List of people from Pasadena, California

This is a list of notable people from Pasadena, California.

Academia

Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize physicist, Caltech professor, raconteur
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), Caltech professor and later overseer of the Manhattan Project^[1]
Murray Gell-Mann (1929-2019), Nobel Prize physicist, Caltech
George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), astrophysicist, Caltech professor, founder Mount Wilson Observatory
Edwin Hubble, astronomer, namesake for the Hubble Space Telescope, Caltech professor
Todd M. Hutton, American medical academic and psychiatrist.
F.O. Matthiessen (1902-1950), Rhodes Scholar, Harvard professor
Robert A. Millikan (1868-1953), Nobel Prize physicist
Brian Stoltz (b. 1970), Professor of organic chemistry at Caltech
George Olah, Nobel Prize chemist, professor University of Southern California
Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, peace activist, Caltech
Roger Revelle (1909-1991), founder of University of California, San Diego, father of concept of global warming
William Shockley (1910-1989), Nobel Prize physicist, Caltech professor, inventor of the transistor
Kip Thorne, Nobel Prize physicist for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves, professor, Feynman theoretical physicist, Caltech

Artists and designers

Benjamin Chambers Brown, artist^[2]
Howell Chambers Brown, artist^[3]
Sigrid Burton, artist and painter^[4]
Edward Cucuel, impressionistic painter
Rafa Esparza, performance artist
Eva Scott Fényes, watercolor artist
A.B. Frost (1851-1928), American illustrator and painter
Elmer Grey, architect
Tom Jancar, contemporary art dealer Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
Hugo Markl, artist, curator and creative director based in New York
Jane Mulfinger, conceptual artist and educator^[5]
R. Kenton Nelson, painter.
Stan Sakai, cartoonist best known as creator of Usagi Yojimbo series

Film and television

This is a partial list of actors, actresses, comedians, film producers, filmmakers, and television personalities.

Kelly Asbury, film director, writer, illustrator, voice actor^[6]
Meredith Baxter, actress
Walt Becker, film director
Summer Bishil, actress
Whitney Blake, actress, director and producer
Betty Brosmer, bodybuilder, model
Sophia Bush, actress, TV series One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D., 82nd Rose Queen for 111th Tournament of Roses Parade (2000)
Stephen Cannell, author, television and film producer
Lily Collins, hollywood film actress
Christy Canyon, pornographic actress
Cari Champion, former moderator, ESPN First Take
Jimmy Dore, comedian^[7]
Michael Dorn, actor
Cullen Douglas, actor, director, playwright
Arthur Duncan, tap dancer
Mary Beth Evans, actress
Sally Field, two-time Academy Award-winning actress.
W.C. Fields, comedian, actor, juggler and writer; died in Pasadena.
Stan Freberg, comedian, satirist, recording artist.
Harry Hamlin, actor
Michelle Horn, actress
Bret Iwan, fourth voice of Mickey Mouse
Tamala Jones, actress^[8]
Matthew Lillard, actor
Kate Linder, actress
Joel McCrea, actor
Richard Moll, actor
George Nader, actor
Drew Pinsky, doctor and radio/TV personality
Chris Pontius, actor/TV personality
Karen Price, actress
Kathleen Quinlan, actress
Robert Reed, actor, best known as Mike Brady in The Brady Bunch television series
George Reeves, actor, best known as star of television series Adventures of Superman; attended Pasadena Junior College.
Christian Serratos, actress
Jamey Sheridan, actor
John Singleton, film director
Kathleen Sullivan, television personality
Charles Walters, film director
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer
Jaleel White, actor, producer, writer

Music

This is a partial list of musicians, song writers singers, and band members.

Jon B., Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter.
Hodgy Beats, rapper
Phoebe Bridgers, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Dâm-Funk, musician
Pete Jolly, jazz pianist
David Lee Roth, lead singer for Van Halen
Ruwanga Samath, record producer, attended John Muir High School
Alina Smith, musician
Phil Spector, music producer
Teena Marie, singer-songwriter, music producer
Troop, R&B group
Alex Van Halen, drummer for Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen, lead guitarist for Van Halen
Marc Yu, child music prodigy on piano and viola
Steve Albini, producer and engineer

Politicians

This is a partial list of politicians and judges.

