List of people from Pasadena, California

Tyler Dorsey

W. C. Fields

George S. Patton

Jackie Robinson

Sirhan Sirhan

Kelly Asbury, film director, writer, illustrator, voice actor[1]
Stacey Augmon, basketball player
Jon B., Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter
Meredith Baxter, actress
Carlton Beals (1893–1979), journalist
Hodgy Beats, rapper
Walt Becker, film director
G. Vernon Bennett, Los Angeles City Council member, 1935–49
Susie Maxwell Berning, pro golfer
Julie Berry, children's author
Summer Bishil, actress
Whitney Blake, actress, director and producer
Phoebe Bridgers, hot[2]
Alison Brie, actress
Betty Brosmer, bodybuilder, model
Owen Brown, abolitionist
May Sutton Bundy (1886–1975), first American to win Wimbledon tennis singles title
Frederick Russell Burnham (1861–1947), celebrated scout and inspiration for the Boy Scouts[3]
Howard Burnham (1870–1917), mining engineer and spy[4]
Sigrid Burton, artist and painter[5]
Sophia Bush, actress, TV series One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D., 82nd Rose Queen for 111th Tournament of Roses Parade (2000)
Octavia Butler, award-winning science-fiction writer
Stephen Cannell, author, television and film producer
Christy Canyon, pornographic actress
Cari Champion, former moderator, ESPN First Take
Otis Chandler, publisher, Los Angeles Times
Justin Chapman, journalist, author, actor
Julia Child, celebrated author and television chef
Jeff Cirillo, MLB player for six teams
Michael Cooper, NBA player for Los Angeles Lakers, coach
Andre Coleman, Award-winning journalist and screenwriter
Steve Crocker, internet engineer, member of the Internet Hall of Fame
Edward Cucuel, impressionistic painter
Harriet Doerr, author, winner of the National Book Award
Jimmy Dore, comedian
Michael Dorn, actor
Tyler Dorsey (born 1996), Greek–American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Cullen Douglas, actor, director, playwright
Arthur Duncan, tap dancer
David Ebershoff, writer
Rafa Esparza, performance artist
Darrell Evans, MLB player
Mary Beth Evans, actress
Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize physicist, Caltech professor, raconteur
Sally Field, two-time Academy Award-winning actress
W.C. Fields, comedian, actor, juggler and writer; died in Pasadena
Missy Franklin, swimmer, 5-time Olympic gold medalist
Stan Freberg, comedian, satirist, recording artist
Dâm-Funk, musician
Paul Fussell, critic and historian
Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Prize physicist, Caltech
Elmer Grey, architect
George Ellery Hale, astrophysicist, Caltech professor, founder Mt. Wilson Observatory
Harry Hamlin, actor
Kristy Hawkins, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Olive Hoskins, first woman promoted to warrant officer in U.S. Army
Charles Frederick Holder, inventor of big-game fishing and a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses[6][7]
Gregory C. Horn, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
Edwin Hubble, astronomer, namesake for the Hubble Telescope, Caltech professor
Myron Hunt, architect of Rose Bowl
Howard W. Hunter, 14th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Todd M. Hutton, American medical academic and psychiatrist
Lance Ito, judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
Bret Iwan, fourth voice of Mickey Mouse
Joseph J. Jacobs,engineer and founder of Jacobs Engineering Group
Tom Jancar, contemporary art dealer Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
Pete Jolly, jazz pianist
Lucy Jones, seismologist
Tamala Jones, actress[8]
TJ Kirk Commentator and author
Kathryn Le Veque, author
Matthew Lillard, actor
Kate Linder, actress
Chris McAlister, professional football player
James McAlister, professional football player
Tyler MacDuff, actor
Henry Markham, 18th governor of California
Hugo Markl, artist, curator and creative director based in New York
Mo Martin, LPGA golfer, 2014 British Open champion
F.O. Matthiessen, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard professor
Joel McCrea, actor
Inger Miller, track and field sprint athlete
Robert A. Millikan, Nobel Prize physicist
Richard Moll, actor
Mandy Moore, Actress, Musician
Brian Stoltz, Professor of organic chemistry at Caltech
Jane Mulfinger, conceptual artist and educator[9]
George Murdoch, WWE wrestler
Tracy Murray, NBA Player
George Nader, actor
George Olah, Nobel Prize chemist, professor University of Southern California
Bill Paparian, attorney, veterans' advocate and Mayor of Pasadena[10]
Jack Parsons, rocket scientist and occultist
George S. Patton (attorney) (1856–1927), city attorney (1877) for City of Pasadena.[11]
George S. Patton, four-star general, led Allies during World War II
Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, peace activist, Caltech
Chris Pettit, MLB outfielder[12]
Drew Pinsky, doctor and radio/TV personality
Chris Pontius, actor/TV personality
Durell Price, UCLA fullback[13]
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
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.
Roger Revelle, founder of University of California, San Diego, father of concept of global warming
Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico[14]
Jackie Robinson, iconic baseball player
Mack Robinson, Olympic athlete, brother of Jackie Robinson
James Roosevelt, U.S. Congressman, son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Don Ross, Major League Baseball player
David Lee Roth, lead singer for Van Halen
Stan Sakai, cartoonist best known as creator of Usagi Yojimbo series
Ruwanga Samath, record producer, attended John Muir High School
Ellen Browning Scripps, heiress, publisher, philanthropist
Christian Serratos, actress
Jamey Sheridan, actor
William Shockley, Nobel Prize physicist, Caltech professor, inventor of the transistor
Alvin Simon, restaurateur who revitalized Old Pasadena
John Singleton, film director
Sirhan Sirhan, resident of Pasadena at the time of assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Alina Smith, musician
Mark Smith, MLB player for five teams
Stan Smith, professional tennis player, namesake of Stan Smith Tennis Shoe
Phil Spector, music producer
Brett Sterling, professional ice hockey player
John Patten Story, US Army major general[15]
Kathleen Sullivan, television personality
Brian Teacher, Australian Open tennis champion
Teena Marie, singer-songwriter, music producer
Kip Thorne, professor, Feynman theoretical physicist, Caltech
Troop, R&B group
Chase Utley, baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
Peter Vagenas, soccer player
John Van De Kamp, attorney general of California
Alex Van Halen, drummer for Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen, lead guitarist for Van Halen
Duong Van Minh, exiled president of South Vietnam
Jacque Vaughn, professional basketball player
Charles Walters, film director
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer
Jaleel White, actor, producer, and writer
William Wrigley, Jr., founder of Wrigley Chewing Gum, former owner of Chicago Cubs[16]
Matt Young, MLB player for Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians
Marc Yu, child music prodigy on piano and viola
Jeff Yurak, MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers

