34.0546° N, 118.2482° W

LOS ANGELES

Most Famous People Born in Los Angeles, United States

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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Los Angeles during each.

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 actor4.8× the global rate.

Los Angeles under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,787
  2. Football505
  3. Film365
  4. Singer294
  5. Baseball287
  6. Basket252
  7. Music248
  8. Politician200
  1. Actor1,7874.8×
  2. Screenwriter1454.8×
  3. Producer884.4×
  4. Film3654.3×
  5. Baseball2873.6×
  6. Basket2522.9×
  7. Music2482.5×
  8. Photographer692.1×
  1. Politician2000.2×
  2. Writer1400.6×
  3. Football5050.7×

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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0601 ACTOR

Cliff DeYoung

Born 1945

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0602 SPRINT

Carmelita Jeter

Born 1979

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0603 FILM

Efren Ramirez

Born 1973

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0604 SINGER

Karyn White

Born 1965

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0605 ACTOR

Katharine Towne

Born 1978

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0606 ACTOR

Courtney Ford

Born 1978

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0607 ACTOR

Peggy Rea

1921 - 2011

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0608 ACTOR

Chad McQueen

Born 1960

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0609 SINGER

Elliott Yamin

Born 1978

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0610 ACTOR

Marnette Patterson

Born 1980

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0611 ACTOR

Vanessa Lee Chester

Born 1984

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0612 MUSIC

Wendy Melvoin

Born 1964

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0613 ACTOR

Patrick Labyorteaux

Born 1965

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0614 WRESTLER

John Morrison (wrestler)

Born 1979

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0615 ACTOR

D. L. Hughley

Born 1963

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0616 WRITER

Leo Buscaglia

1924 - 1998

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0617 PLAYWRIGHT

Eliza Schneider

Born 1978

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0618 FOOTBALL

Christen Press

Born 1988

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0619 NOVELIST

K. W. Jeter

Born 1950

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0620 ACTOR

Wayne Morris (American actor)

1914 - 1959

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0621 ACTOR

Bernie Hamilton

1928 - 2008

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0622 JAZZ

Norman Granz

1918 - 2001

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0623 ACTOR

Bart Johnson

Born 1970

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0624 ACTOR

Daisy Marie

Born 1984

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0625 SINGER

Chynna Phillips

Born 1968

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0626 ACTOR

Mindy Cohn

Born 1966

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0627 WRITER

Arnold Lobel

1933 - 1987

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0628 PAINTER

Don Bachardy

Born 1934

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0629 ACTOR

Lee Aaker

Born 1943

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0630 HISTORIAN

Daniel Yergin

Born 1947

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0631 ACTOR

Don Gordon (actor)

1926 - 2017

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0632 FILM

Andrew Blake (director)

Born 1947

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0633 ACTOR

Darryl Hickman

Born 1931

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0634 ACTOR

Cody Horn

Born 1988

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0635 DIPLOMAT

Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann

1933 - 2017

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0636 PRODUCER

Shuggie Otis

Born 1953

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0637 PLAYER

Chris Ferguson

Born 1963

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0638 ACTOR

Joy Page

1924 - 2008

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0639 ACTOR

James Saito

Born 1955

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0640 PRODUCER

Dan Attias

Born 1951

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0641 ACTOR

Anne Ramsay

Born 1960

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0642 ACTOR

Ashley Blue

Born 1981

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0643 MUSIC

Jim Gordon (musician)

Born 1945

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0644 ACTOR

Benji Gregory

Born 1978

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0645 ACTOR

Randall Park

Born 1974

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0646 ACTOR

Kathleen York

Born 1975

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0647 ACTOR

Yuji Okumoto

Born 1959

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0648 ACTOR

Lynn Carlin

Born 1938

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0649 FILM

Eleanor Coppola

Born 1936

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0650 JOURNALIST

Greg Palast

Born 1952

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0651 ACTOR

Mike Marshall (actor)

1944 - 2005

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0652 BANK

Eugene Meyer (financier)

