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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6,947 notable people

4501 ACTOR

Bobby Anderson (actor)

1933 - 2008

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4502 AUDIO

Waldon O. Watson

1907 - 1986

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4503 PHOTOGRAPHER

George Pickow

1922 - 2010

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4504 PHILANTHROPIST

Margaret Anne Cargill

1920 - 2006

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4505 SINGER

Richard Fredricks

Born 1933

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4506 ACTOR

Mike Faiola

Born 1978

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4507 ACTOR

Laura Niles

Born 1978

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4508 NOVELIST

Leslie What

Born 1955

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4509 SINGER

Marshall Leib

1939 - 2002

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4510 CHOREOGRAPHER

Galen Hooks

Born 1985

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4511 FOOTBALL

Brett Basanez

Born 1983

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4512 BASKET

Sean Cunningham (basketball)

Born 1986

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4513 ACTOR

Chet Hanks

Born 1990

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4514 PAINTER

Lee Waisler

Born 1938

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4515 FOOTBALL

Mark Seay

Born 1967

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4516 CLIMATOLOGIST

Clayton Brough

Born 1950

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4517 PSYCHOLOGIST

Joseph LoPiccolo (psychology)

1943 - 2019

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4518 GOLF

Barry Jaeckel

Born 1949

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4519 ACTOR

Stuart Fratkin

Born 1963

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4520 LAWYER

LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall

Born 1970

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4521 GO PLAYER

Richard Bozulich

Born 1936

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4522 GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Tomoko Miho

1931 - 2012

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4523 ACTOR

Paul Harris (actor)

1917 - 1985

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4524 PLAYER

Eugene Selznick

1930 - 2012

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4525 ACTOR

Stella Garcia

Born 1942

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4526 PLAYWRIGHT

Hilly Hicks Jr.

Born 1970

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4527 POLITICIAN

Vi Simpson

Born 1946

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4528 BASEBALL

Roger Freed

1946 - 1996

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4529 BASEBALL

Greg Johnston (baseball)

Born 1955

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4530 POET

Wendy C. Ortiz

Born 1973

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4531 SINGER

Kiki Ebsen

Born 1958

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4532 MUSIC

Greg Saenz

Born 1967

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4533 SINGER

Stephanie Bennett (harpist)

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4534 BUSINESS

Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Talal Al-Saud

Born 1986

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4535 WRITER

Matt Richtel

Born 1966

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4536 ACTOR

Chris Spencer (actor)

Born 1968

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4537 BASEBALL

Jerry Priddy

1919 - 1980

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4538 FOOTBALL

Billy Anderson (running back)

Born 1929

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4539 FOOTBALL

Mike Pawlawski

Born 1969

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4540 BASKET

Shareef O'Neal

Born 2000

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4541 ACTOR

Michael Sutton (actor)

Born 1970

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4542 BASEBALL

Austin Wilson

Born 1992

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4543 ACTOR

Judy Strangis

Born 1949

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4544 COMEDIAN

Armen Weitzman

Born 1983

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4545 ATHLETIC

Wes Felix

Born 1983

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4546 ACTOR

Barbara Brown (American actress)

1901 - 1975

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4547 ACTOR

Brandon Stoughton

Born 1981

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4548 BASKET

Larry Lewis

Born 1969

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4549 JOURNALIST

Marc Brown (journalist)

Born 1961

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4550 BASEBALL

John Moses (baseball)

Born 1957

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4551 ACTOR

Jimmy Robinson (actor)

1918 - 1967

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4552 FOOTBALL

Torry McTyer

Born 1995

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4553 COMPOSER

Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

Born 1990

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4554 SINGER

Andrew Freeman (musician)

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4555 TELEVISION

Jesse Bochco

Born 1975

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4556 ACTOR

Tait Fletcher

Born 1971

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4557 PRODUCER

David Hassinger

1927 - 2007

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4558 LAWYER

William Duffy Keller

Born 1934

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4559 PAINTER

Taro Yamamoto (artist)

