUSIC

Andy Park (musician)

Born 1957

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4353 BASEBALL

Dan Norman

Born 1955

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4355 MUSIC

Richard Hite

1951 - 2001

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4368 WRITER

Gar Anthony Haywood

Born 1954

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4369 ACTOR

Collin Bernsen

Born 1958

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4371 ATHLETIC

Reynaldo Brown

Born 1950

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4391 ACTOR

Toni Naples

Born 1952

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4392 CINEMA

Robert Reed Altman

Born 1959

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4394 PHOTOGRAPHER

Suza Scalora

Born 1952

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4403 COMPOSER

Craig Huxley

Born 1954

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4412 SCREENWRITER

Tim Doyle

Born 1959

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4420 COMPOSER

Dana Kaproff

Born 1954

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4431 WRITER

Mark Zaslove

Born 1950

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4441 JOURNALIST

Alina Tugend

Born 1959

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4442 SCREENWRITER

Thomas W. Lynch

Born 1956

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4446 MUSIC

Pat Flynn (musician)

Born 1952

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4453 BASEBALL

Vic Harris (utility player)

Born 1950

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4460 FOOTBALL

Dwayne O'Steen

1954 - 2001

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4469 WRITER

Tamara Thorne

Born 1957

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4477 ARTIST

John Craig Freeman

Born 1959

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4478 WRITER

Kate Heyhoe

Born 1955

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4480 BANDLEADER

Tom Kubis

Born 1951

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4489 ACTOR

John Friedrich (actor)

Born 1958

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4496 ACTOR

Hilly Hicks

Born 1950

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4497 FOOTBALL

Greg Robinson (American football coach)

Born 1951

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4508 NOVELIST

Leslie What

Born 1955

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4516 CLIMATOLOGIST

Clayton Brough

Born 1950

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4529 BASEBALL

Greg Johnston (baseball)

Born 1955

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4531 SINGER

Kiki Ebsen

Born 1958

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4550 BASEBALL

John Moses (baseball)

Born 1957

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4566 COACH

Pat Hill

Born 1951

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4570 SINGER

Tony Gilkyson

Born 1952

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4572 BASEBALL

Andy Lopez

Born 1953

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4578 RACER

Wes Cooley (motorcyclist)

Born 1956

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4583 WRITER

Robert Stone (trail guide writer)

Born 1951

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4587 SPORT

Jeffrey Spencer

Born 1951

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4592 JUDGE

Dale A. Drozd

Born 1955

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4593 BASEBALL

Andre David

Born 1958

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4601 BASEBALL

Gary Ward (outfielder)

Born 1953

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4604 POLITICIAN

Don Benton

Born 1957

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4610 DRUMMER

Don Heffington

Born 1950

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4614 PAINTER

Mary Heebner

Born 1951

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4616 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Wendy Fonarow

Born 1950

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4623 MAGIC

Judy Carter

Born 1950

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4624 ACADEMIC

Richard Schenk

Born 1951

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4628 DESIGNER

Michael Vernon Robinson

Born 1956

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4635 DRIVER

Tomy Drissi

Born 1958

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4636 PSYCHOLOGIST

Jonathan Mitchell (writer)

Born 1955

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4645 ACTOR

Julia Benjamin

Born 1957

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4656 NOVELIST

Mitch Berman

Born 1956

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4669 ACADEMIC

Margee Ensign

Born 1954

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4677 FOOTBALL

Ralph Nelson (American football)

Born 1954

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4694 BASEBALL

Darrell Jackson (baseball)

Born 1956

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4699 SCULPTOR

Richard Deutsch

Born 1953

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4705 COMPOSER

Patrick Moten

1957 - 1999

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4711 SCREENWRITER

Victor Fresco

Born 1958

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4714 FOOTBALL

Bob Jury

Born 1955

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4722 FOOTBALL

Kermit Johnson

Born 1952

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4738 LAWYER

S. James Otero

Born 1951

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4741 BIOGRAPHER

Sharon Rich

Born 1953

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4754 POLITICIAN

James T. Butts Jr.

