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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×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Santa Monica during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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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 baseball7.4× the global rate.

Santa Monica under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Actor140
  2. Baseball45
  3. Football35
  4. Player26
  5. Film19
  6. Singer18
  7. Music15
  8. Writer12
  1. Baseball457.4×
  2. Golf66.6×
  3. Actor1404.9×
  4. Screenwriter114.7×
  5. Skater64.6×
  6. Novelist94.2×
  7. Model53.6×
  8. Film192.9×
  1. Politician100.2×
  2. Football350.6×
  3. Writer120.7×

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.

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537 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Sean Penn

Born 1960

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0002 ACTOR

Robert Redford

Born 1936

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0003 ACTOR

Shirley Temple

1928 - 2014

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0004 ACTOR

Jamie Lee Curtis

Born 1958

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0005 ACTOR

Jack Black

Born 1969

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0006 ACTOR

Anjelica Huston

Born 1951

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0007 ACTOR

Christina Ricci

Born 1980

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0008 FILM

Josh Brolin

Born 1968

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0009 ACTOR

Tobey Maguire

Born 1975

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0010 ACTOR

Gloria Stuart

1910 - 2010

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0011 ACTOR

Geraldine Chaplin

Born 1944

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0012 WRESTLER

Ronda Rousey

Born 1987

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0013 ACTOR

Miguel Ferrer

1955 - 2017

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0014 ACTOR

Sean Astin

Born 1971

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0015 SINGER

Suzanne Vega

Born 1959

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0016 POET

Amber Tamblyn

Born 1983

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0017 ACTOR

Mariska Hargitay

Born 1964

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0018 ACTOR

Kenneth Anger

Born 1927

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0019 GUITAR

Randy Rhoads

1956 - 1982

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0020 RAPPER

Big Sean

Born 1988

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0021 BASSIST

Robert Trujillo

Born 1964

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0022 ACTOR

Tyler Posey

Born 1991

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0023 ACTOR

Adam Goldberg

Born 1970

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0024 ACTOR

Lorenzo Lamas

Born 1958

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0025 ACTOR

Bob Gunton

Born 1945

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0026 CIRCUS

Bill Irwin

Born 1950

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0027 ACTOR

Linda Gray

Born 1940

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0028 ACTOR

Riley Keough

Born 1989

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0029 ACTOR

Cameron Monaghan

Born 1993

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0030 ACTOR

Sara Gilbert

Born 1975

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0031 ACTOR

Lana Wood

Born 1946

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0032 GUITAR

Dave Navarro

Born 1967

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0033 ACTOR

Richard Hatch (actor)

1945 - 2017

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0034 SINGER

Teena Marie

1956 - 2010

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0035 ACTOR

Dominique Dunne

1959 - 1982

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0036 ACTOR

David Hayter

Born 1969

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0037 FILM

Jack Webb

1920 - 1982

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0038 ACTOR

Eion Bailey

Born 1976

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0039 SINGER

Lorna Luft

Born 1952

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0040 BASKET

Kevin Love

Born 1988

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0041 ACTOR

Tracy Nelson (actress)

Born 1963

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0042 ACTOR

Shannon Lee

Born 1969

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0043 ACTOR

Shelley Fabares

Born 1944

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0044 SCREENWRITER

Dan Gilroy

Born 1959

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0045 COMPOSER

Mark Mancina

Born 1957

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0046 ACTOR

Martin Starr

Born 1982

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0047 FOOTBALL

Frank Gifford

1930 - 2015

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0048 ACTOR

David R. Ellis

1952 - 2013

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0049 ACTOR

Bonnie Franklin

1944 - 2013

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0050 MUSIC

Stephen Malkmus

Born 1966

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0051 ACTOR

Vanness Wu

Born 1978

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0052 ACTOR

Carly Chaikin

Born 1990

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0053 SCREENWRITER

Frank Thomas (animator)

