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
- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Jamie Lee Curtis
Born 1958
Anjelica Huston
Born 1951
Miguel Ferrer
1955 - 2017
Suzanne Vega
Born 1959
Randy Rhoads
1956 - 1982
Lorenzo Lamas
Born 1958
Bill Irwin
Born 1950
Teena Marie
1956 - 2010
Dominique Dunne
1959 - 1982
Lorna Luft
Born 1952
Dan Gilroy
Born 1959
Mark Mancina
Born 1957
David R. Ellis
1952 - 2013
Mick Garris
Born 1951
Christopher Lawford
1955 - 2018
Barry Williams (actor)
Born 1954
Don Burgess (cinematographer)
Born 1956
Kelly Curtis
Born 1956
Dean Paul Martin
1951 - 1987
Tané McClure
Born 1958
Gary Hill
Born 1951
Mark Evanier
Born 1952
Apollonia Kotero
Born 1959
Steve Erickson
Born 1950
David Robertson (conductor)
Born 1958
John Gilroy (film editor)
Born 1959
Jeffrey Weissman
Born 1958
Charlotte Caffey
Born 1953
Victoria Chaplin
Born 1951
Judy Norton Taylor
Born 1958
Coco Montoya
Born 1951
Scott Tinley
Born 1956
Cyrinda Foxe
1952 - 2002
Dwight Evans
Born 1951
Terri Welles
Born 1956
Dody Dorn
Born 1955
Carl Verheyen
Born 1954
Ken Levine (screenwriter)
Born 1950
Peter Stephan Jungk
Born 1952
Melanie Rawn
Born 1954
S. Scott Bullock
Born 1956
Tony Alva
Born 1957
Jackie Basehart
1951 - 2015
Michael Spound
Born 1957
Iain McCaig
Born 1957
Douglas S. Cook
1958 - 2015
Mike Scott (baseball)
Born 1955
Dan Quisenberry
1953 - 1998
Matt Mullican
Born 1951
Tim Leary
Born 1958
Paul Morris (musician)
Born 1959
Jeffrey Byron
Born 1955
Judy Blumberg
Born 1957
Fred Tomaselli
Born 1956
Darby Hinton
Born 1957
Carolyn Beug
1952 - 2001
Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Born 1958
Gennifer Choldenko
Born 1957
Marc Scott Zicree
Born 1955
Midori Snyder
Born 1954
Elliot Tyson
Born 1952
Rod Strachan
Born 1955
Lyn Lemaire
Born 1951
Lori Black
Born 1954
John Zurier
Born 1956
Mickey Kaus
Born 1951
Candice Rialson
1951 - 2006
Neil Howe
Born 1951
Jay Glaser
Born 1953
Gregory J. Bonann
Born 1952
Teri Peterson
Born 1959
Wes Jones
Born 1958
Tim Tolman
Born 1956
Bill Caudill
Born 1956
Wendy Lesser
Born 1952
Stephen Malinowski
Born 1953
Mike Carona
Born 1955
Mary Papazian
Born 1959
Sharon Davis
Born 1954
John Doan
Born 1951
Mike Patterson (baseball)
Born 1958
Lucy Jones
Born 1955
Rob Picciolo
1953 - 2018
Pete O'Brien (first baseman)
Born 1958
Gregory Snegoff
Born 1955
Dennis Smith (American football)
Born 1959
Tony Viramontes
1958 - 1988
Ann Simmons
Born 1953
Reuben Henderson
Born 1958
Daryn Hinton
Born 1954
Rob Andrews (baseball)
Born 1952
Henry Sakaida
1951 - 2018
Ed Fallon
Born 1958
Tony Brizzolara
Born 1957
Christopher Lewis (tennis)
Born 1956
Ernest Del
Born 1952
Andrew J. Guilford
Born 1950
Mike Chris
Born 1957
Steven Popkes
Born 1952
Jimmy W. Phipps
1950 - 1969
Ingrid Kummels
Born 1956
Gregor DuBuclet
Born 1957
Jim Menges
Born 1951
Steven M. Hilton
Born 1950
Royle Stillman
Born 1951
David Shelley
1957 - 2015
Dennis Littlejohn
Born 1954
Robert Dunn (novelist)
Born 1950
Dave Skaggs
Born 1951
Brian Claar
Born 1959
Carolyn Hill
Born 1959
Frankie Duarte
Born 1954
Jacques Manset
Born 1958
Jim Smith (baseball)
Born 1954
Roger Stillwell
1951 - 2006
Jean Nachand
Born 1955
Bob Rush (American football)
Born 1955
Patrick Kinser-Lau
1953 - 1983
Ted Prappas
Born 1955
Mike Colbern
1955 - 2019
Kevin Starkey
Born 1958