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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 134 notable births.
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.
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- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
James Mitchell (actor)
1920 - 2010
Mel Hutchins
1928 - 2018
Channing Pollock (magician)
1926 - 2006
Ruth Slenczynska
Born 1925
Yuki Shimoda
1921 - 1981
George Stanich
Born 1928
Bill Smith (jazz musician)
1926 - 2020
Eugene A. Chappie
1920 - 1992
Harvey Itano
1920 - 2010
William Murphy (actor)
1921 - 1989
John Stanich
Born 1925
Edward D. Goldberg
1921 - 2008
Neill Sheridan
1921 - 2015
Tak Shindo
1922 - 2002
Hiroshi Kashiwagi
1922 - 2019
George Robotham
1921 - 2007
James Bassham
1922 - 2012
Edward J. Garcia
Born 1928
Gordon Goldsberry
1927 - 1996
Earl Cochell
Born 1922
Mary Lund Davis
1922 - 2008
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga
1925 - 2018
Ed Samcoff
1924 - 2018
Sherwood Johnson
1925 - 1998
Tommy Glaviano
1923 - 2004
Margaret Jessee
1921 - 2001