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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Showing 200 of 6,947 notable people

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Adlai Stevenson II

1900 - 1965

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Earl Warren

1891 - 1974

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Eric Garcetti

Born 1971

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H. R. Haldeman

1926 - 1993

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Jan Brewer

Born 1944

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Ed Royce

Born 1951

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Judy Chu

Born 1953

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Hilda Solis

Born 1957

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Carla Anderson Hills

Born 1934

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Ami Bera

Born 1965

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Henry Waxman

Born 1939

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Duke Cunningham

Born 1941

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David Schweikert

Born 1962

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John W. Gardner

1912 - 2002

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Karen Bass

Born 1953

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Janice Hahn

Born 1952

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Nils Muižnieks

Born 1964

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Howard Berman

Born 1941

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Diane Watson

Born 1933

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Anthony A. Williams

Born 1951

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Laura Richardson

Born 1962

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Charles Djou

Born 1970

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John B. T. Campbell III

Born 1955

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Jack Williams (American politician)

1909 - 1998

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David McReynolds

1929 - 2018

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James Hahn

Born 1950

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Buck McKeon

Born 1938

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John S. Herrington

Born 1939

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Floyd Flake

Born 1945

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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Born 1932

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Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.

1914 - 2004

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Gloria Negrete McLeod

Born 1941

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Steve Bartlett

Born 1947

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Bill Sarpalius

Born 1948

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Anthony Rendon (politician)

Born 1968

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Howard Wolpe

1939 - 2011

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John H. Rousselot

1927 - 2003

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Lionel Van Deerlin

1914 - 2008

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Mel Levine

Born 1943

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Stanley Knowles

1908 - 1997

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Wes Cooley

1932 - 2015

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Ted Morton

Born 1949

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David Hammerstein Mintz

Born 1955

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Victor Veysey

1915 - 2001

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Frederick Eaton

1856 - 1934

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2735 POLITICIAN

Robert Badham

1929 - 2005

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2808 POLITICIAN

William M. Ketchum

1921 - 1978

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2818 POLITICIAN

Thomas M. Rees

1925 - 2003

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Gil Cisneros

Born 1971

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Kathy Augustine

1956 - 2006

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3079 POLITICIAN

Ronald P. Spogli

Born 1948

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3126 POLITICIAN

John Pérez

Born 1969

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LaToya Cantrell

Born 1972

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John M. Costello

1903 - 1976

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Ed Crane (political activist)

Born 1944

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Alex Padilla

Born 1973

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Jan Laverty Jones

Born 1949

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John C. Elliott

1919 - 2001

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Dick Mountjoy

1932 - 2015

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Roberta Achtenberg

Born 1950

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Edward M. Davis

1916 - 2006

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3695 POLITICIAN

Carmen Chu

Born 1978

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3704 POLITICIAN

Jack Weiss

Born 1964

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Wesley Chesbro

Born 1951

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Sharon Runner

1954 - 2016

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Zev Yaroslavsky

Born 1948

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Jeff Stone (California politician)

Born 1956

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Art Torres

Born 1946

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Mark Ridley-Thomas

Born 1954

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Walt Brown

Born 1926

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Ira Reiner

Born 1936

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Michael D. Antonovich

Born 1939

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Gail Schoettler

Born 1943

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Jay Walker (legislator)

Born 1972

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Robert Hertzberg

Born 1954

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Bernice Layne Brown

1908 - 2002

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4381 POLITICIAN

Douglas Bruce

Born 1949

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Maggie Toulouse Oliver

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Jason Frierson

Born 1970

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Patricia Bates

Born 1939

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Vi Simpson

Born 1946

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Don Benton

Born 1957

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Jason Boe

1929 - 1990

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Leon Young

Born 1967

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Andrew Ullmann

Born 1963

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Kenneth Hahn

1920 - 1997

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Frank Artiles

Born 1973

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James T. Butts Jr.

Born 1953

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Paul Koretz

Born 1955

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Michael Allen (California politician)

Born 1947

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Matt Dababneh

Born 1982

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Craig Huey

Born 1950

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Pat Nolan

Born 1950

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Marc Levine

Born 1974

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Vincent de Roulet

1925 - 1975

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Tony Mendoza (politician)

Born 1971

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Bill Rosendahl

1945 - 2016

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Curren Price

Born 1950

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Rod Pacheco

Born 1958

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Sean Wallentine

Born 1970

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Rocky Chávez

Born 1951

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Bill Paparian

Born 1949

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Phil Wyman

1945 - 2019

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Rocky Delgadillo

Born 1960

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5086 POLITICIAN

Fran Pavley

Born 1948

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5089 POLITICIAN

Laura Thielen

Born 1961

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5092 POLITICIAN

Holly Mitchell

Born 1964

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5124 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Ridley-Thomas

