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State flag of California Location of California on the U.S. map. This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.
Sandra Lynne Becker (April 5, 1947 – May 15, 2015) [1] was born in Covina, California. She competed in many beauty pageants during her senior year of high school, and in 1965 became the youngest woman ever to receive the Miss California crown. [2] After winning the crown, Becker traveled with Bob Hope to Vietnam with the USO tour.
Patricia Bosworth, American journalist, biographer and former actress and model, was born Patricia Crum in Oakland, California, the daughter of writer Anna Gertrude Bosworth and attorney Bartley Crum. [45] [46] Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer who was born Margaret White. In 1927, following a brief, failed marriage, she adopted her ...
Authorities in Boston have charged a woman with murder in connection with the death of an attorney found on a houseboat in a marina over the weekend.
A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2012.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
The Coast Guard intercepted a boat with 16 illegal aliens on board about 15 miles off the coast of Mission Bay in California on Sunday morning.. The Coast Guard said in a press release that at ...
Lynne Overman (September 19, 1887 – February 19, 1943 [1]) was an American actor. ... Overmann died in Santa Monica, California on February 19, 1943, ...