Lance Ito, judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
Henry Markham (1840-1934), lawyer, politician, 18th governor of California. Resident of Pasadena.^[9]^[10]
Bill Paparian, attorney, veterans' advocate and Mayor of Pasadena.^[11]
Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico^[12]
James Roosevelt, U.S. Congressman, son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Mimi Walters, businesswoman and U.S. Congresswoman

Sports

Stacey Augmon, basketball player
Myles Bryant, professional football player
Susie Maxwell Berning, pro golfer
May Sutton Bundy (1886–1975), first American to win Wimbledon tennis singles title
Jeff Cirillo, MLB player for six teams
Michael Cooper, NBA player for Los Angeles Lakers, coach
Lillian Copeland (1904–1964), Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
Tyler Dorsey (born 1996), Greek–American basketball player in the Greek Basketball League playing for Olympiacos
Darrell Evans, MLB player
Missy Franklin, swimmer, 5-time Olympic gold medalist
Kristy Hawkins, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Mary Ann Hawkins, surfer, swimmer and stunt double
Charles Frederick Holder, inventor of big-game fishing and a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses^[13]^[14]
Chris McAlister, professional football player
James McAlister, professional football player
Mo Martin, LPGA golfer, 2014 British Open champion
Inger Miller, track and field sprint athlete
George Murdoch, WWE wrestler
Tracy Murray, NBA Player
Chris Pettit, MLB outfielder^[15]
Durell Price, UCLA fullback^[16]
Jackie Robinson, civil rights icon and Hall of Fame baseball player
Mack Robinson, Olympic athlete, brother of Jackie Robinson
Don Ross, Major League Baseball player
Ashley Sanchez, soccer player for the United States
Mark Smith, MLB player for five teams
Stan Smith, professional tennis player, namesake of Stan Smith Tennis Shoe
Brett Sterling, professional ice hockey player
Brian Teacher, Australian Open tennis champion
Lester Towns, professional football player
Chase Utley, baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
Peter Vagenas, soccer player
Jacque Vaughn, professional basketball player and former head coach of the Brooklyn Nets
Avery Williams, running back for the Atlanta Falcons
Matt Young, MLB player for Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians.
Jeff Yurak, MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers

Writers and journalists

Carlton Beals (1893–1979), journalist
Julie Berry, children's author
Octavia Butler, award-winning science-fiction writer
Otis Chandler, publisher, Los Angeles Times
Justin Chapman, journalist, author, actor
Julia Child, celebrated author and television chef
Andre Coleman, Award-winning journalist and screenwriter
Nahshon Dion, Award-winning writer
Winifred Starr Dobyns, author of California Gardens (1931)
Harriet Doerr, author, winner of the National Book Award
David Ebershoff, writer
Paul Fussell, critic and historian
Mary Catherine Judd, educator, author, peace activist
TJ Kirk, commentator and author
Kathryn Le Veque, author
Ottessa Moshfegh, author

Others

G. Vernon Bennett, Los Angeles City Council member, 1935–49
Owen Brown (abolitionist) (1824–1889), son of John Brown, along with his brother Jason, his sister Ruth Brown Thompson, a teacher, and her husband^[17]
Frederick Russell Burnham (1861–1947), celebrated scout and inspiration for the Boy Scouts^[18]
Howard Burnham (1870–1917), mining engineer and spy^[19]
Jeanne C. Smith Carr, educator, author
Sheryl Cooper, dancer, dance instructor, and wife of the singer Alice Cooper
Steve Crocker, internet engineer, member of the Internet Hall of Fame
Gregory C. Horn, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
Myron Hunt, architect of Rose Bowl
Howard W. Hunter, 14th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph J. Jacobs, engineer and founder of Jacobs Engineering Group
Lucy Jones, seismologist
Florence E. Kollock (1848–1925), Universalist minister and lecturer
Jack Parsons, rocket scientist and occultist
George S. Patton (attorney) (1856–1927), city attorney (1877) for City of Pasadena^[20]
George S. Patton, four-star general, led Allies during World War II
George F. Regas, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church 1967–1995, noted critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam war as well as many other policy issues
Ellen Browning Scripps, heiress, publisher, philanthropist
Alvin Simon, restaurateur who revitalized Old Pasadena
Sirhan Sirhan, resident of Pasadena at the time of assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
John Patten Story, U.S. Army major general^[21]
Bertha L. Turner caterer, cookbook author, and community leader in Pasadena; active within the National Federation of Colored Women
John Van De Kamp, attorney general of California
Duong Van Minh, exiled president of South Vietnam
William Wrigley, Jr., founder of Wrigley Chewing Gum, former owner of Chicago Cubs^[22]

