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: Songwriter Clear ×
Gift of Gab (rapper)
Born 1971
Scott Mathews
Born 1955
Kevin Seconds
Born 1961
Roger Voudouris
1954 - 2003
Shayna Steele
Born 1975
Brian Wheat
Born 1963
Margaret Glaspy
Born 1989
Andrew Heringer
Born 1984
Yardley Griffin
Born 1979