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
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  • Music
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
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6,947 notable people

3301 ACTOR

Danuel Pipoly

Born 1978

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3302 ACTOR

Casey Simpson

Born 2004

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3303 FOOTBALL

Guy Benjamin

Born 1955

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3304 HISTORIAN

Gerald Mast

1940 - 1988

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3305 FOOTBALL

Dennis Brown (defensive end)

Born 1967

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3306 FOOTBALL

Greg McElroy

Born 1988

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3307 ART DIRECTOR

Jack T. Collis

1923 - 1998

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3308 BASEBALL

Bobby Castillo

1955 - 2014

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3309 BASEBALL

Greg Goossen

1945 - 2011

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3310 ACTOR

Branden Williams

Born 1974

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3311 ACTOR

Serena Blair

Born 1988

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3312 COMPOSER

Steven Bramson

Born 1950

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3313 RADIO

Bob Prince

1916 - 1985

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3314 SINGER

Hilary (musician)

1950 - 2007

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3315 FOOTBALL

Rahim Moore

Born 1990

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3316 ENTOMOLOGIST

Ray F. Smith

1919 - 1999

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3317 ACTOR

Phillip Jeanmarie

Born 1978

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3318 ACTOR

Loren Lester

Born 1960

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3319 SWIMMER

Bob Bennett (swimmer)

Born 1943

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3320 FILM

John C. Howard

1930 - 1983

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3321 FILM

Gregg Landaker

Born 1951

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3322 ACTOR

Jensen Atwood

Born 1976

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3323 SWIMMER

Dick Blick (swimmer)

Born 1940

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3324 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Jaime Levy

Born 1966

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3325 SCULPTOR

Jerome Ranft

Born 1966

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3326 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mike Mandel

Born 1950

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3327 BASEBALL

Jeff Pentland

Born 1946

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3328 PHOTOGRAPHER

Stephen Wayda

Born 1946

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3329 CIVIL RIGHTS

Bunchy Carter

1942 - 1969

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3330 CHEMIST

Milton Harris (scientist)

1906 - 1991

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3331 SKIPPER

Owen Churchill

1896 - 1985

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3332 MUSIC

Russ Spiegel

Born 1962

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3333 DRIVER

Don Freeland

1925 - 2007

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3334 RAPPER

Bizzle

Born 1983

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3335 POLITICIAN

Jan Laverty Jones

Born 1949

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3336 ATHLETIC

Giovanni Lanaro

Born 1981

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3337 GYMNAST

Mattie Larson

Born 1992

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3338 PRODUCER

Gene Page

1939 - 1998

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3339 LAWYER

Charles Harder

Born 1970

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3340 ACTOR

Mark Saul (actor)

Born 1985

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3341 ENGINEER

Fred Offenhauser

1888 - 1973

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3342 ACTOR

Niketa Calame

Born 1980

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3343 ARTIST

Monica Majoli

Born 1963

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3344 SINGER

David Arthur Brown

Born 1967

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3345 ACTOR

Christopher Holden

Born 1974

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3346 BASKET

Chet Carlisle

1916 - 1988

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3347 ACTOR

Saundra Edwards

Born 1938

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3348 CHEF

Christine Hà

Born 1979

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3349 ACTOR

Garrett Backstrom

Born 1995

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3350 BASEBALL

Kevin Kennedy (baseball)

Born 1954

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3351 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Michael Barton (biologist)

Born 1949

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3352 PIANIST

Bertha Hope

Born 1936

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3353 RAPPER

Nikki D

Born 1968

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3354 ACTOR

Jeremy Gelbwaks

Born 1961

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3355 PRODUCER

DJ King Assassin

Born 1971

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3356 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Grecco