1875 - 1959

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0653 SKIER

Bill Johnson (skier)

1960 - 2016

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0654 RAPPER

Murs (rapper)

Born 1978

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0655 POLITICIAN

Judy Chu

Born 1953

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0656 SINGER

Don Dokken

Born 1953

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0657 ACTOR

Morgan Brittany

Born 1951

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0658 COMEDIAN

Jim Meskimen

Born 1959

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0659 ACTOR

Patrick Fischler

Born 1969

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0660 ACTOR

Wendy Raquel Robinson

Born 1967

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0661 PHILANTHROPIST

John Paul Getty Jr.

1932 - 2003

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0662 ACTOR

Jay North

Born 1951

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0663 FOOTBALL

Herculez Gomez

Born 1982

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0664 ACTOR

Grand L. Bush

Born 1955

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0665 ACTOR

Scott Lawrence

Born 1963

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0666 ACTOR

Lindsey Haun

Born 1984

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0667 ACTOR

Beverly Aadland

1942 - 2010

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0668 CINEMA

Larry Fong

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0669 CINEMA

Jeff Cronenweth

Born 1962

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0670 ACTOR

Annette Charles

1948 - 2011

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0671 PIANIST

Hampton Hawes

1928 - 1977

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0672 FILM

Alan Rudolph

Born 1943

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0673 SONGWRITER

Ai (singer)

Born 1981

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0674 MUSIC

Tim McIntire

1944 - 1986

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0675 ACTOR

Kim Myers

Born 1966

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0676 ACTOR

John Asher

Born 1971

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0677 FILM

Gary Kurtz

1940 - 2018

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0678 BASKET

Nick Young (basketball)

Born 1985

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0679 ACTOR

Danielle Bisutti

Born 1976

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0680 ACTOR

Andrea Barber

Born 1976

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0681 ACTOR

Kaitlin Doubleday

Born 1984

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0682 POLITICIAN

Hilda Solis

Born 1957

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0683 WRITER

Tony DiTerlizzi

Born 1969

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0684 MUSIC

Michael Gira

Born 1954

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0685 FILM

Al Adamson

1929 - 1995

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0686 SINGER

Johnny Crawford

Born 1946

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0687 ACTOR

Kristin Herrera

Born 1989

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0688 COMPOSER

David Axelrod (musician)

1933 - 2017

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0689 ACTOR

Wesley Ruggles

1889 - 1972

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0690 ACTOR

Juliette Goglia

Born 1995

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0691 SCREENWRITER

Jerome Bixby

1923 - 1998

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0692 ACTOR

Griffin Gluck

Born 2000

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0693 CINEMA

John Schwartzman

Born 1960

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0694 ACTOR

Betty Blythe

1893 - 1972

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0695 FILM

Paul Hunter (director)

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0696 ACTOR

Shane Van Dyke

Born 1979

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0697 DESIGNER

Harley Earl

1893 - 1969

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0698 SINGER

Randy California

1951 - 1997

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0699 GUITAR

John Feldmann

Born 1967

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0700 ACTOR

Ann Robinson

Born 1929

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0701 ACTOR

Buck Taylor

Born 1938

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0702 SCREENWRITER

Fraser Clarke Heston

Born 1955

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0703 SINGER

Leela James

Born 1983

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0704 ACTOR

Bobby Coleman

Born 1997

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0705 SINGER

Alex Ebert

Born 1978

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0706 BASKET

Jason Collins

Born 1978

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0707 FILM

Arthur Lubin

1898 - 1995

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0708 ACTOR

Jake Hoffman

Born 1981

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0709 ACTOR

Mackenzie Astin

Born 1973

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0710 COMEDIAN

Tiffany Haddish

Born 1979

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0711 ACTOR

Beau Knapp

Born 1989

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0712 FILM

Brian Tochi

Born 1963

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0713 ACTOR

Matthew Beard (American actor)

1925 - 1981

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0714 ACTOR

Barry Miller (actor)

