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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.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Science
- Art & Design
- Other
Keith Judd
Born 1958
Milt Larsen
Born 1931
Donnie Elliott
Born 1968
Phillip D. Brady
Born 1951
Jody Diamond
Born 1953
Alan Foster (baseball)
Born 1946
Arthur Duncan
Born 1933
Rod Sherman
Born 1944
Laura Whitcomb
Born 1958
Sheldon H. Kinney
1918 - 2005
Amy Wheaton
Born 1978
James L. McMichael
Born 1939
Rex M. Rogers
Born 1952
Jonathan Smith (American football coach)
Born 1979
Beth Cavener Stichter
Born 1972
Kathleen Sullivan (journalist)
Born 1953
LaShaun Ward
Born 1980
Charles W. Thomas (captain)
1903 - 1973
Ferdinand Fernandez
Born 1937
Helen Pashgian
Born 1934
Don Tripp
Born 1946
Barry Shipman
1912 - 1994
Brett Johnson (writer)
Born 1982
Luke Collis
Born 1988
Michale Fee
Born 1964
Lauren Gibson
Born 1991
Dick Railsback
Born 1946
Tyron Brackenridge
Born 1984
Vance Gerry
1929 - 2005
Chris Holden
Born 1960
Anthony Stover
Born 1990
Jeff Millar
1942 - 2012
Kurt Vollers
Born 1979
Ozan Marsh
1920 - 1992
Sultan McCullough
Born 1980
Jennifer Frautschi
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Howard H. Pattee
Born 1926
John Forsen
Born 1958
Loretta Reynolds
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Ryan McBride
Born 1984
Larry Alan Burns
Born 1954
Jamal Strong
Born 1978
Rudy de Leon
Born 1952
Chris Harris (Texas politician)
1948 - 2015
Mitch Cohen
Born 1952
John Cervenka
Born 1959
Sharon Gaber
Born 1964
Lanisha Cole
Born 1982
Debbe Magnusen
Born 1956
Jordan McLaughlin
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Darxia Morris
Born 1989
Eric Felberg
Born 1964
Ron Toomer
1930 - 2011
Shane Nance
Born 1977
Thomas Anderson (actor)
1905 - 1996
Roland Vazquez
Born 1951
Harvey Hyde
Born 1939
Vernon Adams
Born 1993
Sean Collins (surf forecaster)
1952 - 2011
Felicia Hano
Born 1998
Sylvia Rhue
Born 1947
Rocky Moran
Born 1950
Christian Lucatero
Born 1997
Dennis Paulson
Born 1962
Brittany Spears (basketball)
Born 1988
Tom Harman
Born 1941
Miguel Tejada-Flores
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Emily Chan
Born 1997
Pablo Cruz
Born 1991
M. James Lorenz
Born 1935
Duane Walker
Born 1957
Robert F. Brunner
Born 1938
Chris Folino
Born 1968
Alan Grant (American football)
Born 1966
Terri Hardin
Born 1957
Jim Barker
Born 1956
Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki
Died 2009
Jeffrey Ettinger
Born 1959
Erin Kenny
Born 1960
John Beasley (American football)
Born 1945
Samuel Harrison Thomson
1895 - 1975
Kevin Higgins (baseball)
Born 1967
Donald Crockett
Born 1951
Sigrid Burton
Born 1951
Henry Batista
1914 - 2002
Ryan Scott Oliver
Born 1984
Chuck Norris (politician)
1925 - 2009
Chris Kinard
Born 1950
Brandon Darby
Born 1976
David Alan Grayson
Born 1964
Jeff Yurak
Born 1954
Richard Hatch (Zauberkünstler)
Born 1955
Julie Bunn
Born 1957
Dick Cox
1897 - 1966
Barry Meguiar
Born 1942
Judith Munk
1925 - 2006
Trestin George
Born 1983
Templeton Fox
1916 - 1993
George Throop (baseball)
Born 1950
Galen Hall
Born 1986
Mike Kirkland (American football)
Born 1954
Joan Takayama-Ogawa
Born 1955
Darian Cowgill
Born 1972
Kim Anderson (American football)
Born 1957
Don Ross (baseball)
