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Stephen Abas – Olympic freestyle wrestler. Paula Abdul – dancer (American Idol) Abby Abinanti – California’s first Native American female lawyer. Gracie Abrams – singer. Rosalie Abrams – playwright, actress, and activist. Beth Accomando – film critic, arts reporter, and podcast host. Ansel Adams – photographer.
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940), Congresswoman, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-2011, 2019–2023) [ 632 ] Aaron Peskin (born 1964), San Francisco Supervisor [ 633 ] James Duval Phelan (1861–1930), civic leader and banker. Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902 U.S. Senator from 1915 to 1921.
mine-owner, capitalist, businessman, financier. made his fortune during the California Gold Rush, as a gold miner. George Hearst. 1820–1891. Sullivan, Missouri Territory (now Missouri), U.S. businessperson, politician. used slight mining knowledge from Missouri to succeed in 1850s gold rush investment. Albert W. Hicks.
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. People by era in California (5 C) People from California by century (4 C) People from California by county (60 C) People from California by occupation (46 C) People by populated place in California (491 C)
The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with the city or county of Los Angeles, California. Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos / æ n dʒ ɪ ˈ l iː n oʊ ...
Charles Martinet, actor and voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Nintendo 's Mario, born in San Jose [19] Candi Milo, voice actress, born in San Jose [20] Linda Park, actress, originally from Seoul, South Korea and raised in San Jose [21] Miguel Perez, actor, born in San Jose. Kurtwood Smith, actor, That '70s Show.
Cynthia Stevenson – actress, born in Oakland. Ethel Grey Terry – silent film actress. Colin Trevorrow – film director. Jo Van Fleet – actress. Matt Vasgersian – actor, sports broadcaster. Mills Watson – actor. Robert Webber – film and TV actor, 12 Angry Men. Will Wright – game designer.
A relatively new early warning system — ShakeAlert — covers 50 million people in California, Oregon and Washington. It detects ground motion as soon as shaking starts on the earth’s surface.