| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ansel Adams |
Photographer |
20-Feb-1902 |
22-Apr-1984 |
Yosemite photographer |
| Angela Alioto |
Politician |
20-Oct-1949 |
|
San Francisco politician and pundit |
| Joseph Alioto |
Politician |
12-Feb-1916 |
29-Jan-1998 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1968-76 |
| Gracie Allen |
Actor |
26-Jul-1895 |
27-Aug-1964 |
Say goodnight Gracie |
| Luis W. Alvarez |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1911 |
1-Sep-1988 |
Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs |
| George Archer |
Golf |
1-Oct-1939 |
25-Sep-2005 |
Winner, 1969 Masters Tournament |
| Leila Arcieri |
Model |
18-Dec-1973 |
|
Wild Things 2 |
| Dorothy Arzner |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1897 |
1-Oct-1979 |
Craig's Wife |
| Gertrude Franklin Atherton |
Author |
30-Oct-1857 |
14-Jun-1948 |
Black Oxen |
| Clarence G. Badger |
Film Director |
9-Jun-1880 |
17-Jun-1964 |
It |
| Raymond Bailey |
Actor |
6-May-1904 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Matthew Barney |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1967 |
|
The Cremaster Cycle |
| Craig R. Barrett |
Business |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
Chairman of Intel |
| Charles Barton |
Film Director |
25-May-1902 |
5-Dec-1981 |
Africa Screams |
| Gary Beban |
Football |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
Winner, 1967 Heisman Trophy |
| Greg Behrendt |
Comic |
21-Jul-1963 |
|
He's Just Not That Into You |
| David Belasco |
Playwright |
25-Jul-1853 |
14-May-1931 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Bill Bixby |
Actor |
22-Jan-1934 |
21-Nov-1993 |
David Banner on The Incredible Hulk |
| Joan Blackman |
Actor |
18-May-1938 |
|
Blue Hawaii |
| Mel Blanc |
Actor |
30-May-1908 |
10-Jul-1989 |
Man of 1,000 Voices |
| Lisa Bonet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1967 |
|
Denise on The Cosby Show |
| Edward Bowes |
Radio Personality |
14-Jun-1874 |
14-Jun-1946 |
Major Bowes' Amateur Hour |
| Katherine Boyd |
Business |
11-Feb-1921 |
10-Feb-2009 |
Interior decorator, GOP activist |
| Terry Bozzio |
Drummer |
27-Dec-1950 |
|
Drummer for Missing Persons |
| Benjamin Bratt |
Actor |
16-Dec-1963 |
|
Hunk from Law & Order |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Todd Bridges |
Actor |
27-May-1965 |
|
Diff'rent Strokes |
| John Brodie |
Football |
14-Aug-1935 |
|
Former San Francisco 49ers QB |
| Golden Brooks |
Actor |
1-Dec-1970 |
|
Maya Wilkes on Girlfriends |
| Jerry Brown |
Politician |
7-Apr-1938 |
|
Governor of California |
| Kathleen Brown |
Politician |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
California State Treasurer, 1991-95 |
| Pat Brown |
Politician |
21-Apr-1905 |
16-Feb-1996 |
Governor of California, 1959-67 |
| Sheila P. Burke |
Administrator |
c. 1951 |
|
COO of the Smithsonian Institution |
| David Butler |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1894 |
14-Jun-1979 |
Calamity Jane |
| Georgia Caine |
Actor |
30-Oct-1876 |
4-Apr-1964 |
Broadway musical actress |
| Dolph Camilli |
Baseball |
23-Apr-1907 |
21-Oct-1997 |
National League MVP, 1941 |
| Colleen Camp |
Actor |
7-Jun-1953 |
|
Police Academy 2 |
| Carl Cannon |
Journalist |
24-Oct-1953 |
|
RealClearPolitics |
| Tucker Carlson |
Pundit |
16-May-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit on Fox News |
| Walter L. Carpeneti |
Judge |
1-Dec-1945 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Pete Carroll |
Football |
15-Sep-1951 |
|
Seattle Seahawks coach |
| Walter Catlett |
Actor |
4-Feb-1889 |
14-Nov-1960 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| Owen Chamberlain |
Physicist |
10-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2006 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Michael Paul Chan |
Actor |
26-Jun-1950 |
|
Robbery: Homicide Division |
