Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California ranks 295th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lille, Tirana, and Hartford, Connecticut. Memorable people born in Pasadena, California include Sally Field, John Clauser, and Stan Smith. Memorable people who died in Pasadena, California include Albert A. Michelson, Charles Francis Richter, and Thomas Hunt Morgan. Pasadena, California has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and physicists. Pasadena, California is located in United States.
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1892 and 1997, Pasadena, California was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Sally Field, John Clauser, and Stan Smith. Additionaly, 47 globally memorable people have passed away in Pasadena, California including Albert A. Michelson, Charles Francis Richter, and Thomas Hunt Morgan. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Pasadena, California than were born there.
People Born in Pasadena, California
Go to all RankingsSally Field
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 38
John Clauser
PHYSICIST
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 14
Stan Smith
TENNIS PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 28
Thomas J. Sargent
ECONOMIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 35
Eleanor F. Helin
ASTRONOMER
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 4
Julia Child
CHEF
1912 - 2004
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 43
Mike White
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 15
Kathleen Quinlan
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 21
Octavia E. Butler
WRITER
1947 - 2006
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 44
Charles P. Thacker
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 11
Harry Hamlin
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 42
Horace W. Babcock
ASTRONOMER
1912 - 2003
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 5
People Deceased in Pasadena, California
Go to all RankingsAlbert A. Michelson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1931
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 20
Charles Francis Richter
GEOLOGIST
1900 - 1985
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 26
Thomas Hunt Morgan
BIOLOGIST
1866 - 1945
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 25
Max Delbrück
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1981
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 4
William Alfred Fowler
ASTRONOMER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 41
Roger Wolcott Sperry
PSYCHOLOGIST
1913 - 1994
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 28
Edward B. Lewis
BIOLOGIST
1918 - 2004
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 33
Fritz Zwicky
ASTRONOMER
1898 - 1974
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 12
Ahmed Zewail
CHEMIST
1946 - 2016
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 7
Walter Sydney Adams
ASTRONOMER
1876 - 1956
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 35
William Morris Davis
GEOGRAPHER
1850 - 1934
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 18
Dương Văn Minh
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2001
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 38
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Pasadena, California were actors (18), musicians (3), basketball players (3), astronomers (2), and writers (2), while most who died were actors (11), physicists (6), astronomers (6), biologists (3), and athletes (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pasadena, California, including Sally Field, Mike White, and Kathleen Quinlan. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pasadena, California, including Sally Field, Mike White, and Kathleen Quinlan.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Pasadena, California since 1700.