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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.
List of people from San Bernardino, California; List of people from San Diego; List of people from San Francisco; List of people from San Jose, California; List of people from San Pedro, Los Angeles; User:Julian in LA; List of San Pedro artists; List of people from Santa Ana, California; List of people from Santa Barbara, California
In 2011, Little Arabia became the center of Arab American activities supporting the wave of Arab revolutions known as the "Arab Spring".On February 4 a demonstration in support of the Egyptian revolution took place on Brookhurst Street [12] followed by a celebration on February 11 after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was ousted [13] and another one on February 12. [14]
During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.
Because the gold in the California gravel beds was so richly concentrated, the early forty-niners simply panned for gold in California's rivers and streams, a form of placer mining. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] However, panning cannot take place on a large scale, and industrious miners and groups of miners graduated to placer mining " cradles " and "rockers ...
List of people associated with the California Gold Rush Name Image Birth, death Birthplace Profession Notes John "Grizzly" Adams: 1812–1860 Medway, Massachusetts, U.S. mountain man, trainer of grizzly bears [1] Elihu Anthony: 1818–1905 Greenfield, New York, U.S. alcalde, blacksmith, industrialist, abolitionist, postmaster, Methodist minister
This category is for people from the United States state of California Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : California Also: Countries : United States : States : California : People
This is a list of people from Santa Monica, California. Tom Anderson Ryan Braun Larry David Max Fried Justin Gimelstob Brian Grazer Anjelica Huston June Lockhart. Jay Adams, skateboarder [citation needed] Amy Alcott, professional golfer [1] Britt Allcroft, creator and former producer of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series