References

"Kelly Asbury". Museum of the Gulf Coast. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
"Phoebe Bridgers on 'Punisher'". Nylon Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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.
Pasadena Outlook. "PCC Foundation Welcomes Local Artist," Pasadena Outlook, April 11, 2019.
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
http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tamala-jones/bio/176141
University of California, Santa Barbara. Jane Mulfinger, Faculty. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5068414.htm
"George S. Patton". joincalifornia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
"Christopher Michael Pettit". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050046.html
Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (1915). Annual Reunion Proceedings. 46. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters. pp. 52–55 – via Google Books.
Tournament House

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

[2] "Phoebe Bridgers on 'Punisher'". Nylon Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

[scouting-3] Burnham, Frederick Russell (1926). Scouting on Two Continents. Doubleday, Page & company. OCLC 407686.

[chances-4] Burnham, Frederick Russell (1944). Taking Chances. Haynes Corp. 217–232. ISBN 1-879356-32-5.

[PasOut2-5] Pasadena Outlook. "PCC Foundation Welcomes Local Artist," Pasadena Outlook, April 11, 2019.

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

[IGFA-7] International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

[8] ttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tamala-jones/bio/176141

[UCSB-9] University of California, Santa Barbara. Jane Mulfinger, Faculty. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[10] ttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5068414.htm

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

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

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

[14] ttps://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050046.html

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

[16] Tournament House