| Jule Charney |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1917 |
16-Jun-1981 |
Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
| Alex Chiu |
Paranormal |
8-Feb-1971 |
|
Inventor of magnetic immortality rings |
| Margaret Cho |
Comic |
5-Dec-1968 |
|
Loud-mouthed standup comic |
| William K. Coblentz |
Attorney |
28-Jul-1922 |
13-Sep-2010 |
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass |
| Jeffery Cohelan |
Politician |
24-Jun-1914 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Congressman from California, 1959-71 |
| Ron Conway |
Business |
9-Mar-1951 |
|
Angel Investors LP |
| Elisha Cook, Jr. |
Actor |
26-Dec-1903 |
18-May-1995 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Lloyd Corrigan |
Actor |
16-Oct-1900 |
5-Nov-1969 |
Arthur Manleder in Boston Blackie films |
| Genevieve Cortese |
Actor |
8-Jan-1981 |
|
Kris Furillo on Wildfire |
| A. C. Cowlings |
Football |
16-Jun-1947 |
|
O.J.'s best friend |
| Darren Criss |
Actor |
5-Feb-1987 |
|
Blaine Anderson on Glee |
| Joe Cronin |
Baseball |
12-Oct-1906 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Shortstop on 7 All-Star teams |
| Andraé Crouch |
Singer |
1-Jul-1942 |
8-Jan-2015 |
Father of modern gospel music |
| Dan the Automator |
Music Producer |
? |
|
Handsome Boy Modeling School |
| Eric Dane |
Actor |
9-Nov-1972 |
|
Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy |
| Delmer Daves |
Film Director |
24-Jul-1904 |
17-Aug-1977 |
Destination Tokyo |
| Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
| Paul Desmond |
Jazz Musician |
25-Nov-1924 |
30-May-1977 |
Jazz alto saxophonist, Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| Bradford Dillman |
Actor |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Sudden Impact |
| Alphonse Dochez |
Doctor |
21-Apr-1882 |
30-Jun-1964 |
Scarlet fever, pneumonia, common cold |
| Ross Douthat |
Columnist |
28-Nov-1979 |
|
New York Times columnist |
| David Dukes |
Actor |
6-Jun-1945 |
9-Oct-2000 |
War and Remembrance |
| Isadora Duncan |
Dancer |
26-May-1877 |
14-Sep-1927 |
Mother of modern dance |
| Clint Eastwood |
Actor |
31-May-1930 |
|
The Man With No Name |
| Richard Egan |
Actor |
29-Jul-1921 |
20-Jul-1987 |
Samuel Clegg on Capitol |
| Aunjanue Ellis |
Actor |
21-Feb-1969 |
|
Madeleine Hightower on The Mentalist |
| René Enríquez |
Actor |
24-Nov-1933 |
23-Mar-1990 |
Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| Stanley Fafara |
Actor |
20-Sep-1949 |
20-Sep-2003 |
Whitey on Leave It to Beaver |
| Sam Farr |
Politician |
4-Jul-1941 |
|
Congressman, California 17th |
| Dianne Feinstein |
Politician |
22-Jun-1933 |
|
US Senator from California |
| Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| Martin Flavin |
Novelist |
2-Nov-1883 |
27-Dec-1967 |
Journey in the Dark |
| Leon Fleisher |
Pianist |
23-Jul-1928 |
|
Piano virtuoso |
| Herbert Fleishhacker |
Business |
2-Nov-1872 |
1957 |
San Francisco banking magnate |
| Kathryn Forbes |
Author |
20-Mar-1908 |
15-May-1966 |
Mama's Bank Account |
| Dian Fossey |
Anthropologist |
16-Jan-1932 |
26-Dec-1985 |
Gorillas in the Mist |
| Dan Fouts |
Football |
10-Jun-1951 |
|
San Diego Chargers QB |
| Jeffrey A. Frankel |
Economist |
5-Nov-1952 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99 |
| Sidney Franklin |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1893 |
18-May-1972 |
The Good Earth |
| Jim Fregosi |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1942 |
14-Feb-2014 |
Former MLB Manager |
| Hugo Friedhofer |
Composer |
3-May-1901 |
17-May-1981 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| MC Frontalot |
Musician |
3-Dec-1973 |
|
Coined the term Nerdcore |
| Robert Frost |
Poet |
26-Mar-1874 |
29-Jan-1963 |
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| Kurt Fuller |
Actor |
16-Sep-1953 |
|
Joel on Better with You |
| Delia Gallagher |
Journalist |
11-Mar-1970 |
|
