| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ansel Adams |
Photographer |
20-Feb-1902 |
22-Apr-1984 |
Yosemite photographer |
| Hank Azaria |
Actor |
25-Apr-1964 |
|
Moe and Apu on The Simpsons |
| Charles F. Brush III |
Archaeologist |
3-Apr-1923 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
| Francine Busby |
Politician |
3-Mar-1951 |
|
San Diego politician |
| Rachel Carson |
Scientist |
27-May-1907 |
14-Apr-1964 |
Mother of the environmental movement |
| Yvon Chouinard |
Business |
9-Nov-1938 |
|
Founder, Patagonia |
| Morris Dees |
Activist |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Bankrupted the Klan |
| William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
| Paul R. Ehrlich |
Scientist |
29-May-1932 |
|
The Population Bomb |
| Michael Ferguson |
Politician |
22-Jul-1970 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 2001-09 |
| Bob Filner |
Politician |
4-Sep-1942 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 2012-13 |
| Jeffrey A. Frankel |
Economist |
5-Nov-1952 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99 |
| Newt Gingrich |
Politician |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1995-99 |
| Andrew Smith Hallidie |
Inventor |
16-Mar-1836 |
24-Apr-1900 |
Designed the first cable car system |
| Ron Hayes |
Actor |
26-Feb-1929 |
1-Oct-2004 |
Ben Jones on The Rounders |
| Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
| Claudia Kotchka |
Business |
11-Jul-1951 |
|
Retired Procter & Gamble executive |
| Richard Lamm |
Politician |
12-Sep-1935 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1975-87 |
| Pamela Sue Martin |
Actor |
5-Jan-1953 |
|
Fallon Carrington on Dynasty |
| John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
| Carl Pope |
Activist |
c. 1945 |
|
Executive Director, The Sierra Club |
| Jim Ramstad |
Politician |
6-May-1946 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1991-2009 |
| Tom Scholz |
Songwriter |
10-Mar-1947 |
|
Founder and songwriter behind Boston |
| Kevin Shelley |
Government |
16-Nov-1955 |
|
California Secretary of State, 2003-05 |
| Deborah Szekely |
Activist |
3-May-1922 |
|
Co-Founder, Golden Door Spa |
| Andrew Tanenbaum |
Computer Programmer |
16-Mar-1944 |
|
Creator of Minix |
| Henry Waxman |
Politician |
12-Sep-1939 |
|
Congressman, California 30th |
| Edgar Wayburn |
Activist |
17-Sep-1906 |
5-Mar-2010 |
Conservationist, Sierra Club president |
| Betty White |
Actor |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
TV sitcom and game show mainstay |
| Lynn Woolsey |
Politician |
3-Nov-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, California 6th |
| C. C. Young |
Politician |
28-Apr-1869 |
24-Dec-1947 |
Governor of California, 1927-31 |
| Herbert S. Zim |
Author |
12-Jul-1909 |
5-Dec-1994 |
Golden Guides |
