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.

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3901 BASKET

Jeff Bonds

Born 1982

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3902 CARTOONIST

Farel Dalrymple

Born 1972

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3903 ACTOR

Bobbie Beard

1930 - 1999

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3904 ACTOR

Nina Shipman

Born 1938

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3905 BASEBALL

Damian Jackson

Born 1973

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3906 FILM

Hollingsworth Morse

1910 - 1988

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3907 SINGER

Tiffanie Anderson

Born 1988

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3908 PAINTER

Retna

Born 1979

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3909 SINGER

Janet Robin

Born 1966

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3910 ARCHITECT

Dion Neutra

1926 - 2019

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3911 POET

Doren Robbins

Born 1949

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3912 ACTOR

Alexandra Hay

1947 - 1993

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3913 PLAYER

Kirk Kilgour

1947 - 2002

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3914 ACTOR

Patrice Holloway

1951 - 2006

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3915 THEATRE

Arvin Brown

Born 1940

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3916 MARTIAL ART

Joey Villaseñor

Born 1975

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3917 ACTOR

Terrell Tilford

Born 1969

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3918 FOOTBALL

Kaelin Burnett

Born 1989

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3919 SINGER

Simonne Jones

Born 1987

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3920 FILM

John Longenecker

Born 1947

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3921 BASEBALL

Ken Landreaux

Born 1954

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3922 ACTOR

Marco Lopez (actor)

Born 1935

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3923 PLAYER

Peter Wright (tennis)

Born 1963

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3924 ACTOR

Jeri Gaile

Born 1957

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3925 PHYSICIST

Richard George Brewer

1928 - 2012

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3926 ACTOR

Stephanie Farrow

Born 1949

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3927 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Norman Rockett

1911 - 1996

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3928 NOVELIST

Elisa Albert

Born 1978

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3929 SINGER

Jerry Knight

1952 - 1996

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3930 ACTOR

Sally Jane Bruce

Born 1948

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3931 SCIENTIST

Noel B. Reynolds

Born 1941

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3932 ACTOR

Shorty Rossi

Born 1969

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3933 ACTOR

Ivy Lebelle

Born 1987

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3934 ACTOR

Eilene Janssen

Born 1938

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3935 PAINTER

Varnette Honeywood

1950 - 2010

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3936 FILM

Karl Schaefer

-

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3937 SCULPTOR

Mowry Baden

Born 1936

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3938 ACTOR

Anthony Pullen Shaw

Born 1952

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3939 ACTOR

Patrick Petersen

Born 1966

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3940 MARTIAL ART

Scorpio Sky

Born 1983

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3941 WRITER

Micah Nathan

Born 1973

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3942 ACTOR

Silvana Bayer

Born 1980

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3943 SCREENWRITER

Joel Kane

1921 - 1993

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3944 POLITICIAN

Jeff Stone (California politician)

Born 1956

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3945 SHOW

Paul Nassif

Born 1962

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3946 ACTOR

Pat Close

1948 - 1988

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3947 SKIPPER

William Cooper (sailor)

1910 - 1968

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3948 POLITICIAN

Art Torres

Born 1946

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3949 ACTOR

Madelyn Deutch

Born 1991

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3950 ACTOR

Gabriel Tigerman

Born 1980

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3951 FOOTBALL

Mel Kaufman

1958 - 2009

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3952 ARTIST

Sharon Cheslow

Born 1961

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3953 ACTOR

Jessica Straus

Born 1962

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3954 LAWYER

Fernando M. Olguin

Born 1961

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3955 ACTOR

Don Oreck

1930 - 2006

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3956 SCREENWRITER

Victoria Riskin

Born 1945

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3957 JOURNALIST

Harold Meyerson

Born 1950

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3958 HISTORIAN

Andrei Cherny

Born 1975

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3959 SCREENWRITER

Paul King (scénariste)

1926 - 1996

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3960 LIBERAL

Reginald Berkeley

1890 - 1935

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3961 LAWYER

Robin Sax

Born 1972

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3962 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alex Stamos