CNN Faith and Values Correspondent |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Duane Garrett |
Radio Personality |
19-May-1947 |
26-Jul-1995 |
San Francisco radio talk show host |
| Clifford Geertz |
Anthropologist |
23-Aug-1926 |
30-Oct-2006 |
Thick Description |
| Gordon Getty |
Business |
20-Dec-1934 |
|
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune |
| Aaron Glantz |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1977 |
|
How America Lost Iraq |
| Danny Glover |
Actor |
22-Jul-1946 |
|
Lethal Weapon |
| Rube Goldberg |
Cartoonist |
4-Jul-1883 |
7-Dec-1970 |
Designer of impossible contraptions |
| Ricky Paull Goldin |
Actor |
5-Jan-1965 |
|
All My Children |
| Ron Gonzales |
Politician |
1951 |
|
Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006 |
| Don Grady |
Actor |
8-Jun-1944 |
27-Jun-2012 |
Robbie Douglas on My Three Sons |
| Henry F. Grady |
Economist |
12-Feb-1882 |
14-Sep-1957 |
First US Ambassador to India, 1947-48 |
| Gary Grimes |
Actor |
2-Jun-1955 |
|
Summer of '42 |
| Kimberly Guilfoyle |
Attorney |
8-Mar-1969 |
|
Gavin Newsom's ex-wife, Fox News pundit |
| Philip Haas |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1954 |
|
Angels and Insects |
| Charles Haid |
Actor |
2-Jun-1943 |
|
Renko on Hill Street Blues |
| Kirk Hammett |
Guitarist |
18-Nov-1962 |
|
Guitarist for Metallica |
| Paul Hartman |
Actor |
1-Mar-1904 |
2-Oct-1973 |
Emmett Clark on Mayberry R.F.D. |
| Josh Hartnett |
Actor |
21-Jul-1978 |
|
The Virgin Suicides |
| Robert Hass |
Poet |
1-Mar-1941 |
|
US Poet Laureate, 1995-97 |
| Ron Hayes |
Actor |
26-Feb-1929 |
1-Oct-2004 |
Ben Jones on The Rounders |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
| Leslie Hendrix |
Actor |
5-Jun-1960 |
|
Dr. Rodgers on Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
| Keith Hernandez |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1953 |
|
Mets first baseman |
| Warren Hinckle |
Journalist |
12-Oct-1938 |
25-Aug-2016 |
Former editor of Ramparts |
| Marshall Holman |
Bowling |
29-Sep-1954 |
|
Professional bowler, mostly retired |
| Mike Holmgren |
Football |
15-Jun-1948 |
|
President, Cleveland Browns |
| William R. Hutchison |
Historian |
21-May-1930 |
16-Dec-2005 |
The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| Terry Jeffrey |
Journalist |
26-Jul-1958 |
|
Editor at Large, CNSNews.com |
| Warren Jeffs |
Religion |
3-Dec-1955 |
|
Head of FLDS polygamist clan |
| Jackie Jensen |
Baseball |
9-Mar-1927 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American League MVP, 1958 |
| Steve Jobs |
Business |
24-Feb-1955 |
5-Oct-2011 |
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
| David Cay Johnston |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1948 |
|
Perfectly Legal |
| Frank Jordan |
Politician |
20-Feb-1935 |
|
Mayor of San Francisco, 1993-97 |
| Tim Kang |
Actor |
16-Mar-1973 |
|
Kimball Cho on The Mentalist |
| Paul Kantner |
Musician |
17-Mar-1941 |
28-Jan-2016 |
Jefferson Airplane |
| Nan Kempner |
Socialite |
24-Jul-1930 |
3-Jul-2005 |
New York City socialite |
| Joanna Kerns |
Actor |
12-Feb-1953 |
|
Maggie Seaver on Growing Pains |
| Jason Kidd |
Basketball |
23-Mar-1973 |
|
Ten-time NBA All-Star point guard |
| Percy Kilbride |
Actor |
16-Jul-1888 |
11-Dec-1964 |
Pa Kettle |
| Alfred Kohlberg |
Business |
27-Jan-1887 |
7-Apr-1960 |
The China Lobby Man |
| Koko |
Oddity |
4-Jul-1971 |
|
Sign-language gorilla |
| Jack La Lanne |
Fitness Guru |
26-Sep-1914 |
23-Jan-2011 |
Fitness guru |
| Anne Lamott |
Author |
10-Apr-1954 |
|
Operating Instructions |
| Charles Lane |
Actor |
26-Jan-1905 |
9-Jul-2007 |
Grumpy character actor |
| Joan F. Lane |
Business |
7-May-1928 |
|
Stanford University booster |
| Anthony A. Lapham |
Government |
22-Aug-1936 |
11-Nov-2006 |
CIA General Counsel, 1976-79 |
| Lewis Lapham |
Editor |
8-Jan-1935 |
|
Editor Emeritus, Harper's |
| Steve Lavin |
Basketball |
4-Sep-1964 |
