Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California ranks 666th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sicily, Watford, and Pula. Memorable people born in Santa Barbara, California include David Woodard, Victor French, and Taylor Hackford. 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 athletes and the death place of many actors, and film directors. 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
People
Between 0 and 1999, Santa Barbara, California was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including David Woodard, Victor French, and Taylor Hackford. 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.
People Born in Santa Barbara, California
Go to all RankingsDavid Woodard
WRITER
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 1
Victor French
ACTOR
1934 - 1989
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 2
Taylor Hackford
FILM DIRECTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 3
Katy Perry
SINGER
1984 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4
Edie Sedgwick
CELEBRITY
1943 - 1971
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 5
Anthony Edwards
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 6
Norris Bradbury
PHYSICIST
1909 - 1997
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 7
Timothy Bottoms
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 8
Cole Hauser
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 9
Marianna Hill
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 10
Sam Bottoms
ACTOR
1955 - 2008
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 11
Chuck Liddell
MARTIAL ARTS
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Santa Barbara, California
Go to all RankingsJulie Felix
SINGER
1938 - 2020
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 13
Kayla Day
TENNIS PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 18.70
Rank: 21
Yan Peng
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 22
Lakey Peterson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 23
Stamatia Scarvelis
ATHLETE
1995 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 24
Kiley Neushul
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 25
Ashley Carroll
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 26
Paige Hauschild
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 27
Ben Hallock
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 28
People Deceased in Santa Barbara, California
Go to all RankingsF. W. Murnau
FILM DIRECTOR
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1
Robert Mitchum
ACTOR
1917 - 1997
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 2
Mel Ferrer
ACTOR
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 3
Charlie Munger
BUSINESSPERSON
1924 - 2023
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 4
Walter Kohn
PHYSICIST
1923 - 2016
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 5
Judith Anderson
ACTOR
1897 - 1992
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 6
Leonardo De Lorenzo
MUSICIAN
1875 - 1962
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 7
Edie Sedgwick
CELEBRITY
1943 - 1971
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 8
Shams Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1996
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 9
Ronald Colman
ACTOR
1891 - 1958
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 10
Virginia Cherrill
ACTOR
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 11
Tab Hunter
ACTOR
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Santa Barbara, California
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Most individuals born in present day Santa Barbara, California were actors (11), athletes (6), singers (2), writers (1), and film directors (1), while most who died were actors (19), film directors (3), writers (3), physicists (2), and politicians (2).
Occupational Trends
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 Timothy Bottoms. 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 Timothy Bottoms.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Santa Barbara, California since 1700.