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 1,009 of 6,947 notable people

5997 SAXOPHONIST

Timo Shanko

Born 1968

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6000 BASEBALL

Colin Ward (baseball)

Born 1960

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6002 JOURNALIST

Sasha Stone

Born 1965

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6019 GOLF

Greg Twiggs

Born 1960

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6027 POLITICIAN

Kim Schrier

Born 1968

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6034 POLICE

Nino Durden

Born 1963

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6036 BUSINESS

Scott Ehrlich

Born 1965

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6044 DIPLOMAT

Nicole Avant

Born 1968

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6054 FOOTBALL

Richard Johnson (wide receiver)

Born 1961

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6059 DRUMMER

Patrick Muzingo

Born 1965

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6073 SPORT

Anthony Sewell

1962 - 2009

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6090 JOURNALIST

Erin Aubry Kaplan

Born 1962

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6093 PLAYER

Mark Wooldridge

Born 1962

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6094 SPRINT

Gwen Gardner

Born 1960

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6099 SON

Lloyd Monserratt

1966 - 2003

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6107 BASKET

Julie Rousseau

Born 1965

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6111 BASEBALL

Dave Liddell

Born 1966

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6120 POLITICAL

Charles R. Chamberlain

Born 1969

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6126 FOOTBALL

Scott Stephen

Born 1964

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6136 FOOTBALL

Greg Clark (linebacker)

Born 1965

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6140 FOOTBALL

Charles Mincy

Born 1969

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6142 GUITAR

Eddie Perez (guitarist)

Born 1968

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6168 DESIGNER

Claire Pettibone

Born 1967

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6178 SURGEON

Randal Haworth

Born 1961

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6179 MUSIC

Ronnie King

Born 1963

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6181 BIOLOGIST

Michael E. Hochberg

Born 1960

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6185 FOOTBALL

Aaron Craver

Born 1968

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6187 ACTOR

Kimber Lynn Eastwood

Born 1964

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6190 FOOTBALL

Rick Cunningham (American football)

Born 1967

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6193 FOOTBALL

Clint Sampson

1961 - 2011

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6203 CARTOGRAPHER

Kate Edwards

Born 1965

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6206 FOOTBALL

Mark Brown (linebacker, born 1961)

Born 1961

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6217 LIEUTENANT

Steven M. Shepro

Born 1962

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6219 POLITICIAN

Leonard Christian

Born 1965

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6223 ATTORNEY

Kevin Ambler

Born 1961

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6224 ARTIST

Helane Freeman

Born 1964

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6249 CIVIL RIGHTS

James Hart Stern

1964 - 2019

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6254 BASKET

Jerome Jenkins

Born 1967

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6255 SPORT

Shawn Texas

Born 1963

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6280 LAWYER

Ed Howard

Born 1963

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6282 POLITICIAN

Larry Galizio

Born 1964

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6291 MUSIC

Eric Stacy

Born 1964

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6296 UNITED NATION

Shombi Sharp

Born 1969

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6306 SONGWRITER

Brent Jones (musician)

Born 1966

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6328 POLITICIAN

Serge Dedina

Born 1964

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6331 BASSIST

Johnny Araya

Born 1969

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6354 BASKET

Vince Kelley

Born 1962

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6362 ARCHITECT

Zoltan Pali

Born 1960

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6364 BOXER

Robert Baltazar

Born 1963

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6368 OPERA

Gualtiero Negrini

Born 1961

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6384 GOLF

Vic Wilk

Born 1960

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6408 FILM

Pascal Franchot

Born 1962

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6409 POLITICIAN

Kevin Murray (politician)

Born 1960

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6436 HANDBALL

Sandra DeLaRiva

Born 1961

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6445 POLITICIAN

Nick Pacheco

Born 1964

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6450 ACTOR

Dan Lorge

Born 1962

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6451 BASKET

Johnny Brown (basketball)

Born 1963

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6493 MODEL

Anne-Marie Fox

Born 1962

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6494 FOOTBALL

Bernard Dafney

1968 - 2006

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6502 JOURNALIST

Oliver Benjamin

Born 1968

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6519 ACTOR

Randall Slavin

Born 1969

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6529 SINGER

Justin Chart

Born 1960

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6531 FILM

Art Camacho

Born 1960

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6534 DESIGNER

Drew Bernstein

1964 - 2014

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6535 SINGER

Jared Louche

Born 1960

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6538 WRITER

Aya de Leon

Born 1967

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6547 SPORT

Kevin Holmes

Born 1964

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6553 INSURANCE

Louis Ziskin

Born 1969

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6566 FOOTBALL

James Hood (Canadian football)

Born 1961

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6581 FOOTBALL

Duane Galloway

Born 1961

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6592 POLITICIAN

John Dougall (Utah politician)

Born 1966

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6617 PLAYER

Dee Luong

Born 1968

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6618 WRITER

Richard Bitner

Born 1966

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6630 FOOTBALL

Sheldon Gaines

Born 1964

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6637 PAINTER

Jason Mecier

Born 1968

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6647 BASEBALL

Dwight Taylor (baseball)

Born 1960

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6649 ACTOR

Dana Laurita

Born 1964

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6650 ROCK

Evan Shanks

Born 1964

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6651 FILM

Arlan Jewell

Born 1962

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6652 HISTORIAN

Kyra E. Hicks

Born 1965

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6655 LAWYER

Evan H. Caminker

Born 1961

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6657 POLITICIAN

Lloyd E. Levine

Born 1969

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6672 COMPOSER

Bob Bellerue

Born 1968

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6693 SURFER

Jeff Booth

Born 1969

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6700 SAXOPHONIST

Angélla Christie

Born 1963

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6735 POLITICAL

Rex Babin

1962 - 2012

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6754 BASEBALL

Quinn Mack

Born 1965

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6757 DRUMMER

Ray Mehlbaum

Born 1964

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6767 ANIMATOR

Ian J. Coony

Born 1969

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6772 FOOTBALL

Reggie Taylor (Canadian football)

Born 1964

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6775 CEO

Michelle Wahlgren

Born 1964

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6781 COMPOSER

Joey Rubenstein

Born 1968

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6785 SPORT

Jen Allred

Born 1961

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6791 MUSIC

Lorenzo Martínez (musician)

Born 1967

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6797 FOOTBALL

Mike Moffitt

Born 1963

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6803 POLITICIAN

Jorge Astiazarán Orcí

Born 1962

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6809 SWIMMER

Erik Rosskopf

Born 1965

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6819 BASEBALL

Brent Knackert

Born 1969

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6821 FOOTBALL

Joe Cormier

Born 1963

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6840 BASEBALL

Bill Moore (first baseman)

Born 1960

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6857 FOOTBALL

Anthony Drawhorn

Born 1965

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6874 ACTOR

Lisa Orgolini

Born 1963

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6880 FOOTBALL

Lavale Thomas

Born 1963

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6884 FOOTBALL

Fred Small (American football)

1963 - 2003

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6888 BASKET

Teresa Palmisano

Born 1969

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6897 SCULPTOR

Rebeca Bollinger

Born 1960

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6902 FOOTBALL

Andrew Jackson (running back)

Born 1964

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6913 BASKET

Barbara Bolden

Born 1969

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6915 CHEMIST

Jonathan A. Ellman

Born 1962

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