1919 - 1994

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4560 BASKET

Aerick Sanders

Born 1982

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4561 ACTOR

Patch Mackenzie

Born 1942

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4562 FOOTBALL

Terrell Watson

Born 1993

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4563 FOOTBALL

Paul Salata

Born 1926

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4564 TELEVISION

Aida Mollenkamp

Born 1980

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4565 WRITER

Robert Quackenbush

Born 1929

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4566 COACH

Pat Hill

Born 1951

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4567 CELLIST

Jeffrey Solow

Born 1949

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4568 GUITAR

Jeff Dahlgren

Born 1965

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4569 MUSIC

Tommy Morgan

Born 1932

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4570 SINGER

Tony Gilkyson

Born 1952

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4571 ART HISTORIAN

Karin Higa

1966 - 2013

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4572 BASEBALL

Andy Lopez

Born 1953

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4573 ACTOR

Christopher Gerse

Born 1991

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4574 LAWYER

Isidore B. Dockweiler

1867 - 1947

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4575 MUSIC

Kimberly Thompson

-

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4576 JOURNALIST

Bruce Russell (cartoonist)

1903 - 1963

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4577 GOLF

J. J. Spaun

Born 1990

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4578 RACER

Wes Cooley (motorcyclist)

Born 1956

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4579 FOOTBALL

Steve Broussard

Born 1967

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4580 AUDIO

James R. Alexander

1930 - 2019

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4581 ACTOR

Robert Darnell

1930 - 1991

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4582 MUSIC

Dawn Richardson

Born 1964

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4583 WRITER

Robert Stone (trail guide writer)

Born 1951

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4584 LAWYER

Chris Taylor (politician)

Born 1968

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4585 BASKET

John Ecker (basketball)

Born 1948

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4586 JOURNALIST

Bradley Burston

-

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4587 SPORT

Jeffrey Spencer

Born 1951

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4588 COACH

Rocky Seto

Born 1976

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4589 ACTOR

Robert Sampson

1933 - 2020

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4590 RAPPER

I Self Devine

Born 1972

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4591 ACTOR

Stephen Manley

Born 1965

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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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4594 ARTIST

Julia Meltzer

Born 1968

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4595 ENTREPRENEUR

Danny Kennedy (environmentalist)

Born 1971

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4596 MODEL

Sarah Oh

Born 1991

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4597 SINGER

Sam Salter

Born 1978

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4598 MARINE

Gerry Patrick Hemming

1937 - 2008

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4599 WRITER

Lori Gottlieb

Born 1966

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4600 PHYSICIAN

Wallace Sampson

1930 - 2015

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4601 BASEBALL

Gary Ward (outfielder)

Born 1953

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4602 ACTOR

Alana Ladd

1943 - 2014

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4603 SONGWRITER

Gina Villalobos

Born 1970

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4604 POLITICIAN

Don Benton

Born 1957

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4605 ACTOR

Ernie Rivera

Born 1985

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4606 FILM

Geoffrey James Clark

Born 1981

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4607 ACTOR

Alec Roberts

-

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4608 LAWYER

Malik Zulu Shabazz

Born 1966

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4609 BASKET

Ryan Reyes

Born 1983

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4610 DRUMMER

Don Heffington

Born 1950

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4611 ACTOR

Michael Weiner (actor)

Born 1975

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4612 FOOTBALL

Chuck Osborne (American football)

1973 - 2012

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4613 DRIVER

Tyler Walker (racing driver)

Born 1979

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4614 PAINTER

Mary Heebner

Born 1951

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4615 PAINTER

John August Swanson

Born 1938

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4616 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Wendy Fonarow

