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.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Field: Music Clear ×
Brotha Lynch Hung
Born 1968
Eric Marienthal
Born 1957
Craig Chaquico
Born 1954
Zach Hill
Born 1979
Jeff Watson (guitarist)
Born 1956
Mike Clark (jazz musician)
Born 1946
Nataly Dawn
Born 1986
Suzi Gardner
Born 1960
Ruth Slenczynska
Born 1925
Mary Youngblood
Born 1958
Christoforos Schuff
Born 1979
Cynthia Robinson
1946 - 2015
Michael Urbano
Born 1961
Jacob Golden
Born 1970
Hobo Johnson
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Jherek Bischoff
Born 1979
Tak Shindo
1922 - 2002
Yul Anderson
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Alex Vincent (drummer)
Born 1965
Gabe Nelson
Born 1967
Jeff Irwin (Will Haven)
Born 1973
Mel Martin (Musiker)
1942 - 2017
Joe Gilman
Born 1962
Sicx
Born 1970
Ean Elliot Clevenger
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