|
UCLA Head Coach, 1996-2003 |
| Tony Lazzeri |
Baseball |
6-Dec-1903 |
6-Aug-1946 |
Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer |
| Bruce Lee |
Actor |
27-Nov-1940 |
20-Jul-1973 |
Enter the Dragon |
| Michael Lehmann |
Film Director |
30-Mar-1957 |
|
Heathers |
| Mervyn LeRoy |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1900 |
13-Sep-1987 |
Quo Vadis? |
| Richard C. Levin |
Educator |
7-Apr-1947 |
|
President of Yale University |
| Ladar Levison |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1979 |
|
Founder of Lavabit |
| Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
| Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
| LaToya London |
Singer |
29-Dec-1978 |
|
American Idol finalist |
| Marjorie Lord |
Actor |
26-Jul-1918 |
28-Nov-2015 |
Make Room for Daddy |
| Courtney Love |
Singer |
9-Jul-1964 |
|
Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole |
| Hank Luisetti |
Basketball |
16-Jun-1916 |
17-Dec-2002 |
Invented one-handed shot |
| Princeton Lyman |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to South Africa, 1992-95 |
| Richard E. Lyng |
Business |
29-Jun-1918 |
1-Feb-2003 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1986-89 |
| Al Madrigal |
Actor |
4-Jul-1971 |
|
The Daily Show, All Things Comedy |
| Julianne Malveaux |
Columnist |
c. 1953 |
|
Pundit |
| Leslie Mann |
Actor |
26-Mar-1972 |
|
George of the Jungle |
| Tony Martin |
Singer |
25-Dec-1913 |
27-Jul-2012 |
There's No Tomorrow |
| Reginald Mason |
Actor |
27-Jun-1875 |
10-Jul-1962 |
Stage actor |
| John McCone |
Government |
4-Jan-1902 |
14-Feb-1991 |
CIA Director, 1961-65 |
| Vonetta McGee |
Actor |
14-Jan-1940 |
9-Jul-2010 |
Blacula |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| David Miller |
Politician |
26-Dec-1958 |
|
Mayor of Toronto, 2003-10 |
| Johnny Miller |
Golf |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Golf commentator |
| Mike Minor |
Actor |
7-Dec-1939 |
25-Jan-2016 |
Steve Elliott on Petticoat Junction |
| Gordon Moore |
Business |
3-Jan-1929 |
|
Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law |
| Julia Morgan |
Architect |
20-Jan-1872 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Designed Hearst Castle |
| George Moscone |
Politician |
24-Nov-1929 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78 |
| Martha Moxley |
Victim |
16-Aug-1960 |
30-Oct-1975 |
Murdered by Michael Skakel |
| Carmel Myers |
Actor |
4-Apr-1899 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Ben-Hur |
| Gavin Newsom |
Politician |
10-Oct-1967 |
|
Lt. Governor of California |
| Lloyd Nolan |
Actor |
11-Aug-1902 |
27-Sep-1985 |
Dr. Chegley on Julia |
| Mike Nolan |
Football |
7-Mar-1959 |
|
Head Coach, San Francisco 49ers |
| George O'Brien |
Actor |
19-Apr-1899 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Sunrise |
| Aubrey O'Day |
Singer |
11-Feb-1984 |
|
All About Aubrey |
| Sharon Olds |
Poet |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
The Dead and the Living |
| Frank A. Olson |
Business |
19-Jul-1932 |
|
CEO of Hertz Corporation, 1977-99 |
| Leland Orser |
Actor |
6-Aug-1960 |
|
Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER |
| Paul S. Otellini |
Business |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
CEO of Intel, 2005-13 |
| Carré Otis |
Model |
28-Sep-1968 |
|
Mickey Rourke's ex-wife |
| Gregg Palmer |
Actor |
25-Jan-1927 |
31-Oct-2015 |
The Rebel Set |
| Jerry Paris |
Actor |
25-Jul-1925 |
31-Mar-1986 |
Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Pebbles |
Singer |
29-Aug-1964 |
|
R&B singer and Savvy records founder |
| Wendy Pini |
Cartoonist |
4-Jun-1951 |
|
Elfquest |
| Kevin Pollak |
Comic |
30-Oct-1957 |
|
Host of Celebrity Poker |
| Gerald Posner |
Journalist |
20-May-1954 |
|
Case Closed |
| Mala Powers |
Actor |
20-Dec-1931 |
