34.0227° N, 118.4823° W
SANTA MONICA
Most Famous People Born in Santa Monica, United States
- Notable people
- 537
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1959
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 7.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Santa Monica during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 121 notable births.
What Santa Monica Is Known For
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Actor is Santa Monica's biggest profession — 26% of all notables (140).
Santa Monica over-indexes on baseball — 7.4× the global rate.
Santa Monica under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Santa Monica's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Other
Sean Penn
Born 1960
Robert Redford
Born 1936
Shirley Temple
1928 - 2014
Jamie Lee Curtis
Born 1958
Jack Black
Born 1969
Anjelica Huston
Born 1951
Christina Ricci
Born 1980
Josh Brolin
Born 1968
Tobey Maguire
Born 1975
Gloria Stuart
1910 - 2010
Geraldine Chaplin
Born 1944
Ronda Rousey
Born 1987
Miguel Ferrer
1955 - 2017
Sean Astin
Born 1971
Suzanne Vega
Born 1959
Amber Tamblyn
Born 1983
Mariska Hargitay
Born 1964
Kenneth Anger
Born 1927
Randy Rhoads
1956 - 1982
Big Sean
Born 1988
Robert Trujillo
Born 1964
Tyler Posey
Born 1991
Adam Goldberg
Born 1970
Lorenzo Lamas
Born 1958
Bob Gunton
Born 1945
Bill Irwin
Born 1950
Linda Gray
Born 1940
Riley Keough
Born 1989
Cameron Monaghan
Born 1993
Sara Gilbert
Born 1975
Lana Wood
Born 1946
Dave Navarro
Born 1967
Richard Hatch (actor)
1945 - 2017
Teena Marie
1956 - 2010
Dominique Dunne
1959 - 1982
David Hayter
Born 1969
Jack Webb
1920 - 1982
Eion Bailey
Born 1976
Lorna Luft
Born 1952
Kevin Love
Born 1988
Tracy Nelson (actress)
Born 1963
Shannon Lee
Born 1969
Shelley Fabares
Born 1944
Dan Gilroy
Born 1959
Mark Mancina
Born 1957
Martin Starr
Born 1982
Frank Gifford
1930 - 2015
David R. Ellis
1952 - 2013
Bonnie Franklin
1944 - 2013
Stephen Malkmus
Born 1966
Vanness Wu
Born 1978
Carly Chaikin
Born 1990
Frank Thomas (animator)
1912 - 2004
Anthony Delon
Born 1964
Josephine Chaplin
Born 1949
Mick Garris
Born 1951
Joseph Williams (musician)
Born 1960
Mara Corday
Born 1930
Steve Blum
Born 1960
Frank Shamrock
Born 1972
Parry O'Brien
1932 - 2007
Erin Sanders
Born 1991
Morgan Lily
Born 2000
Carson Daly
Born 1973
Ryan Hurst
Born 1976
Christopher Lawford
1955 - 2018
Josh Pence
Born 1982
Michael Chaplin (actor)
Born 1946
Hutch Dano
Born 1992
Ashley Bell (actress)
Born 1986
Kevin Corcoran
1949 - 2015
Hannah Marks
Born 1993
Karen Bardsley
Born 1984
Barry Williams (actor)
Born 1954
Don Burgess (cinematographer)
Born 1956
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers
Born 1996
Kelly Curtis
Born 1956
Eli Marienthal
