#1Film, TV & Stage
Brie Larson
born 1989American actress, singer and filmmaker
89 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Sacramento
Of the 44 famous people born in Sacramento, an unusual share are performers
Brie Larson leads the list, covered in 89 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 21 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 0.8, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there. Births since 1970 account for 20 of the names.
Born here
44
notable people
Best known
Brie Larson
in 89 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Hiram Johnson
Youngest
1999
Ashley Farquharson
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
17 people
Also called it home
8
notable residents
What stands out about Sacramento’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sacramento is known for
Sacramento has 4.1× the usual share of performers.
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 Sacramento
Three names lead: Brie Larson (89 languages), Jessica Chastain (79) and Greta Gerwig (67).
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Jessica Chastain
born 1977American actress and producer
79 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
Greta Gerwig
born 1983American actress and filmmaker
67 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Sacramento’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 9 in all.
Film, TV & StageSportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sacramento
41 more, 14 of them performers.
Anthony Kennedy
born 1936Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 to 2018
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A chosen home
Also called Sacramento home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Sacramento, though born elsewhere.
John Vaughn
1928–2016Franciscan friar, 116th General Ministers of the Friars Minor
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Tyre Nichols
1993–2023African American man who was a victim of police violence in the United States
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is West Sacramento, at 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sacramento 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 (23)
- Brie Larson: 2d Lt Jessica Cicchetto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Chastain: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greta Gerwig: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joan Didion: Kathleen Ballard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles M. Rice: Bill Branson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Elliott: John Bauld from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrienne Barbeau: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Kennedy: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Hathaway: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Hanks: watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Gardner: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Honnold: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier Becerra: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Johnston: Paul Hudson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Robinson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Anderson: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Johnson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miguel Ángel Ponce: Hefebreo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Coats: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim McCord: Alexandre Cardoso, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Johnson: Dianna Miller, CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Kono: Patrick Rosal from Brooklyn, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Sax: Nathan Rupert from San Diego, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons