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.
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- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
Joan Didion
Born 1934
Anthony Kennedy
Born 1936
Mel Ramos
1935 - 2018
Tommy Kono
1930 - 2016
Charles R. Schwab
Born 1937
Janis Martin (soprano)
1939 - 2014
Michael J. Adams
1930 - 1967
Wes Wilson
1937 - 2020
Richard Jackson (artist)
Born 1939
John McNamara (baseball)
1932 - 2020
Woodie Held
1932 - 2009
John Briggs (baseball)
1934 - 2018
Cuno Barragan
Born 1932
Harry Dunlop
Born 1933
Jimmie R. Yee
Born 1934
Barbara Romack
1932 - 2016
Joan Swift
Born 1933
Richie Myers
1930 - 2011
Robert L. Rasmussen
Born 1930
Edwin L. Z'berg
1936 - 1975
Jim Westlake
1930 - 2003