1912 - 2004

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0054 ACTOR

Anthony Delon

Born 1964

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0055 ACTOR

Josephine Chaplin

Born 1949

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0056 SCREENWRITER

Mick Garris

Born 1951

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0057 COMPOSER

Joseph Williams (musician)

Born 1960

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0058 ACTOR

Mara Corday

Born 1930

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0059 ACTOR

Steve Blum

Born 1960

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0060 MARTIAL ART

Frank Shamrock

Born 1972

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0061 ATHLETIC

Parry O'Brien

1932 - 2007

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0062 ACTOR

Erin Sanders

Born 1991

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0063 ACTOR

Morgan Lily

Born 2000

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0064 RADIO

Carson Daly

Born 1973

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0065 ACTOR

Ryan Hurst

Born 1976

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0066 ACTOR

Christopher Lawford

1955 - 2018

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0067 ACTOR

Josh Pence

Born 1982

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0068 BIOGRAPHER

Michael Chaplin (actor)

Born 1946

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0069 ACTOR

Hutch Dano

Born 1992

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0070 ACTOR

Ashley Bell (actress)

Born 1986

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0071 ACTOR

Kevin Corcoran

1949 - 2015

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0072 ACTOR

Hannah Marks

Born 1993

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0073 FOOTBALL

Karen Bardsley

Born 1984

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0074 ACTOR

Barry Williams (actor)

Born 1954

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0075 CINEMA

Don Burgess (cinematographer)

Born 1956

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0076 ACTOR

Rosabell Laurenti Sellers

Born 1996

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0077 ACTOR

Kelly Curtis

Born 1956

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0078 ACTOR

Eli Marienthal

Born 1986

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0079 MATHEMATICIAN

Harold W. Kuhn

1925 - 2014

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0080 ACTOR

Dean Paul Martin

1951 - 1987

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0081 SINGER

Jean Darling

1922 - 2015

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0082 ACTOR

Fiona Gubelmann

Born 1980

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0083 WRITER

Dan Barker

Born 1949

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0084 CRIMINAL

Lynette Fromme

Born 1948

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0085 POLITICAL

Stephen Miller (political advisor)

Born 1985

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0086 BASKET

Austin Rivers

Born 1992

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0087 ACTOR

Daniela Sea

Born 1977

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0088 ACTOR

Andrea Savage

Born 1973

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0089 SINGER

Tané McClure

Born 1958

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0090 ARTIST

Gary Hill

Born 1951

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0091 SINGER

Bobby Sherman

Born 1943

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0092 SCREENWRITER

Mark Evanier

Born 1952

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0093 WRESTLER

Chris Masters

Born 1983

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0094 ACTOR

Apollonia Kotero

Born 1959

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0095 WRITER

Steve Erickson

Born 1950

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0096 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Barry Boehm

Born 1935

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0097 ACTOR

Amy O'Neill

Born 1971

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0098 CONDUCTOR

David Robertson (conductor)

Born 1958

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0099 DRUMMER

Sandy Nelson

Born 1938

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0100 BASSIST

Wolfgang Van Halen

Born 1991

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0101 SINGER

Stuart Hamblen

1908 - 1989

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0102 SINGER

Melinda Doolittle

Born 1977

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0103 MUSIC

Ernie Ball

1930 - 2004

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0104 ACTOR

Andrew Lauer

Born 1965

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0105 FILM

John Gilroy (film editor)