Born 1953

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4757 ARTIST

David Em

Born 1952

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4759 SINGER

Jeanie Cunningham

Born 1956

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4761 FOOTBALL

Gordon Banks (American football)

Born 1958

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4777 POLITICIAN

Paul Koretz

Born 1955

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4780 MUSIC

Stefano Giaccone

Born 1959

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4782 ACTOR

Robert Shields (mime)

Born 1951

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4789 ACTOR

Robert Tree Cody

Born 1951

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4791 PAINTER

Jedd Garet

Born 1955

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4793 ACTOR

Jim Mathers

Born 1955

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4800 FOOTBALL

Cal Peterson

Born 1952

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4809 ACTOR

Tifanie Christun

Born 1957

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4816 BASEBALL

Morris Nettles

1952 - 2017

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4822 POLITICIAN

Craig Huey

Born 1950

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4833 BASEBALL

Dan Larson

Born 1954

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4834 POLITICIAN

Pat Nolan

Born 1950

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4837 BASKET

Mike Santos

1956 - 2008

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4839 DANCER

Lilly Tartikoff

Born 1953

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4841 COMPOSER

Jeffrey Burns

1950 - 2004

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4843 TELEVISION

Sheldon Epps

Born 1952

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4853 ACTOR

Albie Selznick

Born 1959

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4856 ENGINEER

Steve Kirsch

Born 1956

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4865 RACER

Bobby Schwartz

Born 1956

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4871 WRESTLER

Dark Journey (wrestling)

Born 1957

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4880 FILM

Sandy King

Born 1952

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4883 BASEBALL

Mark Clear

Born 1956

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4891 AUTHOR

James Tomkovicz

Born 1951

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4892 CITY COUNCIL

Michael Woo

Born 1951

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4906 DEPUTY

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

Born 1959

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4908 ART DIRECTOR

William A. Elliott

Born 1953

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4909 LAWYER

Jackie Lacey

Born 1957

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4911 PERCUSSIONIST

Kenny Endo

Born 1953

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4914 ACTIVIST

Irena Medavoy

Born 1958

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4938 LAWYER

Joshua Marquis

Born 1952

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4948 COMPOSER

Dana Karl Glover

Born 1958

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4949 FOOTBALL

Lynn Cain

Born 1955

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4960 LAWYER

Debra Wong Yang

Born 1959

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4963 FOOTBALL

Aaron Mitchell (American football)

Born 1956

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4964 FOOTBALL

Steve Folsom

Born 1958

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4967 KILLER

Michael Hughes (serial killer)

Born 1956

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4973 FENCER

Peter Schifrin

Born 1958

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4974 PLAYWRIGHT

Mark Handley

Born 1956

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4977 SCREENWRITER

Jonathan Benair

1950 - 1998

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4981 CELLIST

Melissa Hasin

Born 1954

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4982 PHYSIOLOGIST

Randall William Davis

Born 1952

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4987 ACTOR

Ricky Kelman

Born 1950

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5003 ACTOR

Gregg Marx

Born 1955

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5011 POLITICIAN

Curren Price

Born 1950

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5012 POLITICIAN

Rod Pacheco

Born 1958

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5018 POLITICIAN

Rocky Chávez

Born 1951

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5021 HISTORIAN

Antulio J. Echevarria, II.