Born 1968

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3357 PHYSICIAN

David L. Katz

Born 1963

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3358 BASEBALL

Rene Lachemann

Born 1945

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3359 BASEBALL

Danny Walton

1947 - 2017

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3360 ACTOR

Sara Karloff

Born 1938

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3361 LINGUIST

Larry Hyman

Born 1947

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3362 ROWER

Mike Altman

Born 1975

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3363 ACTOR

Niki Koss

Born 1994

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3364 ENGINEER

Doug Peterson

1945 - 2017

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3365 ACTOR

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Born 1973

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3366 COACH

Darryl Rogers

1935 - 2018

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3367 POLITICIAN

John C. Elliott

1919 - 2001

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3368 MUSIC

Emilio Márquez

Born 1974

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3369 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Alden H. Miller

1906 - 1965

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3370 BASKET

Jim Seminoff

1922 - 2001

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3371 FOOTBALL

Dante Hughes

Born 1985

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3372 ACTOR

Shane Coffey

Born 1987

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3373 ACTOR

Rhonda Ross Kendrick

Born 1971

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3374 ACTOR

Blake Palmer

Born 1960

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3375 ACTOR

Don Steele

1936 - 1997

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3376 SINGER

Kipp Lennon

Born 1960

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3377 ENGINEER

Dan Wallin

Born 1927

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3378 NEUROSCIENTIST

Wilfrid Rall

1922 - 2018

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3379 GANGSTER

Joe Saenz

Born 1975

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3380 ACTOR

Keegan de Lancie

Born 1984

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3381 JOURNALIST

Bob Blackburn (announcer)

1924 - 2010

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3382 BASEBALL

Jeff Cox

Born 1955

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3383 ACTOR

Reina King

Born 1975

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3384 DESIGNER

Larry Shinoda

1930 - 1997

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3385 PIANIST

Danny Grissett

Born 1975

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3386 ACTOR

Johnny A. Sanchez

Born 1982

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3387 ACTOR

Kimberly Cullum

Born 1981

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3388 ACTOR

Brent Armitage

Born 1965

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3389 WRITER

V. B. Price

Born 1940

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3390 JOURNALIST

Katie Wagner

Born 1964

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3391 ACTOR

Bill Burrud

1925 - 1990

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3392 ORGANIST

James Edward Goettsche

Born 1943

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3393 ACTOR

Caitlin O'Connor

Born 1990

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3394 ACTOR

Christina Moses

Born 1978

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3395 ARTIST

Alicia Bay Laurel

Born 1949

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3396 POLITICIAN

Dick Mountjoy

1932 - 2015

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3397 FOOTBALL

Derek Tennell

Born 1964

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3398 ACTOR

Peter Kwong

Born 1952

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3399 COSTUME DESIGNER

Penny Rose

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3400 CINEMA

Sidney Wagner

1901 - 1947

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3401 MUSIC

Allan Praskin

Born 1948

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3402 DIPLOMAT

William A. Wilson (diplomat)

1914 - 2009

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3403 WRITER

Stacey Grenrock-Woods

Born 1968

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3404 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Robert R. Benton

1924 - 2003

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3405 ENGINEER

Robert Knudson

1925 - 2006

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3406 BADMINTON

Zulfadli Zulkiffli

Born 1994

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3407 FILM

Gary Shimokawa

Born 1942

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3408 BASKET

Richard Chaney

Born 1984

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3409 BASKET

Edgar Lacy

1944 - 2011

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3410 FOOTBALL

Derrick Ward

Born 1980

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3411 FOOTBALL

Bené Benwikere

Born 1991

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3412 CHOREOGRAPHER

Kevin Stea

Born 1969

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3413 JUDO

Alida Gray

Born 1975

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3414 PLAYER

Brie Rippner

Born 1980

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3415 ACTOR

Avi Nash

Born 1984

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3416 JOURNALIST

Tony Ortega

Born 1963

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3417 BASKET

Bob Bedell

1944 - 2015

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3418 SWIMMER

Frank Booth (swimmer)