Born 1959

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0106 SCREENWRITER

Jeff "Swampy" Marsh

Born 1960

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0107 ACTOR

Jeffrey Weissman

Born 1958

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0108 SINGER

Charlotte Caffey

Born 1953

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0109 ACTOR

Victoria Chaplin

Born 1951

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0110 PLAYER

Gussie Moran

1923 - 2013

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0111 ACTOR

Judy Norton Taylor

Born 1958

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0112 ACTOR

Susan Olsen

Born 1961

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0113 ACTOR

Dick Rude

Born 1964

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0114 ACTOR

Bianca Santos

Born 1990

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0115 ACTOR

Richard Eyer

Born 1945

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0116 ACTOR

Sherri Stoner

Born 1965

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0117 ACTOR

Amy Redford

Born 1970

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0118 MUSIC

Coco Montoya

Born 1951

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0119 ATHLETE

Scott Tinley

Born 1956

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0120 MODEL

Cyrinda Foxe

1952 - 2002

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0121 ACTOR

Paul Sand

Born 1935

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0122 BASEBALL

Dwight Evans

Born 1951

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0123 PLAYER

Julia Boserup

Born 1991

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0124 ACTOR

Terri Welles

Born 1956

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0125 BASEBALL

Kirk Nieuwenhuis

Born 1987

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0126 MODEL

Alexis Ren

Born 1996

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0127 FILM

Fred Roos

Born 1934

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0128 AUTHOR

Steve Pavlina

Born 1971

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0129 PLAYER

Mary Browne

1891 - 1971

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0130 FILM

Dody Dorn

Born 1955

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0131 BASEBALL

Cody Decker

Born 1987

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0132 MUSIC

Carl Verheyen

Born 1954

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0133 LAWYER

E. Randol Schoenberg

Born 1966

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0134 FILM

Peter Davis (director)

Born 1937

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0135 ACTOR

Ashley Zukerman

Born 1983

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0136 SCREENWRITER

Ken Levine (screenwriter)

Born 1950

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0137 BASEBALL

Torey Lovullo

Born 1965

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0138 MATHEMATICIAN

Joseph Dauben

Born 1944

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0139 ACTOR

Jeanne Bal

1928 - 1996

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0140 FILM

Peter Stephan Jungk

Born 1952

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0141 NOVELIST

Melanie Rawn

Born 1954

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0142 BASEBALL

Lucas Giolito

Born 1994

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0143 ACTOR

Max Kasch

Born 1985

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0144 ACTOR

Jonathan Ahdout

Born 1989

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0145 ACTOR

S. Scott Bullock

Born 1956

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0146 BASEBALL

Robert Gsellman

Born 1993

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0147 SKATEBOARD

Tony Alva

Born 1957

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0148 NOVELIST

Maria Semple

Born 1964

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0149 BASEBALL

Brennan Boesch

Born 1985

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0150 ACTOR

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

Born 2007

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0151 COMPOSER

Jim Wise

Born 1964

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0152 BASKET

Sean Green (basketball)

Born 1970

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0153 SONGWRITER

Antonina Armato

Born 1974

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0154 ACTOR

Bobby Vitale

Born 1965

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0155 FOOTBALL

Chris Long

Born 1985

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0156 WRITER

Marshall Brain

Born 1961

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0157 PLAYER

Scott Davis (tennis)

Born 1962

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0158 BASEBALL

Tyler Skaggs

1991 - 2019

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0159 COMEDIAN

David Ossman

Born 1936

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0160 BASEBALL

Mark Loretta

Born 1971

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0161 ACTOR

Kyle Stone

1963 - 2018

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0162 ACTOR

Jackie Basehart

1951 - 2015

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0163 COMPOSER

Joey Newman

Born 1976

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0164 GUITAR

Peter DiStefano

Born 1965

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0165 SCREENWRITER

Jason Antoon

Born 1971

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0166 COMPOSER

Joachim Cooder

Born 1978

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0167 BUSINESS

Michael E. O'Neill

Born 1946

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0168 COMPOSER

Daedelus (musician)

Born 1977

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0169 ACTOR

Michael Spound

Born 1957

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0170 ARTIST

Iain McCaig

Born 1957

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0171 BASEBALL

Max Fried

Born 1994

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0172 SCREENWRITER

Douglas S. Cook

1958 - 2015

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0173 BASEBALL

Mike Scott (baseball)

Born 1955

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0174 BASEBALL

Dan Quisenberry

1953 - 1998

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0175 FILM

Daniel Dubiecki

Born 1977

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0176 PAINTER

Ronald Davis

Born 1937

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0177 FOOTBALL

Mitchell Schwartz

Born 1989

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0178 ACTOR

Kristal Summers

Born 1972

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0179 WRITER

Neeli Cherkovski

Born 1945

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0180 PLAYER

Chuck Adams

Born 1971

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0181 SCULPTOR

Matt Mullican

Born 1951

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0182 EXPLORER

Philippe Cousteau Jr.

