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
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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 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
- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Geraldine Chaplin
Born 1944
Bob Gunton
Born 1945
Linda Gray
Born 1940
Lana Wood
Born 1946
Richard Hatch (actor)
1945 - 2017
Shelley Fabares
Born 1944
Bonnie Franklin
1944 - 2013
Josephine Chaplin
Born 1949
Michael Chaplin (actor)
Born 1946
Kevin Corcoran
1949 - 2015
Dan Barker
Born 1949
Lynette Fromme
Born 1948
Bobby Sherman
Born 1943
Richard Eyer
Born 1945
Joseph Dauben
Born 1944
Michael E. O'Neill
Born 1946
Neeli Cherkovski
Born 1945
Doug Sheehan
Born 1949
Jill Townsend
Born 1945
Brodie Greer
Born 1949
Lita Albuquerque
Born 1946
Peggy Michel
Born 1949
Jim Pons
Born 1943
Tiffany Bolling
Born 1946
Colman Andrews
Born 1945
Pamela Burton
Born 1948
Rory Hayes
1949 - 1983
Elizabeth Glaser
1947 - 1994
Randy Vataha
Born 1948
Bruce Snyder
1940 - 2009
Pat Daniels
Born 1943
Simone Campbell
Born 1945
Nick McLean
Born 1941
Roy Wallace McDiarmid
Born 1940
Chris Cranston
Born 1946
Lauri Johnson
Born 1949
Mike Gaechter
1940 - 2015
Ronald K. L. Collins
Born 1949
Celeste De Blasis
1946 - 2001
Joey Gibson (model)
Born 1945
John Pritchett (sound engineer)
Born 1947
Eric Server
Born 1944
Diana E. Forsythe
1947 - 1997
David Mulica
Born 1949
Wink Davenport
Born 1942
Billy Parks
1948 - 2009
William Johnson (swimmer)
1947 - 2005
Mark Schaeffer
Born 1948
James A. Russell
Born 1947
Gary Seitz
Born 1943
Louise Caire Clark
Born 1949
Edward J. Scott
Born 1944
J. Dennis Washington
Born 1945
Bob Boetticher
Born 1946
Tony Horton (baseball)
Born 1944
John Ireland (sportscaster)
Born 1943
Pat Doyle (baseball)
Born 1944
Rob Hurtt
Born 1944
Fredda Blanchard-Fields
1948 - 2010
John Hoffman (defensive end)
Born 1943
Dennis Kemp
Born 1946
Jimmy Blears
1948 - 2011
Sandi Sweitzer
Born 1946
John W. Blaney
Born 1948
Keith Burrell
Born 1947
Bruce Wolfe
Born 1941
Claude Lyneis
Born 1943
William G. Petty
Born 1949