Biographical Records
Notable People from California
3,830 notable figures born in California, showing page 20 of 77, ranked by historical prominence.
John Hays Hammond Sr.
1855 – 1936
mining engineergeologistdiplomat
Thomas M. Storke
1876 – 1971
journalistpolitician
Ellen Emmet Rand
1875 – 1941
draftspersonillustratorpainter
Harry L. Rattenberry
1857 – 1925
actor
Elizabeth Bragg
1858 – 1929
engineerscientist
Grace Hudson
1865 – 1937
painterartistphotographer
Willis Linn Jepson
1867 – 1946
environmentalistbotanical collectorbotanist
Judah Leon Magnes
1877 – 1948
rabbi
David Kirkland
1878 – 1964
film producerfilm actorfilm director
Frank Chance
1876 – 1924
baseball player
Charles Henderson
1873 – 1954
politicianlawyer
George Field
1877 – 1925
film directoractor
Georgia Caine
1876 – 1964
stage actoractor
Maynard Dixon
1875 – 1946
journalistpainter
Rinaldo Cuneo
1877 – 1932
landscape painterpainter
Addison Mizner
1872 – 1933
humoristinterior designerarchitect
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
1877 – 1948
social activisteducatortranslator
Tom Bundy
1881 – 1945
tennis player
Millard Harmon
1888 – 1945
Blanche Payson
1881 – 1964
film actoractor
John P. McCarthy
1884 – 1962
film actorfilm directoractor
Philip Merivale
1886 – 1946
film actorstage actorplaywright
Lucile Gleason
1888 – 1947
film actorstage actoractor
Charles Finn
1899 – 1974
water polo player
Adele Blood
1886 – 1936
film actorstage actoractor
Abe Attell
1883 – 1970
boxer
Lewis Martin
1894 – 1969
film actortelevision actoractor
Joseph Meyer
1894 – 1987
songwritercomposer
George Kelly
1895 – 1984
baseball player
Lillian Lorraine
1892 – 1955
stage actorZiegfeld girlfilm director
William Fechteler
1896 – 1967
military officer
Charles Dorian
1891 – 1942
silent film actorfilm actorfilm director
George Schroth
1899 – 1989
water polo coachwater polo player
Edward Turkington
1899 – 1996
rugby union player
Edward Graff
1897 – 1954
rugby union player
Lela Bliss
1896 – 1980
film actoractor
Artie Ortego
1890 – 1960
film actortelevision actorstunt performer
Ken Harris
1898 – 1982
film directoranimator
Walter Woolf King
1899 – 1984
television actorstage actorsinger
Charles Lee Tilden Jr.
1894 – 1968
rugby union player
Larry Morey
1905 – 1971
sequence directortelevision actorsongwriter
W. Lloyd Warner
1898 – 1970
cultural anthropologistsocial anthropologistanthropologist
Frederic Conant
1892 – 1974
sailor
Lenore J. Coffee
1896 – 1984
scriptplaywrightwriter
Alfred Santell
1895 – 1981
directorfilm directorscreenwriter
Kam Tong
1906 – 1969
actor
Preston Blair
1908 – 1995
character animatorfilm director
Alta Allen
1904 – 1976
actor
Joseph LaShelle
1900 – 1989
cinematographer
Wini Shaw
1907 – 1982
film actordancersinger