Born 1980

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0183 PLAYER

Michael Joyce (tennis)

Born 1973

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0184 ACTOR

Doug Sheehan

Born 1949

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0185 BASEBALL

Tim Leary

Born 1958

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0186 FOOTBALL

Kai Forbath

Born 1987

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0187 ACTOR

Patrick O'Neal (sportscaster)

Born 1967

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0188 ACTOR

Remy Auberjonois

Born 1974

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0189 FILM

Donovan Cook

Born 1968

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0190 ACTOR

Matthew Walker (American actor)

Born 1968

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0191 MUSIC

Paul Morris (musician)

Born 1959

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0192 PLAYER

Eric Sato

Born 1966

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0193 ACTOR

Jill Townsend

Born 1945

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0194 ACTOR

Jeffrey Byron

Born 1955

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0195 ACTOR

Catherine McLeod

1921 - 1997

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0196 ACTOR

Shiva Rose

Born 1969

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0197 ACTOR

Brodie Greer

Born 1949

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0198 BASEBALL

Jon Moscot

Born 1991

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0199 BASEBALL

Dan Runzler

Born 1985

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0200 BASEBALL

Chris Valaika

Born 1985

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0201 COMPOSER

Alec Puro

Born 1975

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0202 ART CRITIC

Patrick Waldberg

1913 - 1985

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0203 ACTOR

Angela McEwan

1934 - 2015

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0204 WRITER

Brian Dunning (author)

Born 1965

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0205 SCULPTOR

Lita Albuquerque

Born 1946

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0206 SINGER

Matthew Nelson

Born 1967

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0207 BALLET

Allegra Kent

Born 1937

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0208 SKATER

Judy Blumberg

Born 1957

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0209 ACTOR

Katie Volding

Born 1989

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0210 PAINTER

Fred Tomaselli

Born 1956

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0211 PLAYER

Peggy Michel

Born 1949

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0212 SKATEBOARD

Natas Kaupas

Born 1969

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0213 ACTOR

Hannah Dunne

Born 1990

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0214 FILM

Darby Hinton

Born 1957

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0215 BIOLOGIST

Jay M. Savage

Born 1928

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0216 FILM

Carolyn Beug

1952 - 2001

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0217 PLAYER

Jeff Madsen

Born 1985

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0218 PLAYER

Clay Thompson

Born 1992

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0219 PLAYER

Randy Stoklos

Born 1960

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0220 ACTOR

Edith Peters

1926 - 2000

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0221 MUSIC

Jim Pons

Born 1943

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0222 PLAYER

Marissa Irvin

Born 1980

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0223 COMPOSER

Richard Markowitz

1926 - 1994

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0224 POLITICIAN

Bobbi Fiedler

1937 - 2019

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0225 VIOLIN

Tim Fain

-

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0226 ACTOR

Goddess Bunny

Born 1960

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0227 WRITER

Merriwether Williams

Born 1968

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0228 FINANCIER

Daniel S. Loeb

Born 1961

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0229 ACTOR

Rhenzy Feliz

Born 1997

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0230 ACTOR

Don Collier

Born 1928

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0231 DESIGNER

Aaron Koblin

Born 1982

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0232 FENCER

Weston Kelsey

Born 1981

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0233 BOXING

Jimmy Lennon Jr.

