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PASADENA

Most Famous People Born in Pasadena, United States

Notable people
517
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1955
Most distinctive
Baseball 5.8×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 92 notable births.

What Pasadena Is Known For

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Actor is Pasadena's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (68).

Pasadena over-indexes on baseball5.8× the global rate.

Pasadena under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Actor68
  2. Football56
  3. Baseball34
  4. Politician19
  5. Basket19
  6. Writer18
  7. Artist18
  8. Music17
  1. Baseball345.8×
  2. Screenwriter114.9×
  3. Novelist73.4×
  4. Artist183.4×
  5. Producer53.4×
  6. Basket192.9×
  7. Physicist62.8×
  8. Actor682.5×
  1. Politician190.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Pasadena's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 42 of 517 notable people

0031 ACTOR

Johnny Sheffield

1931 - 2010

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0058 ACTOR

Barbara Ruick

1930 - 1974

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0065 BASKET

Darrall Imhoff

1938 - 2017

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0093 OFFICER

William H. Dana

1930 - 2014

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0100 MUSIC

Don "Sugarcane" Harris

1938 - 1999

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0127 ACTOR

Billy Laughlin

1932 - 1948

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0131 FILM

Peter H. Hunt

1938 - 2020

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0145 NOVELIST

Carolyn See

1934 - 2016

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0149 MOUNTAINEER

Gary Hemming

1934 - 1969

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0156 FILM

Gil Friesen

1937 - 2012

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0167 MOUNTAINEER

Nicholas Clinch

1930 - 2016

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0193 HISTORIAN

Clark G. Reynolds

1939 - 2005

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0200 DIPLOMAT

Bradford Bishop

Born 1936

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0202 LAWYER

John Van de Kamp

1936 - 2017

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0205 BASEBALL

Mike McCormick (pitcher)

1938 - 2020

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0233 ARTIST

Barbara T. Smith

Born 1931

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0234 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Betty Brosmer

Born 1935

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0248 LAWYER

Howard Richards (academic)

Born 1938

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0262 MATHEMATICIAN

Alfred W. Hales

Born 1938

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0270 ROWER

Richard Draeger

1937 - 2016

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0271 BASKET

Rollen Hans

Born 1931

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0272 PHYSICIST

Paul Benioff

Born 1930

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0277 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bill Dane

Born 1938

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0302 WRITER

Milt Larsen

Born 1931

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0307 DANCER

Arthur Duncan

Born 1933

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0312 POET

James L. McMichael

Born 1939

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0319 LAWYER

Ferdinand Fernandez

Born 1937

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0320 ARTIST

Helen Pashgian

Born 1934

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0353 DESIGNER

Ron Toomer

1930 - 2011

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0357 SPORT

Harvey Hyde

Born 1939

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0370 LAWYER

M. James Lorenz

Born 1935

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0372 COMPOSER

Robert F. Brunner

Born 1938

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0407 PHYSICIST

Edward H. Thorndike

Born 1934

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0433 ENGINEER

Wilfred D. Iwan

1935 - 2020

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0441 FOOTBALL

Sam Morley

Born 1932

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0443 ACTIVIST

Louis Vitale

Born 1932

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0467 MUSIC

Gary Lee Yoder

Born 1938

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0480 RADIO

Richard Beebe

1930 - 1998

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0491 POLITICIAN

W. Craig Biddle

1931 - 2018

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0497 BASEBALL

John VanOrnum

Born 1939

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0514 MARINE

Royal N. Moore Jr.

Born 1935

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0515 PHILOSOPHER

Laurence Houlgate

Born 1938

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