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Santa Barbara, California ranks 622nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Camberwell, Port of Spain, and Aberdeen. Memorable people born in Santa Barbara, California include Edie Sedgwick, Victor French, and David Woodard. Memorable people who died in Santa Barbara, California include F. W. Murnau, Robert Mitchum, and Mel Ferrer. Santa Barbara, California has been the birth place of many actors and celebrities and the death place of many actors and writers. Santa Barbara, California is located in United States.

Santa Barbara is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city has been dubbed "The American Riviera". According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the city's population was 88,665. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1909 and 1993, Santa Barbara, California was the birth place of 19 globally memorable people, including Edie Sedgwick, Victor French, and David Woodard. Additionaly, 46 globally memorable people have passed away in Santa Barbara, California including F. W. Murnau, Robert Mitchum, and Mel Ferrer. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Santa Barbara, California than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Santa Barbara, California were actors (11), celebrities (1), writers (1), singers (1), and film directors (1),  while most who died were actors (17), writers (4), film directors (3), physicists (2), and politicians (2).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Santa Barbara, California, including Victor French, Anthony Edwards, and Marianna Hill. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Santa Barbara, California, including Victor French, Anthony Edwards, and Marianna Hill.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Santa Barbara, California since 1700.