-

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3963 BASEBALL

Pepper Paire

1924 - 2013

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3964 SCREENWRITER

Jess Winfield

Born 1961

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3965 BOXER

José Navarro (boxer)

Born 1981

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3966 PRIEST

Garfield Bromley Oxnam

1891 - 1963

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3967 JAVELIN THROWER

Sherry Calvert

Born 1951

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3968 SINGER

Esna (singer)

Born 1987

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3969 ACTOR

Cynthia Pinot

Born 1974

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3970 SCREENWRITER

Sue Dwiggins

1914 - 2011

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3971 FOOTBALL

Hamza Abdullah

Born 1983

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3972 SKATER

Diane Sherbloom

1942 - 1961

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3973 FOOTBALL

Mark Bradford (American football)

Born 1984

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3974 PHYSICIAN

Terry Dubrow

Born 1958

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3975 ACTOR

Timothy Farrell

1922 - 1989

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3976 ACTOR

Mara McAfee

1929 - 1984

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3977 BASEBALL

Bill Slayback

1948 - 2015

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3978 ADVISOR

Paul N. Stockton

Born 1954

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3979 SINGER

James Armstrong (musician)

Born 1957

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3980 ACTOR

Curtis Williams

Born 1987

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3981 PROFESSOR

Jill Raitt

Born 1931

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3982 BASEBALL

Derrel Thomas

Born 1951

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3983 FILM

Braden Barty

Born 1970

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3984 PHOTOGRAPHER

Delmar Watson

1926 - 2008

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3985 FILM

Cle Shaheed Sloan

Born 1971

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3986 FILM

Gabriel Cowan

Born 1973

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3987 PHOTOGRAPHER

Anthony Hernandez (photographer)

Born 1947

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3988 ENTREPRENEUR

Lisa Hoffman

Born 1954

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3989 BASEBALL

Mitchell Page

1951 - 2011

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3990 FOOTBALL

Hue Jackson

Born 1965

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3991 ACTOR

Larry Duran

1925 - 2002

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3992 POLITICIAN

Mark Ridley-Thomas

Born 1954

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3993 CINEMA

Kemp Niver

1911 - 1996

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3994 PAINTER

Monique Prieto

Born 1962

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3995 BUSINESS

Milton H. Bren

1904 - 1979

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3996 PHYSICIAN

Armand Dorian

Born 1973

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3997 POLITICIAN

Walt Brown

Born 1926

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3998 SINGER

Chuck Girard

Born 1943

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3999 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ellen Brooks

Born 1946

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4000 LAWYER

Martin V. Biscailuz

1861 - 1899

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4001 SINGER

Chuckii Booker

Born 1964

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4002 FILM

Nicholaus Goossen

Born 1978

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4003 SCREENWRITER

Diane Drake

-

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4004 BASEBALL

Rudy Regalado

1930 - 2018

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4005 FOOTBALL

Chidi Iwuoma

Born 1978

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4006 TALENT AGENT

Victor Orsatti

1905 - 1984

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4007 CHEF

Nancy Silverton

Born 1954

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4008 MOUNTAINEER

Dee Molenaar

1918 - 2020

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4009 ACTOR

Djoir

-

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4010 ENGINEER

Art Rochester

Born 1944

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4011 MUSIC

Joe Comfort

1917 - 1988

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4012 ACTOR

Amber Lily

Born 1997

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4013 HISTORIAN

W. Michael Mathes

1936 - 2012

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4014 ACTOR

Suzanne Ridgeway

1918 - 1996

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4015 ACTOR

Meridith Baer

Born 1947

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4016 POLITICIAN

Ira Reiner

Born 1936

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4017 COMPOSER

Gene Russell

1932 - 1981

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4018 WRITER

Stuart Schuffman

Born 1980

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4019 MUSIC

T. J. Jackson (singer)

Born 1978

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4020 ANIMATOR

Dick N. Lucas

1920 - 1997

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4021 MODEL

Clark James Gable

1988 - 2019

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4022 BASKET

Jim Owens (basketball, born 1950)

