Biographical Records
Notable People from California
3,830 notable figures born in California, showing page 43 of 77, ranked by historical prominence.
Earl Fuller
1904 – 1956
middle-distance runner
Jim Ricks
1901
artist
Jean Laverty
1904 – 1973
actor
Georgette Cohan
1900 – 1988
stage actoractor
Doris Gates
1901 – 1987
children's writerlibrarianwriter
Pete Burness
1904 – 1969
film producerfilm directoranimator
Leslie Alfred Skinner
1900 – 1978
engineer
Wesley Prince
1907 – 1980
jazz musiciandouble-bassist
Frances Baldwin
1907 – 1999
painter
George E. Outland
1906 – 1981
politician
Stanley Knowles
1908 – 1997
trade unionistclergymanChristian minister
Peter Clentzos
1909 – 2006
athletics competitor
Allen Jung
1909 – 1982
actor
Wayne McAllister
1907 – 2000
architect
Harwell Hamilton Harris
1903 – 1990
architect
Robert R. Bertrand
1906 – 2002
audio engineer
Ruggero Berti
1909 – 1985
sport cyclist
Toni Harper
1937 – 2023
jazz singerjazz musicianmusician
Dennis Eugene Breedlove
1939 – 2012
scientific collectorexploreranthropologist
Tom Wilkes
1939 – 2009
designerart director
Billy Laughlin
1932 – 1948
film actor
Virgil Gonsalves
1931 – 2008
jazz musiciansaxophonistbandleader
Wilber Morris
1937 – 2002
jazz musicianmusician
Dennis Johnson
1938 – 2018
pianistmathematiciancomposer
Howard Andrew
1934 – 2021
poker playerengineer
Arden H. Brame
1934 – 2004
herpetologistbiologistbotanist
Dick Vertlieb
1930 – 2008
general manager
Carson Smith
1931 – 1997
jazz musician
Victoria Chick
1936 – 2023
economist
Robert M. Miura
1938 – 2018
biophysicistuniversity teachermathematician
Jack D. Forbes
1934 – 2011
university teachereducatorhistorian
Jill Kinmont Boothe
1936 – 2012
alpine skier
Darcy O'Brien
1939 – 1998
novelistuniversity teacherwriter
Wallace E. Oates
1937 – 2015
university teachereconomist
Bob Lynn
1933 – 2020
politician
Carolyn See
1934 – 2016
novelistliterary criticfilm critic
Earl Battey
1935 – 2003
baseball player
Erin O'Brien
1934 – 2021
television actorfilm actoractor
Frederick K. C. Price
1932 – 2021
televangelistreligious leaderparson
Gene Persson
1934 – 2008
film directoractor
Gerald Finnerman
1931 – 2011
cinematographer
Ralph Anderson
1936 – 1960
American football player
Howard Judd
1935 – 2007
obstetriciangynecologistphysician
Howard Weitzman
1939 – 2021
lawyer
James R. Alexander
1930 – 2019
audio engineer
Dick Hammer
1930 – 1999
volleyball playertelevision actorbasketball player
Donn Moomaw
1931 – 2025
American football playerChristian minister
Jeanne Black
1937 – 2014
songwritersinger
Edward Grover
1932 – 2016
film actoractor
Kenneth Wannberg
1930 – 2022
conductorfilm score composermusician