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Marcus Allen (1960
-) Football player. A
six-time Pro Bowler, Allen
was also the MVP of Super
Bowl XVIII; born in San
Diego.
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Shirley Temple Black
(1928 - ) 1930s child
actress and U.S. ambassador
to the United Nations; born
in Santa Monica.
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Robert Bower (1936 -
) Inventor; born in Santa
Monica.
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Joe DiMaggio (1914 -
1999) Famous baseball player
who won two batting
championships and three MVP
awards; born in Martinez.
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Walt Disney (1901
- 1966) Creator of Mickey
Mouse and founder of the
Disneyland® and Walt Disney
World® Theme Parks; lived in
Hollywood.
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James H. Doolittle
(1896 - 1993) Air force
general who led the first
carrier-based bomber attack
on mainland Japan in 1942;
born in Alameda
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Robert Frost (1874 -
1963) One of America's
leading 20th-century poets
and a four-time winner of
the Pulitzer Prize; born in
San Francisco.
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Jack London (1876
-1916) Author of many novels
about the vast Western
frontiers, such as Call
of the Wild; born in San
Francisco.
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George Lucas (1944 -
) Filmmaker and the
mastermind behind the
Star Wars features; born
in Modesto.
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Marilyn Monroe (1926
- 1962) Famous 1950's
actress and considered one
of the most famous woman of
the 20th Century; born in
Los Angeles.
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Richard M. Nixon
(1913 - 1994) 37th President
of the U.S.; born in Yorba
Linda.
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Sally K. Ride (1951
-) Astronaut and first
American woman in space;
born in Los Angeles.
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John Steinbeck (1902
-1968) Author known for
famous works such as
Tortilla Flat and Of
Mice and Men; born in
Salinas.
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Eldrick "Tiger" Woods
(1975 - ) Famous golfer
who has revolutionized the
sport since becoming a pro
in 1996; born in Cypress.
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Luis Walter Alvarez
inventor, San Francisco
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Gertrude Atherton
author, San Francisco
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David Belasco
playwright and producer,
San Francisco
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Dave Brubeck
musician, Concord
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Julia Child chef,
television, Pasadena
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Coolio rap
artist, Los Angeles
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Frederick G. Cottrell
inventor, Oakland
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Leonardo DiCaprio
actor Hollywood
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Isadora Duncan
dancer, San Francisco
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John Frémont
explorer, San Francisco
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Jerry Garcia
guitarist, singer, San
Francisco
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Charles P. Ginsburg
inventor, San Francisco
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Richard Pancho
Gonzales tennis player,
Los Angeles
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Jeff Gordon car
racer, Vallejo
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William Randolph
Hearst publisher, San
Francisco
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Mariel Hemingway
actress, Mill Valley
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Sidney Howard
playwright, Oakland
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Anthony M. Kennedy
jurist, Sacramento
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Theodore Harold
Maiman inventor, Los
Angeles
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Mark McGwire
baseball player, Pomona
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Aimee Semple
McPherson evangelist,
Ontario
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Dominique Moreanir
gymnast, Hollywood
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Emma Nevada opera
singer, Alpha
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Isamu Noguchi
sculptor, Los Angeles
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George S. Patton, Jr.
general, San Gabriel
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Robert Redford
actor, Santa Monica
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William Saroyan
author, Fresno
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Lincoln Steffens
journalist, author, San
Francisco
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Adlai Stevenson
statesman, Los Angeles
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Michael Tilson Thomas
conductor, Hollywood
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Earl Warren
jurist, Los Angeles
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Serena & Venus
Williams tennis players,
Lynwood
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Myra Wilson
actress, Burbank
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Famous People of
California