Born 1959

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5026 PAINTER

Margaret Kelley

Born 1954

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5033 BASEBALL

Ed Jurak

Born 1957

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5041 SINGER

Jah Paul Jo

1956 - 2014

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5044 BUSINESS

Bud Colligan

Born 1954

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5061 SCREENWRITER

Luisa Leschin

Born 1953

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5066 POLITICAL

Patricia Duff

Born 1954

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5075 LAWYER

Michael Trope

Born 1951

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5077 FOOTBALL

Jim Wilks

Born 1958

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5078 SINGER

Laura Molina (artist)

Born 1957

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5090 BIOLOGIST

Jeffrey E. Barlough

Born 1953

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5091 DRIVER

Randy Baker

Born 1958

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5101 MUSIC

Phillip Greenlief

Born 1959

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5103 SPORT

Pete Mangurian

Born 1955

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5107 ACTOR

LuAnn Haslam

Born 1953

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5115 WRITER

Joan Iten Sutherland

Born 1954

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5121 BASSIST

Tony Dumas (Bassist)

Born 1955

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5122 ACTOR

Gaye Kruger

Born 1951

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5123 SERIAL KILLER

Danny Barber (serial killer)

1955 - 1999

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5129 ACTOR

Albert Macklin

Born 1958

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5133 FOOTBALL

George Farmer (wide receiver, born 1958)

Born 1958

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5135 MUSIC

Vicki Boeckman

Born 1955

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5142 BASEBALL

Rod Craig

1958 - 2013

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5144 LAWYER

Philip S. Gutierrez

Born 1959

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5147 REPUBLICAN

Bill Morrow (California politician)

Born 1954

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5159 FOOTBALL

Steve Holden (American football)

Born 1951

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5163 BASEBALL

Dave Edwards (baseball)

Born 1954

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5168 MUSIC

Michael Monarch

Born 1950

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5185 FOOTBALL

Ron Settles

1959 - 1981

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5189 MUSIC

John Heussenstamm

Born 1953

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5194 BASEBALL

Rich Murray

Born 1957

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5202 PRIEST

Marc Vincent Trudeau

Born 1957

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5203 BASEBALL

Dave Van Gorder

Born 1957

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5204 SWIMMER

Patty Caretto

Born 1951

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5221 MUSIC

Eduardo Villa

Born 1953

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5225 LAWYER

Dean Pregerson

Born 1951

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5228 FOOTBALL

Jarvis Redwine

Born 1957

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5242 METEOROLOGIST

Edward Rappaport

Born 1955

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5244 MUSIC

Tom Randle

Born 1958

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5246 TEACHER

David Stephen Calonne

Born 1953

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5258 CASTING DIRECTOR

Collette Sunderman

Born 1959

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5261 MODEL

Kathalyn Jones

Born 1954

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5267 BASKET

Jim Buss

Born 1959

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5276 FILM

Alan Balsam

1950 - 1992

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5279 FILM

Craig Miller (writer)

Born 1954

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5292 JUDO

Kenneth Okada

Born 1950

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5297 PAINTER

Kim Anno

Born 1958

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5301 LAWYER

Susan Bayh

Born 1959

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5313 POLITICIAN

Jim Wheeler

Born 1953

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5318 WRITER

Patricia Bracewell

Born 1950

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5322 FOOTBALL

Bill Bain (American football)

Born 1952

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5324 ACTOR

Joey Sagal

Born 1957

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5332 ACTOR

Aileen Getty

Born 1957

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5334 SPORT

Bernie Schreiber

Born 1959

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5339 ACTOR

Morgan Hart

Born 1958

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5342 BASEBALL

Craig Chamberlain

Born 1957

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5347 ACTOR

Gary Davis

Born 1951

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5348 FASHION MODEL

Kim Genelle

Born 1956

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5351 FENCER

Gerard Moreno

Born 1956

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5360 MAGIC

Mike Caveney

Born 1950

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5361 POLITICIAN

Ed Reyes

Born 1959

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5370 FOOTBALL

Gary Davis (American football)

Born 1954

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5374 BASEBALL

Brian Kingman

Born 1954

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5376 BASEBALL

Chris Batton

Born 1954

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5378 FOOTBALL

Wayne Nunnely

Born 1952

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5381 ACTOR

Stephanie Pond-Smith

1951 - 1998

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5385 POLITICIAN

Shane Pendergrass

Born 1950

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5391 BASEBALL

Jim Anderson (baseball)

Born 1957

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5392 SCREENWRITER

Gregory Bernstein

Born 1955

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5407 DRUMMER

Woody Sonship Theus

1952 - 2011

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5409 FOOTBALL

Mario Celotto

Born 1956

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5413 SCREENWRITER

Ali Marie Matheson

Born 1956

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5424 SCREENWRITER

Dave Caplan

Born 1959

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5427 FILM

Jana Sue Memel

Born 1955

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5437 MUSIC

Rickey Grundy

1959 - 2015

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5439 PAINTER

Diane Gamboa

Born 1957

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5447 BASEBALL

Jim Hughes (1970s pitcher)

Born 1951

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5451 WINEMAKER

Randall Grahm

Born 1953

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5456 CINEMA

Buzz Feitshans IV

Born 1959

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5462 POLITICIAN

Denise Moreno Ducheny

Born 1952

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5483 FOOTBALL

Tom Graham (American football)

1950 - 2017

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5487 ATTORNEY

Frank K. Wheaton

Born 1951

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5499 BUSINESS

Rick Caruso

Born 1959

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5504 ACTOR

Cherylene Lee

1956 - 2016

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5509 POLITICIAN

Hans Dunshee

Born 1953

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5515 FOOTBALL

Steve Bryant (American football)

Born 1959

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5519 FILM

Thomas Bliss

Born 1952

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5520 LAWYER

Mark E. Kalmansohn

Born 1953

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5525 PHYSICIAN

David Benaron

Born 1958

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5528 BASEBALL

Kevin Bell (baseball)

Born 1955

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5539 ANIMATOR

Adam Beckett

1950 - 1979

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5540 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lorie Novak

Born 1954

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5545 CARTOONIST

Tim Barela

Born 1954

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5549 FILM

Lawrence L. Simeone

1953 - 2002

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5557 ACTOR

Richard Narita

Born 1951

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5558 FILM

Kaja Fehr

Born 1950

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5559 BUSINESS

Michael Armand Hammer

Born 1955

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5571 PAINTER

Scott Williams (artist)

Born 1956

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5574 COMPOSER

Joanne Metcalf

Born 1958

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5577 LAWYER

Michael R. Bromwich

Born 1953

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5578 BASEBALL

John Urrea

Born 1955

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5602 POLITICIAN

Dennis R. Patrick

Born 1951

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5607 BASEBALL

Victor Bernal

1953 - 2006

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5623 SINGER

Wendy Waldman

Born 1950

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5630 FOOTBALL

Tony Corrente

Born 1951

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5646 BOXER

Frankie Baltazar

Born 1958

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5648 FOOTBALL

James Davis (cornerback)

Born 1957

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5660 ACTOR

Kellyn Plasschaert

1958 - 2009

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5665 BASEBALL

Chris Jones (1980s outfielder)

Born 1957

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5666 ACTOR

O. L. Duke

1953 - 2004

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5692 BASKET

Johnny Buss

Born 1956

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5693 ACTOR

Javier Grajeda

Born 1955

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5702 CARTOONIST

Stephen Bentley

Born 1954

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5704 COACH

Richard Smith (American football coach)

Born 1955

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5725 FOOTBALL

Jimmie Jones (running back)

Born 1950

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5741 FOOTBALL

Clay Brown (American football)

Born 1958

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5750 BASEBALL

Mike Richardt

Born 1958

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5757 SINGER

Steven Ronald Jensen

1959 - 2005

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5764 BASKET

Steve Cleveland

Born 1952

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5773 FOOTBALL

Nesby Glasgow

1957 - 2020

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5789 BASEBALL

Horace Speed (baseball)

Born 1951

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5804 JUDGE

Paul Lewis Abrams

Born 1958

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5813 ARCHITECT

David M. Schwarz

Born 1951

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5822 BASEBALL

Bob Pate

Born 1953

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5828 BASEBALL

Jim Lentine

Born 1954

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5834 FOOTBALL

Charles Jackson (linebacker)

Born 1955

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5837 WRITER

P. G. Sturges

Born 1953

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5844 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Saul N. Ramirez Jr.