11-Jun-2007 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Philip J. Quigley |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Pacific Telesis, 1994-97 |
| Marjorie Rambeau |
Actor |
15-Jul-1889 |
6-Jul-1970 |
The Primrose Path |
| Gina Ravera |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Det. Irene Daniels on The Closer |
| Paula Raymond |
Actor |
23-Nov-1924 |
31-Dec-2003 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| Dorothy Revier |
Actor |
18-Apr-1904 |
19-Nov-1993 |
The Dance of Life |
| Simon Rex |
Actor |
20-Jul-1974 |
|
What I Like About You |
| Malvina Reynolds |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Aug-1900 |
17-Mar-1978 |
Little Boxes |
| Elmer E. Robinson |
Politician |
3-Oct-1894 |
9-Jun-1982 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56 |
| Richard Rodriguez |
Essayist |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Hunger of Memory |
| Jim Rogan |
Politician |
21-Aug-1957 |
|
Congressman from California, 1997-2001 |
| James Rolph, Jr. |
Government |
23-Aug-1869 |
2-Jun-1934 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31 |
| John V. Roos |
Attorney |
14-Feb-1955 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan |
| Bob Rosburg |
Golf |
21-Oct-1926 |
14-May-2009 |
Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Dennis B. Ross |
Diplomat |
26-Nov-1948 |
|
US Middle East Envoy, 1992-2000 |
| Pierre Salinger |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1925 |
16-Oct-2004 |
Former ABC News Correspondent |
| Rob Schneider |
Comic |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| Liev Schreiber |
Actor |
4-Oct-1967 |
|
Actor, voiceover talent |
| Vito Scotti |
Actor |
26-Jan-1918 |
5-Jun-1996 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1990s |
| George Seifert |
Football |
22-Jan-1940 |
|
49ers Head Coach, 1989-96 |
| Donald H. Seiler |
Business |
16-Dec-1928 |
3-Aug-2012 |
Seiler & Company LLP |
| Jennifer Siebel |
Relative |
19-Jun-1974 |
|
Wife of Gavin Newsom |
| Alicia Silverstone |
Actor |
4-Oct-1976 |
|
Clueless |
| O. J. Simpson |
Football |
9-Jul-1947 |
|
Searching tirelessly for the real killers |
| Taran Noah Smith |
Actor |
8-Apr-1984 |
|
Mark Taylor on Home Improvement |
| Lemony Snicket |
Author |
28-Feb-1970 |
|
A Series of Unfortunate Events |
| Gary Snyder |
Poet |
8-May-1930 |
|
Turtle Island |
| Joe Spano |
Actor |
7-Jul-1946 |
|
Hill Street Blues |
| Jackie Speier |
Politician |
14-May-1950 |
|
Congresswoman, California 12th |
| Robert G. Sproul |
Educator |
22-May-1891 |
10-Sep-1975 |
President, University of California, 1930-58 |
| Dan Stamper |
Activist |
27-Feb-1969 |
|
Editor of Viscera! vampire webzine |
| Lincoln Steffens |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1866 |
9-Aug-1936 |
Early muckraking journalist |
| Kenneth E. Stinson |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons, 1998-2005 |
| Irving Stone |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
Historical biographical novelist |
| David Strathairn |
Actor |
26-Jan-1949 |
|
Passion Fish |
| Robert W. Straub |
Politician |
6-May-1920 |
27-Nov-2002 |
Governor of Oregon, 1975-79 |
| Rider Strong |
Actor |
11-Dec-1979 |
|
Shawn on Boy Meets World |
| James N. Sullivan |
Business |
1937 |
|
Vice Chairman of Chevron, 1989-2000 |
| Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
Film Director |
3-Aug-1958 |
|
How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
| Ray Taliaferro |
Radio Personality |
7-Feb-1939 |
|
KGO late-night talk show host |
| Jeffrey Tambor |
Actor |
8-Jul-1944 |
|
Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show |
| Courtney Thorne-Smith |
Actor |
8-Nov-1967 |
|
Long-suffering wife on According to Jim |
| Alice B. Toklas |
Relative |
30-Apr-1877 |
7-Mar-1967 |
Gertrude Stein's lover |
| Mary Ellen Trainor |
Actor |
8-Jul-1952 |
20-May-2015 |
Lethal Weapon |
| Murray Turoff |
Scientist |
13-Feb-1936 |
|
Computer conferencing and instant messaging |