Born 1958

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0715 ACTOR

Amanda Foreman (actress)

Born 1966

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0716 ACTOR

Mary Jo Deschanel

Born 1945

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0717 ACTOR

Stepfanie Kramer

Born 1956

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0718 FILM

Mark Andrews (filmmaker)

Born 1970

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0719 ACTOR

Creed Bratton

Born 1943

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0720 POLITICIAN

Carla Anderson Hills

Born 1934

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0721 FOOTBALL

Joe Corona

Born 1990

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0722 ACTOR

Jack Quaid

Born 1992

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0723 ACTRESS

Hana Mae Lee

Born 1988

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0724 ACTOR

Sarah Thompson (actress)

Born 1979

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0725 NOVELIST

Kage Baker

1952 - 2010

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0726 SINGER

Schuyler Fisk

Born 1982

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0727 ACTOR

Adrianna Luna

Born 1984

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0728 ACTOR

Will Estes

Born 1978

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0729 ACTOR

Ayla Kell

Born 1990

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0730 SINGER

Chris Montez

Born 1943

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0731 SINGER

Jim Gillette

Born 1958

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0732 ACTOR

John Hart (actor)

1917 - 2009

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0733 COMEDIAN

Keith Ferguson (voice actor)

Born 1972

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0734 POLITICIAN

Ami Bera

Born 1965

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0735 JUMPER

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum

Born 1969

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0736 ACTOR

Kent McCord

Born 1942

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0737 ACTOR

Omri Katz

Born 1976

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0738 SCREENWRITER

Syd Field

1935 - 2013

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0739 ACTOR

Reb Brown

Born 1948

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0740 ACTOR

Kaia Gerber

Born 2001

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0741 ACTOR

Marissa Ribisi

Born 1974

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0742 MUSIC

John Bush (musician)

Born 1963

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0743 MUSIC

China Moses

Born 1978

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0744 CINEMA

Jordan Cronenweth

1935 - 1996

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0745 ACTOR

Skyler Shaye

Born 1986

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0746 ACTOR

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Born 1953

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0747 FILM

Gia Coppola

Born 1987

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0748 ACTOR

John Smith (actor)

1931 - 1995

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0749 POLITICIAN

Henry Waxman

Born 1939

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0750 ACTOR

Guy Stockwell

1934 - 2002

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0751 ACTOR

Jonathan Kasdan

Born 1979

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0752 GUITAR

Roy Z

Born 1963

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0753 ACTOR

Cymphonique Miller

Born 1996

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0754 FOOTBALL

DeSean Jackson

Born 1986

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0755 ACTOR

Edoardo Ballerini

Born 1970

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0756 DRAMA

David Henry Hwang

Born 1957

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0757 ACTOR

Ross Bagley

Born 1988

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0758 ACTOR

Grant Imahara

1970 - 2020

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0759 ACTOR

Nadia Dajani

Born 1965

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0760 COMPOSER

Morton Subotnick

Born 1933

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0761 RADIO

Ron Reagan

Born 1958

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0762 MODEL

Bella Hadid

Born 1996

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0763 SINGER

Willie Hutch

1944 - 2005

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0764 MUSIC

Thundercat (musician)

Born 1984

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0765 COMEDIAN

Andrew Koenig

1968 - 2010

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0766 ACTOR

Keisha (actress)

Born 1966

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0767 ACTOR

Benjamin Diskin

Born 1982

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0768 ACTOR

Jennifer Crystal Foley

Born 1973

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0769 ACTOR

Gary Crosby (actor)

1933 - 1995

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0770 PRODUCER

Louis Johnson (bassist)

1955 - 2015

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0771 MUSIC

Michael Landau

Born 1958

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0772 FILM

Jason Blum

Born 1969

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0773 SINGER

Karla Bonoff

Born 1951

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0774 MUSIC

Robbie Nevil

Born 1958

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0775 BASSIST

Paul Gray (American musician)

