Biographical Records

Notable People from California

3,830 notable figures born in California, showing page 13 of 77, ranked by historical prominence.

Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey
American actor (1904–1980)
1904 – 1980
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Harold Muller
Harold Muller
American sportsman (1901–1962)
1901 – 1962
American football coachAmerican football playerathletics competitor
William Bakewell
William Bakewell
film actor (1908-1993)
1908 – 1993
film actortelevision actoractor
William Knowland
William Knowland
United States Senator from California (1945–1959)
1908 – 1974
publisherpolitician
Robert F. Boyle
Robert F. Boyle
art directors (1909-2010)
1909 – 2010
scenographerart director
Joe Cronin
Joe Cronin
American baseball player and manager (1906–1984)
1906 – 1984
baseball player
Ron Morris
Ron Morris
American pole vaulter (1935–2024)
1935 – 2024
athletics competitor
Diane Ellis
Diane Ellis
American actress (1909–1930)
1909 – 1930
film actoractor
Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry
American actor (1909–1993)
1909 – 1993
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Thomas Webster
sailor (1909–1981)
1909 – 1981
skippersailor
Mary McAllister
Mary McAllister
American actress (1909-1991)
1909 – 1991
child actoractor
John Stewart
John Stewart
American songwriter and singer (1939–2008)
1939 – 2008
banjoistsongwritermusician
Beverly Wills
Beverly Wills
actress (1933-1963)
1933 – 1963
film actortelevision actoractor
Barry Boehm
Barry Boehm
American software engineer (1935–2022)
1935 – 2022
software developermathematicianengineer
Don Drysdale
Don Drysdale
American baseball player (1936–1993)
1936 – 1993
baseball player
George Harrison
George Harrison
American swimmer (1939–2011)
1939 – 2011
swimmer
Emmett Chapman
Emmett Chapman
American musician (1936–2021)
1936 – 2021
jazz musicianjazz guitaristguitarist
Burny Mattinson
American animator (1935–2023)
1935 – 2023
story artistcharacter animatorfilm producer
Don Durant
Don Durant
American actor and businessman (1932-2005)
1932 – 2005
television actorsingeractor
Jimmy Hunt
Jimmy Hunt
American actor
1939 – 2025
film actoractor
Arnold Lobel
American children's illustrator and writer (1933-1987)
1933 – 1987
painterillustratorwriter
Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician (1934-1978)
1934 – 1978
jazz musiciantrumpeterfilm score composer
Arthur Schmidt
American film editor (1937–2023)
1937 – 2023
film editor
Joseph S. Nelson
Canadian biologist and ichthyologist (1937–2011)
1937 – 2011
ichthyologist
Rhodes Reason
Rhodes Reason
American actor (1930-2014)
1930 – 2014
television actorfilm actoractor
Dick Lyon
American rower (1939-2019)
1939 – 2019
rower
Arleen Auger
American soprano (1939–1993)
1939 – 1993
opera singer
Cliff Bole
American television director (1937–2014)
1937 – 2014
directortelevision director
Gary Crosby
Gary Crosby
American actor and singer (1933-1995)
1933 – 1995
jazz singertelevision actorsinger
Ken Venturi
American professional golfer (1931–2013)
1931 – 2013
golferprofessional golfer
Patricia Bosworth
American journalist and actor (1933-2020)
1933 – 2020
film actorbiographerjournalist
Aron Kincaid
actor, voice actor (1940-2011)
1940 – 2011
film actormodelvoice actor
Gary Karr
Gary Karr
American musician (1941–2025)
1941 – 2025
music educatordouble-bassist
Jack Bannon
Jack Bannon
American actor (1940–2017)
1940 – 2017
film actortelevision actoractor
Don Grady
Don Grady
actor, composer, musician (1944-2012)
1944 – 2012
film actortelevision actorfilm score composer
Robert Matsui
Robert Matsui
American politician (1941–2005)
1941 – 2005
politicianlawyer
Pamela Courson
Pamela Courson
American artist and common-law wife of Jim Morrison
1946 – 1974
singer
Bob Rule
Bob Rule
American basketball player (1944–2019)
1944 – 2019
basketball player
James Robert Baker
American author (1946–1997)
1946 – 1997
video artistnovelistjournalist
Richard Paul
American actor (1940-1998)
1940 – 1998
television actoractor
Elizabeth Baur
Elizabeth Baur
actress (1947-2017)
1947 – 2017
film actortelevision actoractor
Bill Buckner
Bill Buckner
American baseball player
1949 – 2019
baseball player
Linda Gary
Linda Gary
American voice actor (1944-1995)
1944 – 1995
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Anita Pointer
Anita Pointer
American singer-songwriter (1948–2022)
1948 – 2022
singer-songwritersinger
Tim McIntire
American actor (1944–1986)
1944 – 1986
film actortelevision actorcomposer
Eve Babitz
American author
1943 – 2021
essayistjournalistnovelist
Geoffrey Picard
American rower (1943-2022)
1943 – 2002
rower
Goddess Bunny
Goddess Bunny
American actress (1960–2021)
1960 – 2021
modelfilm actoractor
Christopher Bowman
Christopher Bowman
figure skater (1967-2008)
1967 – 2008
figure skateractor
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