From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable people from
Pasadena ,
California .
W. C. Fields
Tamala Jones
Eddie Van Halen
Julia Child
Tyler Dorsey
Jackie Robinson
George S. Patton
Sirhan Sirhan
Academia
Richard Feynman , Nobel Prize physicist,
Caltech professor, raconteur
J. Robert Oppenheimer ,
Caltech professor and later overseer of the
Manhattan Project
[1]
Murray Gell-Mann , Nobel Prize physicist,
Caltech
George Ellery Hale , 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 , Rhodes Scholar, Harvard professor
Robert A. Millikan , Nobel Prize physicist
Brian Stoltz , 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 , founder of
University of California, San Diego , father of concept of global warming
William Shockley , Nobel Prize physicist,
Caltech professor, inventor of the transistor
Kip Thorne , 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
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 Turkish
Basketbol Süper Ligi playing for
Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)
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.
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
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]
See also
References
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"Benjamin Chambers Brown" . California Art Club . Retrieved 2021-02-26 .
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"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 .
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"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
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"Tamala Jones" .
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"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.
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"The Governor's Gallery - Henry Harrison Markham (1891–1895)" . governors.library.ca.gov . Retrieved June 3, 2021 .
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"Pasadena Criminal Defense Attorney Bill Paparian Recognized by Pasadena Weekly Newspaper for his Work on Behalf of Veterans" .
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"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)" .
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The History of The Tuna Club of Avalon
Archived 2007-07-23 at
archive.today
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International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame
Archived 2008-10-16 at the
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"Christopher Michael Pettit" . Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012 .
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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 .
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Burnham, Frederick Russell (1926). Scouting on Two Continents . Doubleday, Page & company.
OCLC
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Burnham, Frederick Russell (1944). Taking Chances . Haynes Corp. 217–232.
ISBN
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"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 .
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