Born 1987

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Lorie Zapf

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5134 POLITICIAN

Raul Bocanegra

Born 1971

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5162 POLITICIAN

Jesse Petrilla

Born 1983

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5207 POLITICIAN

Wilfred Von der Ahe

1910 - 1998

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Dan K. Morhaim

Born 1948

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Mike Gipson

Born 1966

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5248 POLITICIAN

Lance Clow

Born 1947

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Cynthia Thielen

Born 1933

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5272 POLITICIAN

John Noguez

Born 1964

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5291 POLITICIAN

Scott Craig

Born 1964

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Jim Wheeler

Born 1953

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Kiki Curls

Born 1968

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5361 POLITICIAN

Ed Reyes

Born 1959

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5365 POLITICIAN

Peter F. Schabarum

Born 1929

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5385 POLITICIAN

Shane Pendergrass

Born 1950

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Mary Alice Ford

1935 - 2008

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Denise Moreno Ducheny

Born 1952

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Marshall Wright (politician)

Born 1975

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Hans Dunshee

Born 1953

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Randy Kirner

Born 1946

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Tom Calderon

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Dennis R. Patrick

Born 1951

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Charles W. Lyon

1887 - 1960

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Bill Campbell (California politician)

Born 1942

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Ron Lurie

Born 1941

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Sharon Quirk-Silva

Born 1962

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Autumn Burke

Born 1973

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Jeff Dial

Born 1976

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Jim Corbett (politician)

1924 - 2007

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Phil Soto

1926 - 1997

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Edmund D. Edelman

1930 - 2016

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David Schultheis

Born 1940

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Anthony Adams (politician)

Born 1971

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Bernie Richter

1931 - 1999

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Rosalind Wiener Wyman

Born 1930

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Susan Castillo

Born 1951

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5957 POLITICIAN

Charlene Zettel

Born 1947

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Nolan Frizzelle

1921 - 2013

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Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Born 1970

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John Lewis (California politician)

Born 1954

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Edward Craig (politician)

1896 - 1979

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Kim Schrier

Born 1968

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David Roberti

Born 1939

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Monica Rodriguez

-

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Gwen Moore (California politician)

Died 2020

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6057 POLITICIAN

Dennis Zine

Born 1947

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6068 POLITICIAN

Linda Parks

Born 1957

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6088 POLITICIAN

Eric J. Perrodin

Born 1959

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6156 POLITICIAN

Randolph Townsend

Born 1947

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6166 POLITICIAN

Garrett Michael Hayes

Born 1956

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Leonard Christian

Born 1965

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Elizabeth Cervantes Barron

Born 1938

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6228 POLITICIAN

Hector De La Torre

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Chris Brown (California politician)

Born 1981

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Vanessa Delgado

Born 1977

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Robert Campbell (California politician)

1937 - 2020

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Dan O'Keefe (politician)

-

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Larry Galizio

Born 1964

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Serge Dedina

Born 1964

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Newton Russell

1927 - 2013

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Kevin Murray (politician)

Born 1960

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Nick Pacheco

Born 1964

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6466 POLITICIAN

Mark Hodgins

Born 1947

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6498 POLITICIAN

Richard Polanco

Born 1951

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Richard Katz (politician)

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Tina Park

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Luz Rivas

Born 1974

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John Dougall (Utah politician)

Born 1966

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Alan Sieroty

Born 1930

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George Nakano

Born 1935

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Paul H. Lamport

1907 - 1984

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6644 POLITICIAN

Robert Levitt

1926 - 1998

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Lloyd E. Levine

Born 1969

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Diane Martinez

Born 1953

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6673 POLITICIAN

Dale Brandland

-

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Jorge Astiazarán Orcí

Born 1962

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Dale Doig

-

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Martin Gallegos

-

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John Driscoll (Montana politician)

Born 1946

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6852 POLITICIAN

Willard H. Murray Jr.

Born 1931

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Dave Elder (politician)

Born 1942

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Ronald Cordova

Born 1946

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Don Garrison

1925 - 2018

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Mark A. Pierce

-

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Frank Luckel

-

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Gordon Willden

1929 - 2019

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John Moreno (Politiker)

1927 - 1999

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W. Don MacGillivray

-

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Donna F. Tuttle

Born 1947

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Marcia de Braga

1937 - 2010

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6946 POLITICIAN

Arthur Widén

1905 - 1989

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Karen Schmidt

Born 1945

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