Born 1950

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4023 PAINTER

Ilene Segalove

Born 1950

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4024 ACTOR

Stephen Shea

Born 1961

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4025 PAINTER

Autumn de Forest

Born 2001

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4026 FOOTBALL

Dennis Thurman

Born 1956

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4027 CINEMA

Kent L. Wakeford

1928 - 2020

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4028 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Setha Low

Born 1948

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4029 POLO

Russell Webb (water polo)

Born 1945

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4030 WRITER

Chris Conkling

Born 1949

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4031 MANDOLINIST

John Bilezikjian

1948 - 2015

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4032 ACTOR

John Clark Gable

1961 - 2019

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4033 ACTOR

Julie Payne (actress, born 1940)

1940 - 2019

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4034 ACTOR

Kavan Reece

Born 1979

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4035 CARTOONIST

Darrin Bell

Born 1975

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4036 BASEBALL

Harry Danning

1911 - 2004

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4037 ARTIST

Beatrice De Alba

-

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4038 POLO

Steven Barnett (water polo)

Born 1943

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4039 AUTHOR

Olympia LePoint

Born 1976

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4040 SINGER

Dennis Parlato

Born 1947

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4041 SPECIAL EFFECTS

Leslie Ekker

Born 1955

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4042 ACTOR

Mikey Madison

Born 1999

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4043 ACTOR

Melanie Wilson (actress)

Born 1961

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4044 PIANIST

David M. Arden

Born 1949

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4045 PHOTOGRAPHER

Linda Wolf

Born 1950

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4046 MUSIC

Chris Calloway

1945 - 2008

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4047 SONGWRITER

Gizzle

Born 1987

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4048 SWIMMER

Robert Hughes (swimmer)

1930 - 2012

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4049 ACTOR

Briana Lane

Born 1985

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4050 MUSIC

Conrad Lozano

Born 1951

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4051 NOVELIST

Greg van Eekhout

-

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4052 JOURNALIST

Bill Griffeth

Born 1956

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4053 ACTOR

Beverly Sanders

Born 1940

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4054 ARTIST

Patrisse Cullors

Born 1984

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4055 DISCOVER

Michael Taylor (forester)

Born 1966

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4056 FENCER

Chris O'Loughlin (fencer)

Born 1967

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4057 SPORT

Michael Allen (cyclist)

Born 1935

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4058 DESIGNER

Gerard Huerta

Born 1952

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4059 ACTOR

Jeremy Licht

Born 1971

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4060 ACTOR

Naura Hayden

1930 - 2013

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4061 RAPPER

Johnny 3 Tears

Born 1981

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4062 WRITER

Donald Harstad

Born 1946

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4063 SOCIOLOGIST

Thomas Shapiro

Born 1947

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4064 ENTREPRENEUR

Marc Nathanson

Born 1946

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4065 MUSIC

Mike Kowalski

Born 1944

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4066 MUSIC

Royce Jones

Born 1954

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4067 BASKET

Stephen Maxwell (basketball)

Born 1993

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4068 MUSIC

Christian Coma

Born 1985

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4069 BASEBALL

Dan Naulty

Born 1970

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4070 BASKET

Buster Matheney

1956 - 2000

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4071 POLITICIAN

Michael D. Antonovich

Born 1939

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4072 FILM

Carl Monson

1932 - 1988

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4073 ACTOR

AJ Lamas

Born 1983

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4074 BASKET

Andy Hill (basketball)

Born 1950

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4075 ACTOR

Larry Domasin

Born 1955

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4076 FILM

Bud Molin

1925 - 2007

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4077 ACTOR

Susan Player

1954 - 2019

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4078 MUSIC

Cheri Keaggy

Born 1968

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4079 SINGER

Blinky (singer)