1910 - 1980

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3419 ACTOR

Dawn Lyn

Born 1963

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3420 MATHEMATICIAN

David Gregory Ebin

Born 1942

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3421 SONGWRITER

Lex de Azevedo

Born 1943

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3422 PLAYER

Noriko Taniguchi

Born 1992

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3423 SPORT

Paul Sunderland

Born 1952

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3424 FOOTBALL

Stanley Wilson (running back)

Born 1961

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3425 ACTOR

Sienna Grace

Born 1989

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3426 BASKET

Raymond Lewis

1952 - 2001

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3427 ACTOR

Lloyd Avery II

1969 - 2005

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3428 PRESBYTER

Ralph D. Winter

1924 - 2009

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3429 FOOTBALL

Husain Abdullah

Born 1985

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3430 FILM

Jerry Warren

1925 - 1988

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3431 ARTIST

Sanford Biggers

Born 1970

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3432 MUSIC

Stacy Rowles

1955 - 2009

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3433 PSYCHOLOGIST

James Fadiman

Born 1939

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3434 BUSINESS

James A. Bell

Born 1948

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3435 MUSIC

Grant McCune

1943 - 2010

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3436 ACTOR

Jason Drucker

Born 1999

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3437 FILM

Robert Swarthe

Born 1942

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3438 COSTUME DESIGNER

Yvonne Wood

1914 - 1999

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3439 RACECAR

Johnny Parsons

Born 1944

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3440 SONGWRITER

Shana Halligan

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3441 ANIMATOR

Lilli Carré

Born 1983

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3442 FOOTBALL

Mychal Rivera

Born 1990

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3443 INVENTOR

James L. Buie

1920 - 1988

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3444 DRIVER

Mike Fisher (racing driver)

Born 1943

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3445 EDITOR

George Watters II

Born 1949

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3446 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Guralnick

Born 1950

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3447 ACTOR

Tim Hovey

1945 - 1989

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3448 ARCHITECT

David Randall Hertz

Born 1960

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3449 PAINTER

Alex Israel

Born 1982

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3450 ACADEMIC

John V. Lombardi

Born 1942

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3451 POLITICIAN

Roberta Achtenberg

Born 1950

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3452 ACTOR

Alexis Fire

Born 1964

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3453 ACTOR

Daniel Cerny

Born 1981

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3454 SCREENWRITER

Kerry Ehrin

Born 1960

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3455 ACTOR

Rhyon Nicole Brown

Born 1992

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3456 SINGER

Ralph Johnson (musician)

Born 1951

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3457 FOOTBALL

Roy Foster (American football)

Born 1960

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3458 RACE CAR

Cory Witherill

Born 1971

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3459 FOOTBALL

Arturo Angeles

Born 1953

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3460 PLAYER

Ninja Jorgensen

1940 - 2017

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3461 OBOIST

D. Scott Rogo

1950 - 1990

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3462 ACTOR

Jordan Kerner

Born 1950

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3463 FURNITURE MAKER

David Rowland

1924 - 2010

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3464 JOURNALIST

Mark Scott (businessman)

Born 1962

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3465 ACTOR

Elliot Fletcher

Born 1996

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3466 ACTOR

Josh Boswell

Born 1985

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3467 ACTOR

Fontaine La Rue

1897 - 1976

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3468 RADIO

Lee Marshall (announcer)

1949 - 2014

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3469 FOOTBALL

Herb Welch

Born 1961

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3470 BASEBALL

Eric Bullock

Born 1960

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3471 COSTUME DESIGNER

Morton Haack

1924 - 1987

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3472 POET

Emcee N.I.C.E.