Born 1958

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0234 PLAYER

Zack Fleishman

Born 1980

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0235 SINGER

Weyes Blood

Born 1988

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0236 PLAYER

Liane Sato

Born 1964

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0237 DANCER

Taylour Paige

Born 1990

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0238 WRITER

Gennifer Choldenko

Born 1957

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0239 NOVELIST

Marc Scott Zicree

Born 1955

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0240 FILM

Jeff Levy-Hinte

Born 1967

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0241 ACTOR

Tiffany Bolling

Born 1946

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0242 PLAYER

Ricci Luyties

Born 1962

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0243 VOLLEYBALL

J. P. Calderon

Born 1975

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0244 WRITER

Colman Andrews

Born 1945

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0245 ACTOR

Forrest Wheeler

Born 2004

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0246 ARCHITECT

Pamela Burton

Born 1948

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0247 FILM

Estevan Oriol

-

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0248 ACTOR

Charles Dorian

1891 - 1942

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0249 BASEBALL

Sean Berry

Born 1966

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0250 NOVELIST

Midori Snyder

Born 1954

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0251 ENGINEER

Elliot Tyson

Born 1952

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0252 CONDUCTOR

Edwin Outwater

Born 1971

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0253 ARTIST

Rory Hayes

1949 - 1983

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0254 ACTOR

Viveka Davis

Born 1969

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0255 FILM

Robert Relyea

1930 - 2013

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0256 PENCILLER

Mike Norton

Born 1973

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0257 PHYSICIST

Robert W. Bower

Born 1936

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0258 SWIMMER

Rod Strachan

Born 1955

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0259 MODEL

Cory Kennedy

Born 1990

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0260 ACTOR

Fawna MacLaren

Born 1965

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0261 ATHLETE

Lyn Lemaire

Born 1951

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0262 COMIC

Joe Keatinge

Born 1982

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0263 COMPOSER

Rebeca Mauleon

Born 1962

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0264 SINGER

Skye Townsend

Born 1993

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0265 ACTOR

Kaleena Kiff

Born 1974

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0266 ACTOR

Betty Miles

1910 - 1992

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0267 PHOTOGRAPHER

Patrick Hoelck

Born 1968

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0268 BASSIST

Lori Black

Born 1954

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0269 SKATER

Trifun Živanović

Born 1975

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0270 BASKET

Chip Engelland

Born 1961

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0271 SCULPTOR

Tim Biskup

Born 1967

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0272 BASEBALL

Faye Dancer

1925 - 2002

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0273 ACTOR

Veronica Lauren

Born 1980

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0274 FOOTBALL

Hanna Terry

Born 1990

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0275 PAINTER

John Zurier

Born 1956

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0276 BASEBALL

Luis Medina (baseball)

Born 1963

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0277 PLAYER

Marjorie Gladman

1908 - 1999

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0278 POET

Steve Abee

Born 1967

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0279 ACTOR

Virginia Verrill

1916 - 1999

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0280 JOURNALIST

Mickey Kaus

Born 1951

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0281 ACTOR

Lana Lopez

Born 1982

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0282 SINGER

Gunnar Nelson (musician)

Born 1967

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0283 DRIVER

Derek Hill (racing driver)

Born 1975

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0284 DRIVER

Tommy Kendall

Born 1966

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0285 ACTOR

Ike Jones

1929 - 2014

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0286 ACTOR

Candice Rialson

1951 - 2006

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0287 ECONOMIST

Neil Howe

Born 1951

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0288 BASEBALL

Jason Hirsh

Born 1982

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0289 PHOTOGRAPHER

Carrie Nuttall

Born 2009

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0290 SAILOR

Jay Glaser

Born 1953

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0291 BASEBALL

David Forst

Born 1976

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0292 ASTROPHYSICIST

Fiona A. Harrison

Born 1964

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0293 BASKET

Giancarlo Marcaccini

Born 1972

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0294 LAWYER

Susan P. Crawford

Born 1963

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0295 PRODUCER

Gregory J. Bonann

Born 1952

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0296 ACTIVIST

Elizabeth Glaser

1947 - 1994

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0297 FOOTBALL

Randy Vataha

Born 1948

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0298 ACTOR

Jeremy Maguire

Born 2011

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0299 FOOTBALL

Bruce Snyder

1940 - 2009

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0300 MUSIC

Louiche Mayorga

Born 1963

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