Born 1944

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4080 SCREENWRITER

Carlyle Eubank

Born 1950

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4081 FOOTBALL

Tony Parrish

Born 1975

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4082 ACTOR

Mike Vitar

Born 1978

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4083 PHOTOGRAPHER

William Carter (photographer)

Born 1934

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4084 LAWYER

Nora Margaret Manella

Born 1951

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4085 JUDGE

Cynthia Holcomb Hall

1929 - 2011

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4086 ACTOR

Kario Salem

Born 1955

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4087 COLLECTOR

Robert Citron

1925 - 2013

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4088 POET

Albert Saijo

1926 - 2011

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4089 FOOTBALL

Lloyd Mumphord

Born 1946

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4090 ACTOR

Kyle Sabihy

Born 1983

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4091 POET

T. S. Kerrigan

Born 1939

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4092 PLAYER

Tony Graham (tennis)

Born 1956

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4093 CLIMATOLOGIST

Michael Schlesinger

1943 - 2018

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4094 POLO

Bruce Bradley

Born 1947

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4095 ACTOR

Frank Lenart

Born 1955

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4096 PAINTER

James Coleman (American artist)

Born 1949

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4097 COMPOSER

Julian Wass

Born 1981

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4098 FILM

George Glass

1910 - 1984

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4099 ACTOR

Dana Daurey

Born 1976

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4100 SCULPTOR

Bob Haozous

Born 1943

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4101 LAWYER

Michael W. Fitzgerald

Born 1959

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4102 PHOTOGRAPHER

Wendy Sue Lamm

Born 1964

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4103 ACTOR

Kathryn Grody

Born 1946

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4104 ASSEMBLY

Mike Gatto

Born 1974

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4105 SWIMMER

Bill Barrett (swimmer)

Born 1960

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4106 AUTHOR

Herbert L. Becker

Born 1956

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4107 LAWYER

Mark Meckler

Born 1961

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4108 ARTIST

Peter Shire

Born 1947

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4109 VOCALIST

Hap Palmer

Born 1942

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4110 PLAYWRIGHT

Kirsten Childs

Born 1952

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4111 ACADEMIC

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Born 1946

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4112 ACTIVIST

David Keyes

Born 1984

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4113 ACTOR

Marshall Efron

1938 - 2019

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4114 ARTIST

Ian Cheng

Born 1984

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4115 BASKET

John O'Boyle

Born 1928

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4116 SINGER

Brandon Saller

Born 1983

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4117 ACTOR

Jordan Lane Price

Born 1992

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4118 GUITAR

Vic Johnson (musician)

-

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4119 ACTOR

Tara Karsian

Born 1965

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4120 ACTOR

Georgiana Young

1924 - 2007

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4121 PUBLISHER

Ward Ritchie

1905 - 1996

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4122 ACTOR

Natalie Cohen

Born 1985

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4123 ARTIST

Edgar Arceneaux

Born 1972

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4124 COACH

Jon Embree

Born 1965

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4125 ACTOR

Anna Jacoby-Heron

Born 1995

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4126 ACTOR

Michael O'Sullivan (actor)

1934 - 1971

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4127 SCREENWRITER

Hillary Carlip

Born 1956

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4128 SINGER

John "Juke" Logan

1946 - 2013

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4129 ACTOR

Hal Stalmaster

Born 1940

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4130 AUDIO

Gene Paul

Born 1944

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4131 ACTOR

Barbara Whiting Smith

1931 - 2004

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4132 BLOGGER

Claire Thomas

Born 1986

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4133 ACTOR

Ellen Idelson

1961 - 2003

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4134 COMPOSER

Richard Niles

Born 1951

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4135 FOOTBALL

Devin Lucien

Born 1993

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4136 REALTOR

Jeb Stuart Adams

Born 1961

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4137 MURDER

Jason Derek Brown

Born 1969

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4138 FILM

Craig Saavedra

Born 1963

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4139 WRITER

Alan Gottlieb

Born 1947

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4140 JOURNALIST

Mark Matousek

Born 1957

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4141 ACTOR

Kristina van Eyck

Born 1954

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4142 BASEBALL

Willie Crawford

1946 - 2004

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4143 PRODUCER

Simon Waronker

1915 - 2005

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4144 ACTOR

Meg Bennett

Born 1950

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4145 ACTOR

Harlee McBride

Born 1948

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4146 FOOTBALL

Lamont Hollinquest

Born 1970

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4147 RAPPER

Worldwide (rapper)