| Aisha Tyler |
Actor |
18-Sep-1970 |
|
Former host of Talk Soup |
| Susan Tyrrell |
Actor |
18-Mar-1945 |
16-Jun-2012 |
Fat City |
| Jack Vance |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1916 |
26-May-2013 |
The Dying Earth |
| Terri J. Vaughn |
Actor |
16-Oct-1969 |
|
Lovita Jenkins on The Steve Harvey Show |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Ken Venturi |
Golf |
15-May-1931 |
17-May-2013 |
Winner of 1964 US Open |
| J. T. Walsh |
Actor |
28-Sep-1943 |
27-Feb-1998 |
A Few Good Men |
| Laurie Walters |
Actor |
8-Jan-1947 |
|
Joannie Bradford on Eight Is Enough |
| Walter Wanger |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Jul-1894 |
18-Nov-1968 |
Joan of Arc |
| Bernie Ward |
Radio Personality |
5-Apr-1951 |
|
Former KGO talk show host |
| Kim M. Wardlaw |
Judge |
2-Jul-1954 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Helen Ware |
Actor |
15-Oct-1877 |
25-Jan-1939 |
Theater actress |
| Charles Webb |
Novelist |
9-Jun-1939 |
|
The Graduate |
| Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
| Joan Weldon |
Actor |
5-Aug-1933 |
|
Them! |
| Kathryn M. Werdegar |
Judge |
1936 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Justin Whalin |
Actor |
6-Sep-1974 |
|
Jimmy Olsen on Lois and Clark |
| Stuart Whitman |
Actor |
1-Feb-1926 |
|
Cimarron Strip |
| Nancy Wilson |
Guitarist |
16-Mar-1954 |
|
Heart |
| Naomi Wolf |
Author |
12-Nov-1962 |
|
The Beauty Myth |
| B. D. Wong |
Actor |
24-Oct-1960 |
|
Oz, Law & Order: SVU |
| Victor Wong |
Actor |
31-Jul-1927 |
12-Sep-2001 |
Egg Shen |
| Beatrice Wood |
Artist |
3-Mar-1893 |
12-Mar-1998 |
Mama of Dada |
| Natalie Wood |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
29-Nov-1981 |
Rebel Without A Cause |
| Will Wright |
Actor |
26-Mar-1894 |
19-Jun-1962 |
Character actor |
| John Young |
Astronaut |
24-Sep-1930 |
|
9th to walk on the Moon |
| Victor Sen Yung |
Actor |
18-Oct-1915 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Hop Sing on Bonanza |
| James David Zellerbach |
Business |
17-Jan-1892 |
1963 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60 |
| Elmo R. Zumwalt |
Military |
29-Nov-1920 |
2-Jan-2000 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alice Adams |
Novelist |
14-Aug-1926 |
27-May-1999 |
Superior Women |
| Joseph Alioto |
Politician |
12-Feb-1916 |
29-Jan-1998 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1968-76 |
| Gertrude Franklin Atherton |
Author |
30-Oct-1857 |
14-Jun-1948 |
Black Oxen |
| Joseph G. Baldwin |
Author |
Jan-1815 |
30-Sep-1864 |
Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi |
| Paul A. Baran |
Economist |
8-Dec-1910 |
26-Mar-1964 |
Marxist economist |
| Gregory Bateson |
Anthropologist |
9-May-1904 |
4-Jul-1980 |
Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
| Stephen D. Bechtel |
Business |
24-Sep-1900 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Ran Bechtel from 1936-60 |
| Melvin Belli |
Attorney |
29-Jul-1907 |
9-Jul-1996 |
The King of Torts |
| Mike Bloomfield |
Guitarist |
28-Jul-1943 |
15-Feb-1981 |
Guitarist, Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
| Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
| David C. Broderick |
Politician |
4-Feb-1820 |
16-Sep-1859 |
US Senator from California, 1857-59 |
| Nacio Herb Brown |
Songwriter |
22-Feb-1896 |
28-Sep-1964 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Peter H. Burnett |
Politician |
15-Nov-1807 |
17-May-1895 |
Governor of California, 1849-51 |
| Gene Burns |
Radio Personality |
3-Dec-1940 |
25-May-2013 |
KGO-AM evening talk show host |
| Phillip Burton |
Politician |
1-Jun-1926 |
10-Apr-1983 |
Congressman from California, 1964-83 |
| Herb Caen |
Columnist |
3-Apr-1916 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Long running San Francisco columnist |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| Daniel H. Case III |
Business |