1972 - 2010

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0776 ACTOR

Jon Robin Baitz

Born 1961

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0777 ACTOR

Deran Sarafian

Born 1958

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0778 ACTOR

Craig Hill (actor)

1926 - 2014

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0779 POLITICIAN

Duke Cunningham

Born 1941

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0780 SINGER

Roddy Bottum

Born 1963

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0781 POET

Robert Bringhurst

Born 1946

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0782 SCREENWRITER

David Greenwalt

Born 1949

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0783 BASKET

Eugene Jeter

Born 1983

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0784 SCREENWRITER

Ronald Bass

Born 1942

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0785 ACTOR

Leslie Grossman

Born 1971

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0786 CINEMA

Russell Metty

1906 - 1978

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0787 ACTOR

Dirk Blocker

Born 1957

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0788 BASKET

Michael Cooper

Born 1956

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0789 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ralph Gibson

Born 1939

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0790 ACTOR

Rena Riffel

Born 1969

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0791 GUITAR

Noodles (musician)

Born 1963

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0792 MUSIC

Billy Gould

Born 1963

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0793 ACTOR

Maggie Roswell

Born 1952

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0794 MUSIC

Rami Jaffee

Born 1969

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0795 HISTORIAN

Michael Ledeen

Born 1941

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0796 SINGER

Billie Eilish

Born 2001

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0797 POLITICIAN

David Schweikert

Born 1962

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0798 MATHEMATICIAN

Clifford Truesdell

1919 - 2000

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0799 ACTOR

Dwayne Hickman

Born 1934

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0800 ACTOR

Ayda Field

Born 1979

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0801 FILM

Tim Hunter (director)

Born 1947

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0802 ACTOR

Buddy Van Horn

Born 1929

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0803 FILM

Christopher Rouse (editor)

Born 1958

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0804 SAXOPHONIST

Warne Marsh

1927 - 1987

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0805 ACTOR

Mike Henry (American football)

Born 1936

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0806 FILM

William A. Fraker

1923 - 2010

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0807 ACTOR

Tony Dow

Born 1945

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0808 BASSIST

Ron McGovney

Born 1962

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0809 ACTOR

Chris Lemmon

Born 1954

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0810 FILM

Jack Hill

Born 1933

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0811 PUPPETEER

Dave Goelz

Born 1946

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0812 RAPPER

iLoveMakonnen

Born 1989

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0813 ACTOR

Alexandra Krosney

Born 1988

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0814 ACTOR

April Flores

Born 1976

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0815 ACTOR

Jason Hervey

Born 1972

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0816 SINGER

Vicki Peterson

Born 1958

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0817 FILM

Joel Cox

Born 1941

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0818 ACTOR

Jackie Joseph

Born 1934

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0819 PAINTER

Mark Kostabi

Born 1960

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0820 MARTIAL ART

Kane Kosugi

Born 1974

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0821 BASEBALL

Coco Crisp

Born 1979

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0822 ACTOR

Ashley Hamilton

Born 1974

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0823 BASEBALL

Eddie Murray

Born 1956

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0824 FILM

Vivian Kubrick

Born 1960

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0825 ACTOR

Zoe Cassavetes

Born 1970

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0826 BASEBALL

Gabe Kapler

Born 1975

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0827 SCREENWRITER

Marc Norman

Born 1941

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0828 ACTOR

Ken Weatherwax

1955 - 2014

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0829 ACTOR

Leigh McCloskey

Born 1955

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0830 ACTOR

Marco Sanchez

Born 1970

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0831 BASEBALL

Cecil Fielder

Born 1963

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0832 ASTRONOMER

George O. Abell

1927 - 1983

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0833 PRESENTER

Billy Bush

Born 1971

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0834 MUSIC

Eric Avery

Born 1965

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0835 ACTOR

Brooklyn Sudano

Born 1981

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0836 GUITAR

Marc Ford

Born 1966

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0837 ACTOR

Heather Vandeven

Born 1981

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0838 ACTOR

Taryn Power

1953 - 2020

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0839 ACTOR

Kristy Wu

Born 1982

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0840 FILM

Rockne S. O'Bannon

Born 1955

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0841 ACTOR

Hunter Carson

Born 1975

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0842 ACTOR

Douglass Montgomery

1907 - 1966

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0843 FILM

Carroll Ballard

Born 1937

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0844 ACTOR

Richard Paul (actor)

