#1Famous people · Pasadena
Of the 28 famous people born in Pasadena, an unusual share are performers
Articles in 91 languages make the American actress Sally Field the best known. Close behind are Julia Child and Sophia Bush. 14 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Cravon Gillespie, born in 1996, is the youngest, and L. B. Abbott, born in 1908, the first on record.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Sally Field
in 91 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
L. B. Abbott
Youngest
1996
Cravon Gillespie
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
12 people
Also called it home
11
notable residents
What stands out about Pasadena’s famous people
A town of performers12 of the 28 people born here are performers, 4.5× the usual share.Known worldwideSally Field is written about in 91 languages.Still making namesSince 1950, 21 of them have been born here, the latest in 1996.A chosen home11 more notable people chose to live here, Thomas Hunt Morgan among them.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pasadena is known for
Performers stand out most, at 4.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Pasadena
Languages with an article: 91 for Sally Field, 70 for Julia Child, 60 for Sophia Bush.
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Through the years
When Pasadena’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 5.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsNotableScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pasadena
25 more, 10 of them performers.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Pasadena home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Pasadena, though born elsewhere.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1866–1945American biologist and professor from Kentucky
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Glendale, with 41.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pasadena and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (13)
- Sally Field: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Child: Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Sargent: Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hunt Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Wiig: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Snyder: Elen Nivrae at https://www.flickr.com/photos/nivrae/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- L. Ron Hubbard: Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Walker: Andre Luis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Monroe: Sam Shaw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meredith Baxter: ABC Television Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lindley: Helge Øverås, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Young Noble: Mogkilluminati, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiffany Alvord: Guilty Party, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons