Oakland, California
Oakland, California ranks 155th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ghent, Graz, and Bergen. Memorable people born in Oakland, California include Kamala Harris, Brandon Lee, and Mark Hamill. Memorable people who died in Oakland, California include Charles H. Townes, Robert N. Bellah, and Jack Vance. Oakland, California has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Oakland, California is located in United States.
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat of and the most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the most populous city in the East Bay, the third most populous city in the Bay Area, and the eighth most populous city in California. It serves as the Bay Area's trade center: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth- or sixth-busiest in the United States. A charter city, Oakland was incorporated on May 4, 1852, in the wake of the state's increasing population due to the California gold rush. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1878 and 1998, Oakland, California was the birth place of 75 globally memorable people, including Kamala Harris, Brandon Lee, and Mark Hamill. Additionaly, 27 globally memorable people have passed away in Oakland, California including Charles H. Townes, Robert N. Bellah, and Jack Vance.
People Born in Oakland, California
Go to all RankingsKamala Harris
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 60
Brandon Lee
ACTOR
1965 - 1993
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 36
Mark Hamill
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 24
Mahershala Ali
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 1
Stanley Miller
CHEMIST
1930 - 2007
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 31
Thomas Schelling
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2016
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 54
George Stevens
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1975
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 43
Don Budge
TENNIS PLAYER
1915 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 51
Robert Culp
ACTOR
1930 - 2010
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 48
Fernando J. Corbató
PHYSICIAN
1926 - 2019
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 45
Carla Bley
MUSICIAN
1936 - 2023
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 37
Elizabeth Roemer
ASTRONOMER
1929 - 2016
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 39
Newly Added People Born in Oakland, California
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Oakland, California
Go to all RankingsCharles H. Townes
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2015
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 2
Robert N. Bellah
SOCIOLOGIST
1927 - 2013
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 19
Jack Vance
WRITER
1916 - 2013
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 20
Jerzy Neyman
STATISTICIAN
1894 - 1981
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 10
Julia Robinson
MATHEMATICIAN
1919 - 1985
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 9
George Clement Perkins
POLITICIAN
1839 - 1923
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 13
Lester Allan Pelton
INVENTOR
1829 - 1908
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 16
Huey P. Newton
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1942 - 1989
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 6
Earl Hines
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1983
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 15
Willie Steele
ATHLETE
1923 - 1989
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 18
Jimmy Reed
MUSICIAN
1925 - 1976
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 7
Shyamala Gopalan
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2009
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 11
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Oakland, California were actors (20), musicians (10), basketball players (9), singers (7), and film directors (4), while most who died were writers (5), politicians (2), musicians (2), athletes (2), and actors (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Oakland, California, including Brandon Lee, Mark Hamill, and Mahershala Ali. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Oakland, California, including Brandon Lee, Mark Hamill, and Mahershala Ali.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Oakland, California since 1700.