Biographical Records

Notable People from California

3,830 notable figures born in California, showing page 21 of 77, ranked by historical prominence.

Alfred T. Palmer
Alfred T. Palmer
photographer (1906–1993)
1906 – 1993
photographer
Bernice Claire
Bernice Claire
American singer, actress (1906–2003)
1906 – 2003
film actorsingeractor
Marjorie Eaton
Marjorie Eaton
US actress (1901-1986)
1901 – 1986
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Marion Burns
Marion Burns
actress (1907-1993)
1907 – 1993
film actorstage actoractor
Frederick Colberg
American boxer (1900-1965)
1900 – 1965
boxer
Charles Morton
Charles Morton
American actor (1908-1966)
1908 – 1966
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Robert Adair
British television actor (1900-1954)
1900 – 1954
television actoractor
Barbara Brown
Barbara Brown
American actress (1901-1975)
1901 – 1975
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Susan G. Finley
Susan G. Finley
software engineer
1901
engineer
L. B. Abbott
special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman (1908-1985)
1908 – 1985
special effects artistcinematographer
Joan Lowell
Joan Lowell
American actress (1902-1967)
1902 – 1967
film actorwriteractor
Greta Granstedt
Greta Granstedt
actress (1907-1987)
1907 – 1987
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Ricardo Watty Urquidi
Catholic bishop (1938–2011)
1938 – 2011
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Henry Lewis
Henry Lewis
American conductor (1932-1996)
1932 – 1996
conductor
Bob Florence
American jazz arranger and pianist (1932–2008)
1932 – 2008
jazz musicianbandleadermusician
Frank Capra, Jr.
American film producer (1934–2007)
1934 – 2007
film producer
Dick Contino
Dick Contino
American musician, actor (1930-2017)
1930 – 2017
musicianactor
Richard Portman
American sound engineer (1934-2017)
1934 – 2017
audio engineer
Zola Taylor
Zola Taylor
American musician
1938 – 2007
singer
Charles Southwood
Charles Southwood
American actor (1937-2009)
1937 – 2009
film actoractor
Buddy Catlett
American jazz multi-instrumentalist (1933-2014)
1933 – 2014
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
Gary Alcorn
basketball player (1936–2006)
1936 – 2006
basketball player
Jody McCrea
Jody McCrea
American actor and producer (1934-2009)
1934 – 2009
film actorsoldiertelevision actor
Jeffrey Burton Russell
American historian (1934–2023)
1934 – 2023
religious studies scholaruniversity teacherhistorian
John L. Heilbron
American historian of science (1934–2023)
1934 – 2023
historian of scienceuniversity teacherhistorian
Burton L. Mack
American biblical scholar
1931 – 2022
biblical scholartheologian
Eric Pianka
American zoologist
1939 – 2022
ecologistherpetologistbiologist
Gloria Winters
Gloria Winters
American actress (1931-2010)
1931 – 2010
film actortelevision actoractor
Don Marshall
Don Marshall
American actor (1934-2016)
1934 – 2016
television actoractor
Frank Wells
American film studio executive (1932–1994)
1932 – 1994
mountaineerbusinessperson
Les Fresholtz
sound engineer (1931-2021)
1931 – 2021
audio engineerengineer
Loren Cunningham
American missionary (1935–2023)
1935 – 2023
Christian missionarynon-fiction writercleric
Sandra Edwards
Sandra Edwards
American actress and model (1938-2017)
1938 – 2017
actorfilm actortelevision actor
Gene Littler
Gene Littler
American golfer (1930-2019)
1930 – 2019
golfer
Kerry Wendell Thornley
Kerry Wendell Thornley
co-founder of Discordianism (1938-1998)
1938 – 1998
writer
Denny Crum
Denny Crum
American basketball player and coach
1937 – 2023
basketball coachbasketball player
Gary Gray
Gary Gray
American film and television actor, most of career as child actor (1936-2006)
1936 – 2006
television actorbusinesspersonactor
Joan Brown
Joan Brown
American artist (1938-1990)
1938 – 1990
painterartist
Michael Greene
actor (1933-2020)
1933 – 2020
actor
Pamela Lincoln
Pamela Lincoln
American actress (1937-2019)
1937 – 2019
film actortelevision actoractor
Bob Garretson
American racing driver and engineer (1933–2025)
1933 – 2025
racing automobile driverengineer
Molly Ivins
American journalist (1944-2007)
1944 – 2007
journalistcolumnistwriter
Miles Goodman
American composer (1949-1996)
1949 – 1996
film score composerrecord producercomposer
Cirilo Flores
Cirilo Flores
Bishop of San Diego
1948 – 2014
Catholic bishopCatholic priestlawyer
Peter Montgomery
Peter Montgomery
American mathematician (1947–2020)
1947 – 2020
cryptographermathematician
John Locke
John Locke
American keyboardist (1943–2006)
1943 – 2006
songwriterkeyboardistmusician
Denis Dutton
Denis Dutton
Professor and philosopher (1944-2010)
1944 – 2010
philosopheruniversity teacher
Lewis Baltz
Lewis Baltz
American photographer (1945–2014)
1945 – 2014
photographer
Doug Sheehan
American actor (1949–2024)
1949 – 2024
television actoractorfilm actor
Lori Martin
Lori Martin
American film actress (1947-2010)
1947 – 2010
film actortelevision actoractor
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