Born 1986
Harold W. Kuhn
1925 - 2014
Dean Paul Martin
1951 - 1987
Jean Darling
1922 - 2015
Fiona Gubelmann
Born 1980
Dan Barker
Born 1949
Lynette Fromme
Born 1948
Stephen Miller (political advisor)
Born 1985
Austin Rivers
Born 1992
Daniela Sea
Born 1977
Andrea Savage
Born 1973
Tané McClure
Born 1958
Gary Hill
Born 1951
Bobby Sherman
Born 1943
Mark Evanier
Born 1952
Chris Masters
Born 1983
Apollonia Kotero
Born 1959
Steve Erickson
Born 1950
Barry Boehm
Born 1935
Amy O'Neill
Born 1971
David Robertson (conductor)
Born 1958
Sandy Nelson
Born 1938
Wolfgang Van Halen
Born 1991
Stuart Hamblen
1908 - 1989
Melinda Doolittle
Born 1977
Ernie Ball
1930 - 2004
Andrew Lauer
Born 1965
John Gilroy (film editor)
Born 1959
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
Born 1960
Jeffrey Weissman
Born 1958
Charlotte Caffey
Born 1953
Victoria Chaplin
Born 1951
Gussie Moran
1923 - 2013
Judy Norton Taylor
Born 1958
Susan Olsen
Born 1961
Dick Rude
Born 1964
Bianca Santos
Born 1990
Richard Eyer
Born 1945
Sherri Stoner
Born 1965
Amy Redford
Born 1970
Coco Montoya
Born 1951
Scott Tinley
Born 1956
Cyrinda Foxe
1952 - 2002
Paul Sand
Born 1935
Dwight Evans
Born 1951
Julia Boserup
Born 1991
Terri Welles
Born 1956
Kirk Nieuwenhuis
Born 1987
Alexis Ren
Born 1996
Fred Roos
Born 1934
Steve Pavlina
Born 1971
Mary Browne
1891 - 1971
Dody Dorn
Born 1955
Cody Decker
Born 1987
Carl Verheyen
Born 1954
E. Randol Schoenberg
Born 1966
Peter Davis (director)
Born 1937
Ashley Zukerman
Born 1983
Ken Levine (screenwriter)
Born 1950
Torey Lovullo
Born 1965
Joseph Dauben
Born 1944
Jeanne Bal
1928 - 1996
Peter Stephan Jungk
Born 1952
Melanie Rawn
Born 1954
Lucas Giolito
Born 1994
Max Kasch
Born 1985
Jonathan Ahdout
Born 1989
S. Scott Bullock
Born 1956
Robert Gsellman
Born 1993
Tony Alva
Born 1957
Maria Semple
Born 1964
Brennan Boesch
Born 1985
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
Born 2007
Jim Wise
Born 1964
Sean Green (basketball)
Born 1970
Antonina Armato
Born 1974
Bobby Vitale
Born 1965
Chris Long
Born 1985
Marshall Brain
Born 1961
Scott Davis (tennis)
Born 1962
Tyler Skaggs
1991 - 2019
David Ossman
Born 1936
Mark Loretta
Born 1971
Kyle Stone
1963 - 2018
Jackie Basehart
1951 - 2015
Joey Newman
Born 1976
Peter DiStefano
Born 1965
Jason Antoon
Born 1971
Joachim Cooder
Born 1978
Michael E. O'Neill
Born 1946
Daedelus (musician)
Born 1977
Michael Spound
Born 1957
Iain McCaig
Born 1957
Max Fried
Born 1994
Douglas S. Cook
1958 - 2015
Mike Scott (baseball)
Born 1955
Dan Quisenberry
1953 - 1998
Daniel Dubiecki
Born 1977
Ronald Davis
Born 1937
Mitchell Schwartz
Born 1989
Kristal Summers
Born 1972
Neeli Cherkovski
Born 1945
Chuck Adams
Born 1971
Matt Mullican
Born 1951
Philippe Cousteau Jr.