Born 1950

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4617 ECONOMIST

Kathryn M. Dominguez

Born 1960

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4618 JOURNALIST

Charles Perez

Born 1963

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4619 SONGWRITER

George Pajon

Born 1969

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4620 ACTOR

Mia Xitlali

Born 1999

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4621 ACTOR

Willow Geer-Alsop

Born 1981

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4622 PAINTER

Veronica Werckmeister

Born 1972

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4623 MAGIC

Judy Carter

Born 1950

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4624 ACADEMIC

Richard Schenk

Born 1951

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4625 LAWYER

Oliver Winston Wanger

Born 1940

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4626 SINGER

India Adams

Died 2020

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4627 PIANIST

Robert Israel

Born 1963

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4628 DESIGNER

Michael Vernon Robinson

Born 1956

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4629 GOLF

John Jacobs (American golfer)

Born 1945

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4630 ACTOR

Serena Berman

Born 1990

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4631 ACTOR

Buster Phelps

1926 - 1983

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4632 SCULPTOR

Patrick Villiers Farrow

1942 - 2009

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4633 ACTOR

Ian Petrella

Born 1974

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4634 ACTOR

Vanessa Dorman

Born 1969

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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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4637 ACTOR

Karla Jensen

Born 1969

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4638 COMPOSER

John Laurence Seymour

1893 - 1986

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4639 PRODUCER

DJ A-Tron

Born 1993

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4640 MARTIAL ART

Darren Levine

Born 1960

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4641 POLITICIAN

Jason Boe

1929 - 1990

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4642 NOVELIST

Ronyoung Kim

1926 - 1987

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4643 FILM

Sean Lurie

-

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4644 WRITER

Donna Lewis Friess

Born 1943

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4645 ACTOR

Julia Benjamin

Born 1957

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4646 PLAYER

Prahlad Friedman

Born 1978

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4647 POLITICIAN

Leon Young

Born 1967

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4648 ACTOR

Adam Farrar

Born 1971

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4649 ACTOR

Bernice Hansen

1897 - 1981

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4650 ACTOR

Annie Monroe

-

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4651 MUSIC

Ángela Aguilar

Born 2003

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4652 PSYCHOLOGIST

Peter G. Ossorio

1926 - 2007

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4653 FILM

Jules Levy (producer)

1923 - 2003

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4654 THEATER

David Binder

Born 1967

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4655 DRIVER

Roberta Leighton

1932 - 2002

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4656 NOVELIST

Mitch Berman

Born 1956

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4657 PLAYER

Stephen Amritraj

Born 1984

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4658 MUSIC

JGivens

Born 1987

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4659 FILM

Joan C. Gratz

Born 1941

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4660 GEOLOGIST

James Taranik

1940 - 2011

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4661 CONVICT

Ryan Hoyt

Born 1979

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4662 BUSINESS

Dana Walden

Born 1965

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4663 LAWYER

Rosemary Márquez

Born 1968

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4664 LAWYER

Kevin A. Ross

Born 1963

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4665 WRITER

Beverley Jackson

1928 - 2020

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4666 FOOTBALL

Kareem Larrimore

Born 1976

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4667 ARTIST

Ellen Frank (artist)

-

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4668 FOOTBALL

Aaron Hester

Born 1990

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4669 ACADEMIC

Margee Ensign

Born 1954

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4670 ACTOR

Cynthia Garris

-

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4671 ACTOR

Scott Rummell

Born 1960

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4672 SINGER

Samantha Stollenwerck

Born 1978

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4673 ACTOR

Ta-Ronce Allen

Born 1960

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4674 PHYSICIAN

Steven Lehrer

Born 1944

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4675 SINGER

Taj Jackson

Born 1973

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4676 RANCHER

Carla Emery

1939 - 2005

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4677 FOOTBALL

Ralph Nelson (American football)

Born 1954

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4678 ACTOR

Goldie Rush

Born 1995

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4679 ASTRONOMER

David Healy (astronomer)