27-Jul-1957 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Hambrecht & Quist |
| George Christopher |
Politician |
8-Dec-1907 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64 |
| Ina Claire |
Actor |
15-Oct-1893 |
21-Feb-1985 |
Ninotchka |
| William K. Coblentz |
Attorney |
28-Jul-1922 |
13-Sep-2010 |
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass |
| Lillie Hitchcock Coit |
Philanthropist |
23-Aug-1843 |
22-Jul-1929 |
San Francisco eccentric |
| Lester Cole |
Screenwriter |
19-Jun-1904 |
15-Aug-1985 |
Born Free |
| George Creel |
Journalist |
1-Dec-1876 |
2-Oct-1953 |
Head of the Committee on Public Information |
| Dirk Dirksen |
Business |
25-Aug-1937 |
20-Nov-2006 |
Godfather of San Francisco punk |
| Carol Doda |
Performance Artist |
29-Aug-1937 |
9-Nov-2015 |
Stripper at San Francisco's Condor Club |
| Ray Milton Dolby |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1933 |
12-Sep-2013 |
Inventor of Dolby stereo |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Sheridan Downey |
Politician |
11-Mar-1884 |
25-Oct-1961 |
US Senator from California, 1939-50 |
| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| John Dye |
Actor |
31-Jan-1963 |
10-Jan-2011 |
Andrew on Touched by an Angel |
| Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| Kathryn Forbes |
Author |
20-Mar-1908 |
15-May-1966 |
Mama's Bank Account |
| Arlene Francis |
Actor |
20-Oct-1907 |
31-May-2001 |
What's My Line? |
| Milton Friedman |
Economist |
31-Jul-1912 |
16-Nov-2006 |
Free market economic theorist |
| Phineas Gage |
Oddity |
9-Jul-1823 |
21-May-1860 |
Lost a significant chunk of his prefrontal lobe |
| Duane Garrett |
Radio Personality |
19-May-1947 |
26-Jul-1995 |
San Francisco radio talk show host |
| Charles Gatewood |
Photographer |
8-Nov-1942 |
28-Apr-2016 |
Photographer of the unusual |
| Thom Gunn |
Poet |
29-Aug-1929 |
25-Apr-2004 |
The Man with Night Sweats |
| Alexander Hall |
Film Director |
11-Jan-1894 |
30-Jul-1968 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Andrew Smith Hallidie |
Inventor |
16-Mar-1836 |
24-Apr-1900 |
Designed the first cable car system |
| Warren G. Harding |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1865 |
2-Aug-1923 |
29th US President, 1921-23 |
| Harry Hay |
Activist |
7-Apr-1912 |
24-Oct-2002 |
Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society |
| Isaias W. Hellman |
Business |
3-Oct-1842 |
9-Apr-1920 |
Los Angeles banker |
| Jon-Erik Hexum |
Actor |
5-Nov-1957 |
18-Oct-1984 |
Actor accidently shot himself |
| Warren Hinckle |
Journalist |
12-Oct-1938 |
25-Aug-2016 |
Former editor of Ramparts |
| Eric Hoffer |
Author |
25-Jul-1902 |
21-May-1983 |
The True Believer |
| Ishi |
Oddity |
c. 1860 |
25-Mar-1916 |
Last of an extinct tribe |
| Helen Hunt Jackson |
Poet |
15-Oct-1830 |
12-Aug-1885 |
Ramona |
| Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
| Burton Joseph |
Attorney |
23-May-1930 |
31-Mar-2010 |
First Amendment lawyer |
| Jerry Juhl |
Screenwriter |
27-Jul-1938 |
27-Sep-2005 |
Head writer, The Muppet Show |
| Paul Kantner |
Musician |
17-Mar-1941 |
28-Jan-2016 |
Jefferson Airplane |
| Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
| James E. Keeler |
Astronomer |
10-Sep-1857 |
12-Aug-1900 |
Composition of Saturn's rings |
| Thomas Starr King |
Religion |
17-Dec-1824 |
4-Mar-1864 |
Saved California to the Union |
| Dorothea Lange |
Photographer |
26-May-1895 |
11-Oct-1965 |
Depression-era photographer |
| Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
| John Howard Lawson |
Playwright |
25-Sep-1894 |
11-Aug-1977 |
One of the Hollywood Ten |
| Tony Lazzeri |
Baseball |
6-Dec-1903 |
6-Aug-1946 |
Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer |
| Fritz Leiber |
Author |
24-Dec-1910 |
5-Sep-1992 |
Ship of Shadows |
| James Lick |
Business |
25-Aug-1796 |
1-Oct-1876 |
Lick Observatory |
| Kerwin Mathews |
Actor |
8-Jan-1926 |