1914 - 1996
Kenneth Karlin (chemist)
Born 1948
Edward H. Thorndike
Born 1934
Rob Wilfong
Born 1953
Christina Tobin
Born 1981
Pat Wiggins
1940 - 2013
Mark Serrurier
1904 - 1988
Jim Busby
Born 1942
Lester Towns
Born 1977
Linda Bradford Raschke
Born 1956
Gordon Scott (basketball)
Born 1976
Richard Lyon (naval officer)
1927 - 2017
John Bohnet
Born 1961
Daniel Brummel
Born 1981
Jesus Gonzalez (soccer)
Born 1991
Tim Buchanan
Born 1946
J. P. Blecksmith
1980 - 2004
Del Russel
1952 - 2015
Marc Yu
Born 1999
Bob Wicks
Born 1950
Michael Haggins
-
Mike Newton (American football)
Born 1987
Tricia Sawyer
Born 1968
Harry Hugasian
1929 - 2016
James F. Drake
-
Sam Mardian
1919 - 2015
Steven Mitchell (American football)
Born 1994
Danny Patterson
Born 1971
Wilfred D. Iwan
1935 - 2020
Ashley Sanchez
Born 1999
Brooks Agnew
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Bruce Bochte
Born 1950
Morgan Adams (sailor)
1915 - 2004
Mark Thomas McGee
Born 1947
Darick Holmes
Born 1971
Mark McKerracher
Born 1956
Sam Morley
Born 1932
Greg Willard
1958 - 2013
Louis Vitale
Born 1932
Meagan Simonaire
Born 1990
Kevin Ortíz
Born 1995
Kobie Boykins
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Zeke Turner
Born 1996
Jim Press
Born 1946
Franklin Otis Booth Jr.
1923 - 2008
Damien Borel
Born 1993
Michael T. Clegg
Born 1941
Cynthia Sakai
Born 1982
Brian Tucker (executive)
Born 1975
Alan D'Andrea
Born 1956
Conner Coffin
Born 1993
Nick Delgado
Born 1955
Rich Hunter
Born 1974
Kenneth Parkinson
1927 - 2016
Robert D. Marta
1943 - 2017
Mark Hotchkis
Born 1969
Domenic Priore
Born 1960
Katie Von Schleicher
-
Oliver S. Picher
1905 - 1984
Jonathan Hernandez
Born 1997
Emerson Pugh
Born 1929
Monika Schultz
Born 1967
Gary Lee Yoder
Born 1938
Rhett Harty
Born 1970
Durell Price
Born 1978
Dana MacDuff
Born 1955
Timothy Hallinan (politician)
Born 1945
Peppy Prince
1909 - 1985
Gerry Janeski
Born 1946
Christopher Edgar
Born 1961
Geoffrey Hayes (artist)
1947 - 2017
John Thompson (Alberta politician)
1924 - 2016
Sandi Goldsberry
Born 1955
Jonathan Smith (running back)
Born 1981
Carla Sinclair
Born 1964
Richard Beebe
1930 - 1998
Lee Fitzgerald
Born 1955
Joseph C. Decuir
Born 1950
Khori Dastoor
-
Kusanti Abdul-Salaam
Born 1975
Dave Buchanan (Canadian football)
Born 1948
Myron Donovan Crocker
1915 - 2010
Gregory C. Horn
-
Paula Zima
Born 1953
Monet Hurst-Mendoza
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Debbie McClendon
Born 1960
W. Craig Biddle
1931 - 2018
David D. Pollard
Born 1943
Genevieve Orlandini
Born 1991
Blake Hamilton
Born 1994
Hal Roth
Born 1946
Alfred C. Snider
1950 - 2015
John VanOrnum
Born 1939
Dora Barilla
Born 1969
Brian Gaia
Born 1994
Jay M. Robbins
Born 1945
Clarita Heath
1916 - 2003
George G. O'Connor
1914 - 1971
Robert Ellis (scenografo)
1888 - 1935
Craig L. Fuller
Born 1951
Victor Hugo Ascarrunz Jr.
Born 1960
Dave Palic
-
Ruth DeEtte Simpson
1918 - 2000
William Hoge (California politician)
Born 1946
Hayley Hodson
Born 1996
Davy Sidjanski
1955 - 2004
Reese H. Taylor Jr.
1928 - 2010
Stephen C. Clark (bishop)
1892 - 1950
Jack Dootson
1914 - 1985
Royal N. Moore Jr.
Born 1935
Laurence Houlgate
Born 1938
XL Middleton
Born 1982
Nilah Magruder
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