-

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3473 ACTOR

Natalie Lander

Born 1983

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3474 FILM

Timothy A. Chey

-

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3475 ACTOR

Diane Linkletter

1948 - 1969

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3476 AUDIO

Shawn Murphy (sound engineer)

Born 1948

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3477 POLO

Philip Daubenspeck

1906 - 1951

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3478 LAWYER

Laura Wasser

Born 1968

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3479 ACTOR

Sophie Simmons

Born 1992

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3480 FILM

Daniel Rappaport

Born 1970

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3481 BASEBALL

George Hinshaw

Born 1959

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3482 ACTOR

Darla Haun

Born 1964

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3483 ATHLETIC

Jonathan Williams (athlete)

Born 1983

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3484 ACTOR

Saaphyri Windsor

Born 1979

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3485 FILM

Merv Adelson

1929 - 2015

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3486 PIANIST

Peter Zak

Born 1965

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3487 FILM

Matthew Robinson (director)

Born 1978

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3488 ARTIST

Elayne Angel

Born 1960

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3489 ACADEMIC

Gary W. Gallagher

-

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3490 NOVELIST

Paula L. Woods

Born 1953

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3491 SINGER

Jason Aalon Butler

Born 1986

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3492 SPORT

Jessica Springsteen

Born 1991

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3493 CARTOONIST

Kris Straub

Born 1979

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3494 RIDER

Danny LaPorte

Born 1957

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3495 NOVELIST

Daniel Keys Moran

Born 1962

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3496 FOOTBALL

Brandon Chillar

Born 1982

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3497 BIOLOGIST

Paul Saltman

1928 - 1999

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3498 BASEBALL

Ron Brand

Born 1940

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3499 RADIO

Bob Kevoian

Born 1950

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3500 NOVELIST

Carolyn Hougan

1943 - 2007

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3501 FILM

Ami Horowitz

-

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3502 JOURNALIST

Flora Lewis

1918 - 2002

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3503 FOOTBALL

Brandon Poltronieri

Born 1986

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3504 JOURNALIST

Jamie Reidy

Born 1970

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3505 PAINTER

Olle Bonniér

1925 - 2016

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3506 ACTOR

Kendra Sinclaire

Born 1990

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3507 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Anne Kuljian

Born 1949

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3508 ACTOR

Isabella Rice

Born 2006

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3509 ACTOR

Joyce Mandel

1950 - 2016

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3510 SONGWRITER

Sean Douglas (songwriter)

Born 1983

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3511 FILM

Stuart Benjamin

Born 1946

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3512 FILM

Greg Orloff

Born 1959

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3513 TELEVISION

Linda Day

1938 - 2009

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3514 ACTOR

Bellina Logan

Born 1966

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3515 FILM

Camille Billops

1933 - 2019

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3516 LYRICIST

Robert L. Freedman

Born 1957

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3517 MUSIC

Robert Haimer

Born 1954

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3518 SHOWGIRL

Geri McGee

1936 - 1982

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3519 MODEL

Marya Carter

Born 1942

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3520 DRIVER

Jay Chamberlain

1925 - 2001

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3521 ATHLETIC

Clayton Parros

Born 1990

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3522 COSTUME DESIGNER

Isis Mussenden

Born 1959

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3523 SINGER

Young Rome

Born 1981

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3524 FILM

Rick Sloane

Born 1961

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3525 COMPOSER

Wayne Siegel

Born 1953

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3526 ACTOR

Andy Samuel

1909 - 1992

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3527 SKATER

Starr Andrews

Born 2001

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3528 FILM

Barry Ptolemy

Born 1969

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3529 ACTOR

Beverly Polcyn

1927 - 2018

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3530 WRITER

Joanna Brooks

Born 1971

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3531 SOLDIER

Sadao Munemori

1922 - 1945

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3532 PHOTOGRAPHER

John Divola

Born 1949

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3533 ACTOR

Jerry Messing

Born 1986

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3534 ACTOR

Annabelle Attanasio

Born 1992

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3535 MUSIC

Tommy Johnson (tubist)

1935 - 2006

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3536 POLITICIAN

Edward M. Davis

1916 - 2006

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3537 PHOTOGRAPHER

Harry Gamboa Jr.

Born 1951

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3538 PRODUCER

Yung Skeeter

Born 1985

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3539 BASEBALL

Bob Watson

1946 - 2020

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3540 NOVELIST

Robert A. Metzger

Born 1956

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3541 ACTOR

Beverly Washburn

Born 1943

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3542 ACTOR

Bill Cody Jr.

