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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.

Through the Decades

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 baseball11.9× the global rate.

Sacramento under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Football108
  2. Baseball92
  3. Actor85
  4. Basket36
  5. Politician31
  6. Music25
  7. Singer18
  8. Player18
  1. Baseball9211.9×
  2. Golf1311.2×
  3. Guitar88.1×
  4. Songwriter97.1×
  5. Basket364.2×
  6. Screenwriter124.0×
  7. Music252.6×
  8. Actor852.4×
  1. Writer80.4×
  2. Politician310.4×

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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Showing 31 of 682 notable people

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Xavier Becerra

Born 1958

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Hiram Johnson

1866 - 1945

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Bob Matsui

1941 - 2005

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Doug Ose

Born 1955

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Phil Angelides

Born 1953

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Henry George Jr.

1862 - 1916

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Eugene A. Chappie

1920 - 1992

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Michelle Stennett

Born 1960

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Dante Acosta

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Steve Glazer

Born 1957

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Bill Kennemer

Born 1946

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Fred Keeley

Born 1950

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Simon J. Lubin

1876 - 1936

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Alan Nakanishi

Born 1940

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Jason Atkinson

Born 1970

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Betsy Butler

Born 1963

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Beth Gaines

Born 1959

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Jimmie R. Yee

Born 1934

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Diana Dierks

Born 1944

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George Plescia

Born 1966

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Kevin Kiley (politician)

Born 1985

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Deborah Ortiz

Born 1957

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Albert S. Rodda

1912 - 2010

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Larry Bowler

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Monty Pearce

Born 1948

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Edwin L. Z'berg

1936 - 1975

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Hardin Bigelow

1809 - 1850

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Lloyd Connelly

Born 1945

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Earl D. Desmond

1895 - 1958

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Roy J. Nielsen

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William Walter Greer

1865 - 1932

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