5-Jul-2007 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
| Irvin McDowell |
Military |
15-Oct-1818 |
4-May-1885 |
Defeated at First Battle of Bull Run |
| James H. McGraw |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1860 |
21-Feb-1948 |
Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies |
| Diane Middlebrook |
Author |
16-Apr-1939 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Biographer of Anne Sexton |
| Harvey Milk |
Politician |
22-May-1930 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Openly gay SF city supervisor |
| Julia Morgan |
Architect |
20-Jan-1872 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Designed Hearst Castle |
| George Moscone |
Politician |
24-Nov-1929 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78 |
| John E. Moss |
Politician |
13-Apr-1915 |
5-Dec-1997 |
Congressman from California, 1953-78 |
| Chester W. Nimitz |
Military |
24-Feb-1885 |
20-Feb-1966 |
WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy |
| Jimmie Noone |
Jazz Musician |
23-Apr-1895 |
19-Apr-1944 |
New Orleans jazz clarinetist |
| Frank Norris |
Novelist |
5-Mar-1870 |
25-Oct-1902 |
The Octopus |
| Emperor Norton |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1819 |
8-Jan-1880 |
Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico |
| Brad Nowell |
Musician |
22-Feb-1968 |
25-May-1996 |
Lead singer of Sublime |
| Virginia Rappe |
Victim |
7-Jul-1891 |
9-Sep-1921 |
Fatty Arbuckle scandal |
| Roy Raymond |
Business |
c. 1946 |
26-Aug-1993 |
Founder of Victoria's Secret |
| Moishe Rosen |
Religion |
12-Apr-1932 |
19-May-2010 |
Jews for Jesus founder |
| Marion O. Sandler |
Philanthropist |
17-Oct-1930 |
1-Jun-2012 |
Golden West Financial |
| Merl Saunders |
Pianist |
14-Feb-1934 |
24-Oct-2008 |
Jazz & New Age keyboardist |
| Walter Shorenstein |
Business |
23-Feb-1915 |
24-Jun-2010 |
San Francisco real estate mogul |
| H. Allen Smith |
Author |
19-Dec-1907 |
24-Feb-1976 |
Low Man on a Totem Pole |
| Joseph T. Sneed |
Judge |
21-Jul-1920 |
9-Feb-2008 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1973-87 |
| Tom Snyder |
Talk Show Host |
12-May-1936 |
29-Jul-2007 |
The Tomorrow Show |
| Valerie Solanas |
Activist |
9-Apr-1936 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Shot Andy Warhol |
| Philip D. Sprouse |
Diplomat |
27-Sep-1906 |
28-Apr-1977 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64 |
| Henry Stephenson |
Actor |
16-Apr-1871 |
24-Apr-1956 |
The Prince and the Pauper |
| George R. Stewart |
Author |
31-May-1895 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Earth Abides |
| Joseph Stilwell |
Military |
19-Mar-1883 |
12-Oct-1946 |
Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China |
| Levi Strauss |
Business |
26-Feb-1829 |
26-Sep-1902 |
Blue jeans |
| Adolph Sutro |
Politician |
29-Apr-1830 |
8-Aug-1898 |
San Francisco mayor, 1895-97 |
| Lyle Talbot |
Actor |
8-Feb-1902 |
2-Mar-1996 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Nicholas G. Thacher |
Diplomat |
20-Aug-1915 |
11-Mar-2002 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73 |
| George Henry Thomas |
Military |
31-Jul-1816 |
28-Mar-1870 |
Union Army General |
| Nate Thurmond |
Basketball |
25-Jul-1941 |
16-Jul-2016 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Edgar Wayburn |
Activist |
17-Sep-1906 |
5-Mar-2010 |
Conservationist, Sierra Club president |
| Philip Whalen |
Poet |
20-Oct-1923 |
26-Jun-2002 |
Canoeing up Carbaga Creek |
| Dan White |
Assassin |
2-Sep-1946 |
21-Oct-1985 |
Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk |
| Francis Parker Yockey |
Author |
18-Sep-1917 |
16-Jun-1960 |
Imperium |
| Saul Zaentz |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Feb-1921 |
3-Jan-2014 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| James David Zellerbach |
Business |
17-Jan-1892 |
1963 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60 |