1936 - 2011

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4680 LAWYER

Reginaldo Francisco del Valle

1854 - 1938

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4681 ACTOR

Cody Burger

Born 1983

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4682 DESIGNER

Jim Jannard

Born 1949

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4683 FOOTBALL

Keith Price

Born 1991

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4684 JOURNALIST

Daron Sutton

Born 1969

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4685 GAME

Dick Donato

Born 1963

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4686 DESIGNER

Robert Cumberford

Born 1935

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4687 BASEBALL

Lee Gronkiewicz

Born 1978

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4688 JOURNALIST

Amara Walker

Born 1981

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4689 ACTOR

Charles Bates (actor)

Born 1935

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4690 NOVELIST

John A. Kuri

Born 1945

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4691 POET

Henri Coulette

1927 - 1988

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4692 PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Schlesinger

Born 1948

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4693 KICKBOXER

Don Nakaya Nielsen

1960 - 2017

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4694 BASEBALL

Darrell Jackson (baseball)

Born 1956

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4695 WRITER

Dominique Mainon

1970 - 2012

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4696 ACTOR

Joseph Stern

Born 1940

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4697 STUNT

Tap Canutt

1932 - 2014

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4698 KONSERVATIV

David Cole (Holocaustleugner)

Born 1971

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4699 SCULPTOR

Richard Deutsch

Born 1953

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4700 FILM

Mike Mayer

-

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4701 AUTHOR

Jason Frenn

Born 1966

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4702 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cynthia Connolly

Born 1964

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4703 POLITICIAN

Andrew Ullmann

Born 1963

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4704 FOOTBALL

Kyle Knox

Born 1989

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4705 COMPOSER

Patrick Moten

1957 - 1999

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4706 WRITER

Randall Sullivan

-

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4707 MUSIC

Tammy Rivera

Born 1986

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4708 ACTOR

Budd Friedman

Born 1932

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4709 SPORT

Chance Comanche

Born 1996

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4710 PUBLISHER

Tichi Wilkerson Kassel

1926 - 2004

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4711 SCREENWRITER

Victor Fresco

Born 1958

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4712 BANDLEADER

Paul Mirkovich

Born 1963

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4713 PSYCHOLOGIST

Louis Breger

Born 1935

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4714 FOOTBALL

Bob Jury

Born 1955

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4715 MODEL

Louisa Gummer

Born 1991

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4716 POLITICIAN

Kenneth Hahn

1920 - 1997

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4717 ACTOR

Faye Marlowe

Born 1926

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4718 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Leslie Frankenheimer

1948 - 2013

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4719 FOOTBALL

Kandace Wilson

Born 1984

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4720 POLITICIAN

Frank Artiles

Born 1973

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4721 FOOTBALL

Rashied Davis

Born 1979

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4722 FOOTBALL

Kermit Johnson

Born 1952

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4723 SWIMMER

Carolyn House

Born 1945

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4724 COMPOSER

John Thow

1949 - 2007

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4725 LAW

Mark Anchor Albert

Born 1961

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4726 SPORT

Eddie Testa

1910 - 1998

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4727 FOOTBALL

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar

Born 1974

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4728 MUSIC

Richard James Simpson

Born 1967

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4729 WRITER

William Douglas Lansford

1922 - 2013

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4730 MUSIC

Aqeel

-

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4731 ART DIRECTOR

Edward Ray Robinson

1893 - 1979

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4732 FOOTBALL

Eder Arreola

Born 1991

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4733 ARTIST

Julie Becker

1972 - 2016

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4734 ACTOR

Trent Lehman

1961 - 1982

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4735 COMPOSER

Sebastian Robertson

Born 1974

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4736 RADIO

Michael Graham (radio personality)

-

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4737 BASEBALL

Cliff Dapper

1920 - 2011

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4738 LAWYER

S. James Otero

Born 1951

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4739 SCREENWRITER

Maggie Bandur

Born 1974

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4740 ARTIST

David Hahn (cartoonist)