Born 1958

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5864 FILM

Gary Adelson

Born 1953

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5870 ACTOR

Nova Ball

Born 1958

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5872 FOOTBALL

Windlan Hall

Born 1950

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5881 SPORT

Ken Korach

Born 1952

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5897 GOVERNOR

Richard Kauffman

Born 1955

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5899 LAWYER

Shari Karney

Born 1954

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5900 FOOTBALL

Jim Obradovich

Born 1953

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5915 FOOTBALL

Steve Busick

Born 1958

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5924 WRITER

David Handler

Born 1952

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5930 TELEVISION

Andrew Adelson

Born 1954

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5937 PSYCHOLOGIST

Jeffrey S. Tanaka

1958 - 1992

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5951 FOOTBALL

Bob Ferrell

Born 1952

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5953 ACADEMIC

Scott Pace

Born 1959

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5955 POLITICIAN

Susan Castillo

Born 1951

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5956 PRODUCER

Brian Malouf

Born 1955

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5962 BASEBALL

Gorman Heimueller

Born 1955

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5988 PRODUCER

John Cossette

1957 - 2011

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6010 GOLF

Tony Sills

Born 1955

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6015 POLITICIAN

John Lewis (California politician)

Born 1954

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6021 PSYCHOLOGIST

Arthur P. Shimamura

1954 - 2020

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6029 CASTING DIRECTOR

Marci Liroff

Born 1958

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6042 FOOTBALL

Prentice McCray

Born 1951

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6045 MODEL

Renée Gunter

Born 1952

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6060 DIPLOMAT

Jonathan D. Farrar

Born 1956

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6063 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

David Gropman

Born 1952

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6064 BASEBALL

Ed Putman

Born 1953

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6067 ACTOR

Dee Booher

Born 1951

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6068 POLITICIAN

Linda Parks

Born 1957

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6071 ROCK

Marc Christian

1953 - 2009

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6076 THEATRE

John Bard Manulis

Born 1956

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6079 BASKET

Kathy Olivier

Born 1959

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6088 POLITICIAN

Eric J. Perrodin

Born 1959

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6089 FOOTBALL

Eric Williams (linebacker)

Born 1955

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6096 FOOTBALL

Reggie Pierson

Born 1952

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6116 COACH

Frank Cruz

Born 1959

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6130 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gene Brody

Born 1950

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6134 WRITER

David Karp (pomologist)

Born 1958

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6146 FOOTBALL

Mike Hunter (soccer)

Born 1958

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6160 BASEBALL

Rod Booker

Born 1958

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6166 POLITICIAN

Garrett Michael Hayes

Born 1956

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6172 BASSOONIST

Benjamin Kamins

Born 1952

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6188 PHYSICIST

David C. Slater

1957 - 2011

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6189 PLAYER

Robert Kreiss

Born 1953

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6199 WRITER

Thelma Adams

Born 1959

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6200 ACTOR

Charles Carroll (Schauspieler)

Born 1952

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6201 FILM

Clayton Townsend

Born 1957

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6213 POLITICAL

Kenneth G. Eade

Born 1957

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6225 OFFICER

Michael J. Aguilar

Born 1950

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6232 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Barbara Ling

Born 1952

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6258 FILM

Lyle Howry

Born 1958

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6273 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Brandon Centerwall

Born 1954

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6274 COMPOSER

Marty Krystall

Born 1951

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6275 BUSINESS

Karl F. Lopker

1951 - 2018

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6276 CONDUCTOR

Jo-Michael Scheibe

Born 1950

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6283 ACTOR

Renee Anderson

Born 1953

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6284 JOURNALIST

Christopher Jones (cinéaste)

Born 1957

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6288 FOOTBALL

Steve Stapler

Born 1958

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6290 SONGWRITER

Yehudah Katz

Born 1951

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6293 CEO

Eric Ellenbogen

Born 1957

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