1940 - 1998

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0845 TRAINER

Jillian Michaels

Born 1974

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0846 ACTOR

Sheila Vand

Born 1985

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0847 BIOCHEMIST

Sidney W. Fox

1912 - 1998

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0848 WRITER

Sylvia Day

Born 1973

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0849 CHEMIST

John D. Roberts

1918 - 2016

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0850 ACTOR

Justin Cooper (actor)

Born 1988

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0851 ACTOR

Eric Douglas

1958 - 2004

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0852 ACTOR

Larry Wilmore

Born 1961

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0853 PIANIST

Lisa Coleman (musician)

Born 1960

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0854 ACTOR

Bodhi Elfman

Born 1969

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0855 BALLET

Robin Antin

Born 1961

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0856 SINGER

Chuck Mosley

1959 - 2017

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0857 POLITICIAN

John W. Gardner

1912 - 2002

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0858 ACTOR

Robert Ri'chard

Born 1983

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0859 ACTOR

Joshua John Miller

Born 1974

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0860 ACTOR

Aron Eisenberg

1969 - 2019

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0861 COMPOSER

Dennis McCarthy (composer)

Born 1945

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0862 ARTIST

Greg Weisman

Born 1963

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0863 ACTOR

Michael Steger

Born 1980

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0864 FILM

Margaret Booth

1898 - 2002

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0865 FILM

Lesley Selander

1900 - 1979

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0866 LAWYER

Lynn Compton

1921 - 2012

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0867 ACTOR

Cirroc Lofton

Born 1978

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0868 ACTOR

Wendee Lee

Born 1960

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0869 ACTRESS

Cindy Margolis

Born 1965

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0870 FILM

Kevin Tancharoen

Born 1984

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0871 TEACHER

Michael Roach

Born 1952

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0872 FILM

Conrad Buff IV

Born 1948

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0873 POLITICIAN

Karen Bass

Born 1953

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0874 SCREENWRITER

Dylan Kussman

Born 1971

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0875 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Tim D. White

Born 1950

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0876 SINGER

Tom Russell

Born 1953

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0877 ACTOR

John Beradino

1917 - 1996

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0878 CINEMA

Richard H. Kline

1926 - 2018

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0879 TELEVISION

Brody Jenner

Born 1983

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0880 ACTOR

Rich Correll

Born 1948

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0881 ACTOR

Adam Davidson (director)

Born 1964

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0882 BASKET

Gail Goodrich

Born 1943

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0883 GUITAR

Troy Van Leeuwen

Born 1970

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0884 MUSIC

Gnash (musician)

Born 1993

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0885 ACTOR

Samuel Larsen

Born 1991

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0886 PHILOSOPHER

David Kaplan (philosopher)

Born 1933

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0887 ACTOR

Vicki Chase

Born 1985

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0888 SCREENWRITER

Willard Huyck

Born 1945

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0889 ACTOR

Susan Bernard

1948 - 2019

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0890 SKATER

Jason Brown (figure skater)

Born 1994

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0891 POLITICIAN

Janice Hahn

Born 1952

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0892 SCREENWRITER

Gloria Katz

1942 - 2018

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0893 ACTOR

Tisa Farrow

Born 1951

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0894 ACTOR

Jennifer Salt

Born 1944

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0895 AUTHOR

Jonah Lehrer

Born 1981

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0896 CINEMA

Ernest Haller

1896 - 1970

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0897 MUSIC

Houston (singer)

Born 1983

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0898 ACTOR

Scott Clifton

Born 1984

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0899 ACTOR

Jane Bryan

1918 - 2009

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0900 BASKET

Ed O'Bannon

Born 1972

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