38.5753° N, 121.4861° W
SACRAMENTO
Most Famous People Born in Sacramento, United States
- Notable people
- 682
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1967
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 11.9×
A Central Valley capital whose page reads less like a statehouse town than a farm club for the West Coast entertainment industry — an Actor bench at better than twice the global baseline, a surprisingly thick Screenwriter presence, and a Baseball cohort running at nearly twelve times baseline, the long tail of those dry, warm valley afternoons where scouts still come looking.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Sacramento during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Sacramento Is Known For
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Football is Sacramento's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (108).
Sacramento over-indexes on baseball — 11.9× the global rate.
Sacramento under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Sacramento's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Henry Hathaway
1898 - 1985
Richard Wallace (director)
1894 - 1951
Ethel Hill
1898 - 1954
Velvalee Dickinson
1893 - 1980
George Schroth
1899 - 1989
Caroline Mytinger
1897 - 1980
James Phelan (American football)
1892 - 1974
A. P. Younger
1890 - 1931
Joe Gedeon
1893 - 1941
Earl McNeely
1898 - 1971
John W. Maloney
1896 - 1978
Wayne M. Collins
1899 - 1974
Earl Kunz
1898 - 1963
Earl D. Desmond
1895 - 1958