References

^ "The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Life Before the Manhattan Project (U.S. National Park Service)".
^ "Benjamin Chambers Brown". California Art Club. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
^ "Howell Chambers Brown". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
^ Pasadena Outlook. "PCC Foundation Welcomes Local Artist," Pasadena Outlook, April 11, 2019.
^ University of California, Santa Barbara. Jane Mulfinger, Faculty. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ "Kelly Asbury". Museum of the Gulf Coast. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
^ "Pasadena-Based Political Comedian Jimmy Dore Buys Rambling L.A. Compound". Pasadena Now. December 20, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2022. In Pasadena, Dore and his longtime partner Stefane Zamorano, resided in a petite two-bedroom bungalow they bought in 1997 for $177,000
^ "Tamala Jones".
^ "Death Takes Former Governor H. H. Markham". The Sacramento Bee. Pasadena, California. AP. October 9, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ "The Governor's Gallery - Henry Harrison Markham (1891–1895)". governors.library.ca.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
^ "Pasadena Criminal Defense Attorney Bill Paparian Recognized by Pasadena Weekly Newspaper for his Work on Behalf of Veterans". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.
^ "Richardson, Bill, 1947 November 15- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".
^ The History of The Tuna Club of Avalon Archived 2007-07-23 at archive.today
^ International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Christopher Michael Pettit". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Nixson, Una B. (23 Jul 1893). "John Brown's Family — The Man of Harper's Ferry Fame — His Sons and Daughter. Visit to Their Homes in Pasadena. California. One Who Has Suffered Intensely and Lived Above the Petty Annoyances of Life". The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois). p. 13 – via newspapers.com.
^ Burnham, Frederick Russell (1926). Scouting on Two Continents. Doubleday, Page & company. OCLC 407686.
^ Burnham, Frederick Russell (1944). Taking Chances. Haynes Corp. 217–232. ISBN 1-879356-32-5.
^ "George S. Patton". joincalifornia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
^ Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (1915). Annual Reunion Proceedings. Vol. 46. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters. pp. 52–55 – via Google Books.
^ Tournament House

[1] "The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Life Before the Manhattan Project (U.S. National Park Service)".

[2] "Benjamin Chambers Brown". California Art Club. Retrieved 2021-02-26.

[3] "Howell Chambers Brown". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-02-26.

[PasOut2-4] Pasadena Outlook. "PCC Foundation Welcomes Local Artist," Pasadena Outlook, April 11, 2019.

[UCSB-5] University of California, Santa Barbara. Jane Mulfinger, Faculty. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[6] "Kelly Asbury". Museum of the Gulf Coast. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.

[7] "Pasadena-Based Political Comedian Jimmy Dore Buys Rambling L.A. Compound". Pasadena Now. December 20, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2022. In Pasadena, Dore and his longtime partner Stefane Zamorano, resided in a petite two-bedroom bungalow they bought in 1997 for $177,000

[8] "Tamala Jones".

[newspaper_markham1923-9] "Death Takes Former Governor H. H. Markham". The Sacramento Bee. Pasadena, California. AP. October 9, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2021 – via newspapers.com.

[10] "The Governor's Gallery - Henry Harrison Markham (1891–1895)". governors.library.ca.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

[11] "Pasadena Criminal Defense Attorney Bill Paparian Recognized by Pasadena Weekly Newspaper for his Work on Behalf of Veterans". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.

[12] "Richardson, Bill, 1947 November 15- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".

[13] The History of The Tuna Club of Avalon Archived 2007-07-23 at archive.today

[IGFA-14] International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

[15] "Christopher Michael Pettit". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.

[16] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[17] Nixson, Una B. (23 Jul 1893). "John Brown's Family — The Man of Harper's Ferry Fame — His Sons and Daughter. Visit to Their Homes in Pasadena. California. One Who Has Suffered Intensely and Lived Above the Petty Annoyances of Life". The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois). p. 13 – via newspapers.com.

[scouting-18] Burnham, Frederick Russell (1926). Scouting on Two Continents. Doubleday, Page & company. OCLC 407686.

[chances-19] Burnham, Frederick Russell (1944). Taking Chances. Haynes Corp. 217–232. ISBN 1-879356-32-5.

[20] "George S. Patton". joincalifornia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

[21] Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (1915). Annual Reunion Proceedings. Vol. 46. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters. pp. 52–55 – via Google Books.

[22] Tournament House

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