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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×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pasadena during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Pasadena Is Known For
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Actor is Pasadena's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (68).
Pasadena over-indexes on baseball — 5.8× the global rate.
Pasadena under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
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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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Sally Field
Born 1946
Octavia E. Butler
1947 - 2006
Stan Smith
Born 1946
Kim Carnes
Born 1945
Bill Richardson
Born 1947
Thomas J. Sargent
Born 1943
Susan Atkins
1948 - 2009
Richard Moll
Born 1943
John Saul
Born 1942
Charles P. Thacker
1943 - 2017
Kate Linder
Born 1947
Steve Crocker
Born 1944
Richard Bellis
Born 1946
J. S. Cardone
Born 1946
Heather North
1945 - 2017
Herbie Lewis
1941 - 2007
Dave Smith (archivist)
1940 - 2019
Lex Hixon
1941 - 1995
Tom Gilb
Born 1940
Thomas D. Pollard
Born 1942
Darrell Evans
Born 1947
Leslie C. Aiello
Born 1946
John Hora
Born 1940
Paul Hait
Born 1940
Louis Reichardt
Born 1942
Carol Patrice Christ
Born 1945
John Clauser
Born 1942
Richard Baskin
Born 1948
R. Stanton Hales
Born 1942
James H. Fetzer
Born 1940
Carol Parks
1949 - 2010
Karla Conway
Born 1946
George Patrick Ziemann
1941 - 2009
Gary McCord
Born 1948
Susie Berning
Born 1941
Jim Marsh (basketball)
1946 - 2019
James Robison (televangelist)
Born 1943
Margaret Helfand
1947 - 2007
Dennis McDougal
Born 1947
Donald T. Critchlow
Born 1948
Ellen Meloy
1946 - 2004
Florianne Koechlin
Born 1948
John Fischer (Christian musician)
Born 1947
John Shattuck
Born 1943
Judith Linhares
Born 1940
Helen Conrad
Born 1944
Jake Kupp
Born 1941
Richard MacDonald
Born 1946
Alan Foster (baseball)
Born 1946
Rod Sherman
Born 1944
Don Tripp
Born 1946
Dick Railsback
Born 1946
Jeff Millar
1942 - 2012
Chris Harris (Texas politician)
1948 - 2015
Sylvia Rhue
Born 1947
Tom Harman
Born 1941
John Beasley (American football)
Born 1945
Barry Meguiar
Born 1942
Kenneth Karlin (chemist)
Born 1948
Pat Wiggins
1940 - 2013
Jim Busby
Born 1942
Tim Buchanan
Born 1946
Mark Thomas McGee
Born 1947
Jim Press
Born 1946
Michael T. Clegg
Born 1941
Robert D. Marta
1943 - 2017
Timothy Hallinan (politician)
Born 1945
Gerry Janeski
Born 1946
Geoffrey Hayes (artist)
1947 - 2017
Dave Buchanan (Canadian football)
Born 1948
David D. Pollard
Born 1943
Hal Roth
Born 1946
Jay M. Robbins
Born 1945
William Hoge (California politician)
Born 1946