La Jolla
La Jolla ranks 1,860th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Teruel, Bojnice, and Irvine, North Ayrshire. Memorable people born in La Jolla include Don Norman, Steven Culp, and Michael Franks. Memorable people who died in La Jolla include Leo Szilard, Raymond Chandler, and Niki de Saint Phalle. La Jolla has been the birth place of many actors, and computer scientists and the death place of many actors, and biologists. La Jolla is located in United States.
La Jolla is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, occupying 7 miles (11 km) of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of 70.5 °F (21.4 °C). Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1935 and 2004, La Jolla was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Don Norman, Steven Culp, and Michael Franks. Additionaly, 29 globally memorable people have passed away in La Jolla including Leo Szilard, Raymond Chandler, and Niki de Saint Phalle. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in La Jolla than were born there.
People Born in La Jolla
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Don Norman
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1
Steven Culp
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2
Michael Franks
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 3
Danica McKellar
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 4
Autumn Reeser
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 5
Zoe McLellan
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 6
Alexandra Stevenson
TENNIS PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 22.28
Rank: 7
Francesca Capaldi
ACTOR
2004 - Present
HPI: 18.18
Rank: 8
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Leo Szilard
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1964
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 1
Raymond Chandler
WRITER
1888 - 1959
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 2
Niki de Saint Phalle
PAINTER
1930 - 2002
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 3
Harold Urey
CHEMIST
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 4
Jonas Salk
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1995
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
Gerald Edelman
BIOLOGIST
1929 - 2014
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 6
Renato Dulbecco
BIOLOGIST
1914 - 2012
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 7
Mercedes McCambridge
ACTOR
1916 - 2004
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 8
Delmer Daves
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1977
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 9
Vernor Vinge
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1944 - 2024
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 10
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1967
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 11
Edwin O. Reischauer
HISTORIAN
1910 - 1990
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 12
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day La Jolla were actors (5), computer scientists (1), musicians (1), and tennis players (1), while most who died were actors (7), biologists (3), physicists (2), chemists (2), and film directors (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in La Jolla, including Steven Culp, Danica McKellar, and Autumn Reeser. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day La Jolla, including Steven Culp, Danica McKellar, and Autumn Reeser.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in La Jolla since 1700.