Born 1967

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4741 BIOGRAPHER

Sharon Rich

Born 1953

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4742 ACTOR

Jack Aranson

1924 - 2008

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4743 FILM

Gregory Goodman

-

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4744 ACTOR

Melissa Paull

Born 1980

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4745 BASEBALL

Tony Boeckel

1892 - 1924

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4746 ACTOR

Leslie Banning

Born 1930

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4747 FOOTBALL

Troy Nolan

Born 1986

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4748 BASEBALL

Justin Cassel

Born 1984

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4749 SKIPPER

Alan Morgan (sailor)

1909 - 1984

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4750 PAINTER

Kevin Appel

Born 1967

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4751 STUNT

Bud Ekins

1930 - 2007

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4752 ACTOR

Justin T. Bowler

Born 1974

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4753 LYRICIST

Robert J. Sherman

Born 1968

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4754 POLITICIAN

James T. Butts Jr.

Born 1953

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4755 BASKET

Bill Sweek

Born 1947

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4756 ACTOR

Raphael Cruz

1986 - 2018

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4757 ARTIST

David Em

Born 1952

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4758 FOOTBALL

Charles Lockett

Born 1965

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4759 SINGER

Jeanie Cunningham

Born 1956

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4760 BASEBALL

Eddie Bressoud

Born 1932

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4761 FOOTBALL

Gordon Banks (American football)

Born 1958

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4762 NOVELIST

Lawrence Ross

Born 1966

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4763 MARTIAL ART

Albert Morales

Born 1991

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4764 ARTIST

Mia Araujo

-

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4765 RAPPER

RJ (rapper)

Born 1984

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4766 FILM

William Wiard

1927 - 1987

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4767 LAWYER

William Percival Gray

1912 - 1992

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4768 FOOTBALL

Jaydon Mickens

Born 1994

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4769 SONGWRITER

Dennis Provisor

Born 1943

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4770 MODEL

Kelly Burke

Born 1944

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4771 ACTOR

Youcca Troubetzkoy

1898 - 1992

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4772 ACTOR

Clay Greenbush

Born 1968

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4773 WRESTLER

Misterioso (wrestler)

Born 1966

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4774 SPORT

Tim Mountford

Born 1946

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4775 FOOTBALL

Rod Barksdale

Born 1962

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4776 TALENT AGENT

William Meiklejohn

1903 - 1981

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4777 POLITICIAN

Paul Koretz

Born 1955

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4778 ENGINEER

Barry Thomas (sound engineer)

-

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4779 ARTIST

Gilda Mantilla

Born 1967

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4780 MUSIC

Stefano Giaccone

Born 1959

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4781 ACTOR

Eddie Hargitay

Born 1978

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4782 ACTOR

Robert Shields (mime)

Born 1951

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4783 MILITAR

William Lyon (general)

1923 - 2020

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4784 ACTOR

Nick Roth

Born 1985

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4785 ACTOR

Georgia Carr

1925 - 1971

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4786 PAINTER

David Horvitz

Born 1981

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4787 FOOTBALL

Kevin Johnson (defensive tackle)

Born 1970

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4788 ACTOR

Danny Bravo

Born 1948

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4789 ACTOR

Robert Tree Cody

Born 1951

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4790 COACH

Mike Johnson (American football coach)

Born 1967

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4791 PAINTER

Jedd Garet

Born 1955

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4792 ACTOR

Christopher Severn

Born 1935

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4793 ACTOR

Jim Mathers

Born 1955

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4794 FOOTBALL

Jack Banta (American football)

1917 - 1977

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4795 GYMNAST

Valerie Zimring

Born 1965

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4796 FOOTBALL

Beno Bryant

Born 1971

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4797 MAFIA

Joe "Pegleg" Morgan

1929 - 1993

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4798 FOOTBALL

Lesle Gallimore

Born 1963

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4799 ACTOR

Pamela Lincoln

1937 - 2019

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4800 FOOTBALL

Cal Peterson

Born 1952

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