Biographical Records

Notable People from California

3,830 notable figures born in California, showing page 24 of 77, ranked by historical prominence.

Gary Vinson
Gary Vinson
American actor (1936-1984)
1936 – 1984
television actoractor
Larry Kert
Larry Kert
American entertainer (1930-1991)
1930 – 1991
musiciansingeractor
George Archer
George Archer
professional golfer (1939–2005)
1939 – 2005
golfer
Dick Berk
Dick Berk
American drummer (1939–2014)
1939 – 2014
jazz musicianbandleadermusician
Mickey Wright
Mickey Wright
American golfer (1935–2020)
1935 – 2020
golfer
Hobart Alter
American businessman (1933-2014)
1933 – 2014
designersailorbusinessperson
Camille Billops
African American artist (1933–2019)
1933 – 2019
printmakergraphic artistfilm director
Michael Deaver
Michael Deaver
American political consultant (1938-2007)
1938 – 2007
lobbyistpolitician
Jim Sullivan
American singer-songwriter
1939 – 1975
songwritermusiciansinger-songwriter
Lindsay Crosby
Lindsay Crosby
American actor, singer (1938-1989)
1938 – 1989
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Don Steele
American DJ (1936-1997)
1936 – 1997
radio personalitytelevision actordisc jockey
Doris F. Fisher
Doris F. Fisher
American businessperson
1931 – 2026
art collectorbusinessperson
Robert W. Bower
American physicist (1936–2024)
1936 – 2024
university teacherinventorphysicist
Barbara Whiting
Barbara Whiting
American actress and singer
1931 – 2004
film actortelevision actorsinger
Kipp Hamilton
Kipp Hamilton
American actress (1934–1981)
1935 – 1981
film actortelevision actormodel
Dick Rutan
Dick Rutan
American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal
1938 – 2024
air force officermilitary aviatoraviation pioneer
Ed Roth
Ed Roth
American artist, cartoonist and custom car painter (1932-2001)
1932 – 2001
car designercartoonistgraphic designer
Robert Bechtle
American painter (1932–2020)
1932 – 2020
printmakerpainter
Richard A. Tapia
Richard A. Tapia
American mathematician
1939 – 2026
university teachermathematician
Tom Frost
Tom Frost
American mountain climber (1936-2018)
1936 – 2018
rock climberphotographer
Bernice Bing
Chinese American painter (1936–1998)
1936 – 1998
painter
Tandra Quinn
American actress (1931–2016)
1931 – 2016
film actorpin-up modelactor
John Van de Kamp
John Van de Kamp
Attorney General of California from 1983 to 1991
1936 – 2017
lawyer
Reiko Sato
Reiko Sato
American actress (1931-1981)
1931 – 1981
film actorstage actoractor
Robert Carston Arneson
American artist (1930-1992)
1930 – 1992
draftspersonprintmakerceramicist
Terence Hallinan
Terence Hallinan
District Attorney of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004
1936 – 2020
lawyer
Robert Totten
American television director and actor (1937-1995)
1937 – 1995
television actordirectorfilm director
Art Harris
American basketball player (1947-2007)
1947 – 2007
basketball player
Abigail Folger
Heiress, Volunteer
1943 – 1969
social workersocialiteentrepreneur
Michael Asher
American conceptual artist (1943-2012)
1943 – 2012
conceptual artistuniversity teacherartist
Dennis Cleveland Stewart
American actor (1947-1994)
1947 – 1994
actor
Odis Allison
American professional basketball player
1949 – 2022
basketball player
Sammi Smith
Sammi Smith
American country singer (1943–2005)
1943 – 2005
musiciansongwritersinger
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
American writer
1942 – 2025
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Erwin Louis Mueller
American basketball player (1944–2018)
1944 – 2018
basketball player
Kevin Starr
Kevin Starr
American historian (1940-2017)
1940 – 2017
historian
Lawrence D. Brown
Lawrence D. Brown
American statistician
1940 – 2018
statistician
Leonard Compagno
American shark ichthyologist (1943–2024)
1943 – 2024
museologistichthyologistmarine biologist
Bert Kramer
Bert Kramer
American actor (1934-2001)
1945 – 2001
television actorstage actoractor
Lucy Saroyan
American actress (1946-2003)
1946 – 2003
film actormodelactor
Steve Maslow
Sound engineer (1944–2026)
1944 – 2026
audio engineerengineer
Frank Froehling
American tennis player
1942 – 2020
tennis player
Stuart J. Freedman
Stuart J. Freedman
American physicist (1944-2012)
1944 – 2012
physicist
Terry Lee Erwin
American entomologist (1940–2020)
1940 – 2020
scientific collectorentomologistbotanical collector
Roger Nichols
Roger Nichols
American recording engineer, producer, and inventor (1944-2011)
1944 – 2011
record producerengineeraudio engineer
Stan Love
Stan Love
American basketball player
1949 – 2025
basketball player
Doug Peterson
Doug Peterson
yacht designer (1945–2017)
1945 – 2017
engineer
Whitney Rydbeck
American actor (1945-2024)
1945 – 2024
theatre directortelevision actoractor
Jimmy Greenspoon
Jimmy Greenspoon
American keyboard player and composer
1948 – 2015
musician
Sam Andrew
American musician/singer/songwriter/composer/artist (1941–2015)
1941 – 2015
guitaristsinger-songwritermusician
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