Born 1980
Michael Joyce (tennis)
Born 1973
Doug Sheehan
Born 1949
Tim Leary
Born 1958
Kai Forbath
Born 1987
Patrick O'Neal (sportscaster)
Born 1967
Remy Auberjonois
Born 1974
Donovan Cook
Born 1968
Matthew Walker (American actor)
Born 1968
Paul Morris (musician)
Born 1959
Eric Sato
Born 1966
Jill Townsend
Born 1945
Jeffrey Byron
Born 1955
Catherine McLeod
1921 - 1997
Shiva Rose
Born 1969
Brodie Greer
Born 1949
Jon Moscot
Born 1991
Dan Runzler
Born 1985
Chris Valaika
Born 1985
Alec Puro
Born 1975
Patrick Waldberg
1913 - 1985
Angela McEwan
1934 - 2015
Brian Dunning (author)
Born 1965
Lita Albuquerque
Born 1946
Matthew Nelson
Born 1967
Allegra Kent
Born 1937
Judy Blumberg
Born 1957
Katie Volding
Born 1989
Fred Tomaselli
Born 1956
Peggy Michel
Born 1949
Natas Kaupas
Born 1969
Hannah Dunne
Born 1990
Darby Hinton
Born 1957
Jay M. Savage
Born 1928
Carolyn Beug
1952 - 2001
Jeff Madsen
Born 1985
Clay Thompson
Born 1992
Randy Stoklos
Born 1960
Edith Peters
1926 - 2000
Jim Pons
Born 1943
Marissa Irvin
Born 1980
Richard Markowitz
1926 - 1994
Bobbi Fiedler
1937 - 2019
Tim Fain
-
Goddess Bunny
Born 1960
Merriwether Williams
Born 1968
Daniel S. Loeb
Born 1961
Rhenzy Feliz
Born 1997
Don Collier
Born 1928
Aaron Koblin
Born 1982
Weston Kelsey
Born 1981
Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Born 1958
Zack Fleishman
Born 1980
Weyes Blood
Born 1988
Liane Sato
Born 1964
Taylour Paige
Born 1990
Gennifer Choldenko
Born 1957
Marc Scott Zicree
Born 1955
Jeff Levy-Hinte
Born 1967
Tiffany Bolling
Born 1946
Ricci Luyties
Born 1962
J. P. Calderon
Born 1975
Colman Andrews
Born 1945
Forrest Wheeler
Born 2004
Pamela Burton
Born 1948
Estevan Oriol
-
Charles Dorian
1891 - 1942
Sean Berry
Born 1966
Midori Snyder
Born 1954
Elliot Tyson
Born 1952
Edwin Outwater
Born 1971
Rory Hayes
1949 - 1983
Viveka Davis
Born 1969
Robert Relyea
1930 - 2013
Mike Norton
Born 1973
Robert W. Bower
Born 1936
Rod Strachan
Born 1955
Cory Kennedy
Born 1990
Fawna MacLaren
Born 1965
Lyn Lemaire
Born 1951
Joe Keatinge
Born 1982
Rebeca Mauleon
Born 1962
Skye Townsend
Born 1993
Kaleena Kiff
Born 1974
Betty Miles
1910 - 1992
Patrick Hoelck
Born 1968
Lori Black
Born 1954
Trifun Živanović
Born 1975
Chip Engelland
Born 1961
Tim Biskup
Born 1967
Faye Dancer
1925 - 2002
Veronica Lauren
Born 1980
Hanna Terry
Born 1990
John Zurier
Born 1956
Luis Medina (baseball)
Born 1963
Marjorie Gladman
1908 - 1999
Steve Abee
Born 1967
Virginia Verrill
1916 - 1999
Mickey Kaus
Born 1951
Lana Lopez
Born 1982
Gunnar Nelson (musician)
Born 1967
Derek Hill (racing driver)
Born 1975
Tommy Kendall
Born 1966
Ike Jones
1929 - 2014
Candice Rialson
1951 - 2006
Neil Howe
Born 1951
Jason Hirsh
Born 1982
Carrie Nuttall
Born 2009
Jay Glaser
Born 1953
David Forst
Born 1976
Fiona A. Harrison
Born 1964
Giancarlo Marcaccini
Born 1972
Susan P. Crawford
Born 1963
Gregory J. Bonann
Born 1952
Elizabeth Glaser
1947 - 1994
Randy Vataha
Born 1948
Jeremy Maguire
Born 2011
Bruce Snyder
1940 - 2009
Louiche Mayorga
Born 1963