La Jolla
La Jolla ranks 1,640th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lafayette, Louisiana, 8th arrondissement of Paris, and Santa Fe Province. Memorable people born in La Jolla include Marcia Gay Harden, Don Norman, and Steven Culp. Memorable people who died in La Jolla include Raymond Chandler, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Jonas Salk. 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 community within 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
Between 1935 and 2004, La Jolla was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Marcia Gay Harden, Don Norman, and Steven Culp. Additionaly, 26 globally memorable people have passed away in La Jolla including Raymond Chandler, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Jonas Salk. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in La Jolla than were born there.
People Born in La Jolla
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Marcia Gay Harden
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 1
Don Norman
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2
Steven Culp
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 3
Michael Franks
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 4
Danica McKellar
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 5
Autumn Reeser
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 6
Alexandra Stevenson
1980 - Present
HPI: 20.11
Rank: 7
Francesca Capaldi
2004 - Present
HPI: 18.34
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Born in La Jolla
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Raymond Chandler
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 1
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 2
Jonas Salk
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 3
Harold Urey
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 4
J. J. Cale
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 5
Gerald Edelman
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 6
Renato Dulbecco
1914 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
Mercedes McCambridge
1916 - 2004
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 8
Delmer Daves
1904 - 1977
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 9
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
1889 - 1967
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 10
John Williams
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11
Edwin O. Reischauer
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in La Jolla
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Flossie Wong-Staal
1946 - 2020
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 16
Lucille Bremer
1917 - 1996
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 25
Jerry Maren
1920 - 2018
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 26
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 (8), biologists (3), film directors (2), singers (2), and writers (1).