Born 1986

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4148 ACTOR

Deezer D

Born 1965

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4149 ARTIST

Eric Wesley

Born 1973

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4150 ACTOR

Henry Dittman

Born 1971

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4151 ART DIRECTOR

Jack Poplin

1920 - 2007

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4152 ACTOR

Tanee McCall

Born 1981

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4153 ILLUSTRATOR

Margot Zemach

1931 - 1989

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4154 MUSIC

Michael Ward (musician)

Born 1967

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4155 FOOTBALL

Antwaun Woods

Born 1993

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4156 ACTOR

Kalai Strode

1946 - 2014

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4157 ACTOR

Brent Weinbach

-

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4158 FOOTBALL

Elijhaa Penny

Born 1993

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4159 ARTIST

Michael Joaquin Grey

Born 1961

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4160 FILM

Anthony Lucero

Born 1967

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4161 ACTOR

Tom Gamboa

Born 1948

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4162 SONGWRITER

Danny Jacob

Born 1956

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4163 FOOTBALL

Butch Johnson (American football)

Born 1954

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4164 PHOTOGRAPHER

Todd Gray (artist)

Born 1954

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4165 SINGER

Dean Miller

Born 1965

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4166 ACTOR

Lucy Marlow

Born 1932

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4167 ARTIST

Monty Westmore

1923 - 2007

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4168 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Reinhardt

Born 1938

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4169 ACTOR

Robert Christian

1939 - 1983

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4170 ACTOR

Barbara Jean Wong

1924 - 1999

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4171 SCREENWRITER

Ari Berk

Born 1967

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4172 ACTOR

David Stollery

Born 1941

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4173 PUPPETEER

Nikki Tilroe

1941 - 2005

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4174 CARTOONIST

Steve Breen

Born 1970

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4175 CHOREOGRAPHER

Liz Lerman

Born 1947

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4176 INVESTOR

Dave Berkus

Born 1941

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4177 ACTOR

Carol Brewster

Born 1927

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4178 FILM

Michael Sloane

Born 1959

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4179 WRITER

Cathy Park Hong

Born 1976

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4180 RIDER

Hilda Gurney

Born 1943

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4181 LAWYER

Carlos R. Moreno

Born 1948

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4182 POLITICIAN

Gail Schoettler

Born 1943

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4183 ACTOR

Lauren Powers

Born 1961

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4184 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Terence Parr

Born 1964

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4185 FILM

Christopher Horner (director)

Born 1955

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4186 BASEBALL

Jack Lohrke

1924 - 2009

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4187 PAINTER

Zuka

1924 - 2016

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4188 BASEBALL

Bill Bordley

Born 1958

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4189 POLITICIAN

Jay Walker (legislator)

Born 1972

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4190 ACTOR

Peter Ford (actor)

Born 1945

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4191 ARTIST

Johanna Hedva

Born 1984

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4192 FILM

Steven C. Melendez

Born 1945

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4193 MUSIC

Kevin Kelley (musician)

1943 - 2002

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4194 SKATER

Eugene Turner

1920 - 2010

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4195 BASKET

David Carter (basketball)

Born 1967

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4196 ACTOR

Michael Chapin

Born 1936

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4197 ARTIST

Gretchen Andrew

Born 1988

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4198 COMPOSER

Louie Pérez

Born 1953

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4199 SINGER

Ferraby Lionheart

Born 1977

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4200 BASKET

Ronnie Aguilar

Born 1987

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