1925 - 1989

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3543 FILM

Chris Marrs Piliero

-

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3544 FOOTBALL

Marcus Martin

Born 1993

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3545 PAINTER

Tom Christopher

Born 1952

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3546 JOURNALIST

Robert E. Thompson

1921 - 2003

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3547 BALLET

Violetta Bovt

1927 - 1995

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3548 FOOTBALL

Antwan Applewhite

Born 1985

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3549 NEWS PRESENTER

Nicole Lapin

Born 1984

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3550 ACTOR

Scarlett Estevez

Born 2007

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3551 RADIO

Frank Bresee

1932 - 2018

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3552 PIANIST

Lincoln Mayorga

Born 1937

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3553 ROWER

Cleve Livingston

Born 1947

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3554 PRODUCER

Stephen Talbot

Born 1949

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3555 ART DIRECTOR

A. Earl Hedrick

1896 - 1985

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3556 ART DIRECTOR

Robert Odell

1896 - 1984

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3557 BOXER

Mike Anchondo

Born 1982

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3558 WRITER

Daniel Olivas

Born 1959

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3559 COMPOSER

Sam Sadigursky

Born 1979

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3560 ENTREPRENEUR

John Hope Bryant

Born 1966

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3561 PAINTER

Chaz Bojorquez

Born 1949

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3562 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Edward G. Coffman Jr.

Born 1934

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3563 NOVELIST

Michael Hemmingson

1966 - 2014

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3564 ACTOR

Kat (porrskådespelare)

Born 1985

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3565 PHILANTHROPIST

Betsy Bloomingdale

1922 - 2016

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3566 DRIVER

Emerson Newton-John

Born 1974

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3567 PIANIST

Marioara Trifan

Born 1950

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3568 ARTIST

Erika Cosby

Born 1965

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3569 SINGER

Lilly Hiatt

Born 1984

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3570 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo White

Born 1966

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3571 BASEBALL

Brady Raggio

Born 1972

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3572 PAINTER

David Novros

Born 1941

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3573 JOURNALIST

Brendan I. Koerner

Born 1974

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3574 COLUMNIST

Diana West

Born 1961

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3575 ACTOR

Larry Simms

1934 - 2009

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3576 FOOTBALL

Josh Andrews

Born 1991

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3577 SINGER

Ruby Stewart

Born 1987

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3578 FILM

Jason Trost

Born 1986

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3579 ACTOR

Victor Brandt

Born 1942

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3580 ACTOR

Larry Zerner

Born 1963

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3581 SCREENWRITER

Matt Manfredi

-

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3582 SONGWRITER

Mark Mueller

Born 1956

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3583 ARTIST

Anne Collier

Born 1970

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3584 FOOTBALL

Ryan Laursen

Born 1992

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3585 ACTOR

Dominique Davalos

Born 1965

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3586 BASKET

Andre Patterson

Born 1983

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3587 ARCHER

James L. Easton

Born 1935

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3588 HISTORIAN

Alexander Vucinich

1914 - 2002

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3589 ACTOR

Angelique Bates

Born 1980

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3590 FOOTBALL

Kitrick Taylor

Born 1964

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3591 PRODUCER

Bill Metoyer

Born 1960

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3592 ACTOR

David Greenspan

Born 1956

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3593 COMPOSER

Rick Rhodes

1951 - 2005

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3594 BUSINESS

Roy Price

Born 1967

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3595 MUSIC

Clifford Solomon

1931 - 2004

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3596 NOVELIST

Karl Alexander (writer)

1944 - 2015

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3597 ACTOR

David Allen Brooks

Born 1947

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3598 RAPPER

Luke Christopher

Born 1993

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3599 ACTOR

Brooke Bloom

-

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3600 WRITER

Joan Lowery Nixon

1927 - 2003

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