California History Timeline (Part 6)

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Birthdays 501 - 600 of 2,935

• 1928-07-23 Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (Annapolis Symphony, 1970-82), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2020) [1]
• 1928-08-06 Janice-Lee York Romary, California, fencer (Olympics 1948-68)
• 1928-11-13 Hampton Hawes, American jazz pianist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1977)
• 1928-11-14 Kathleen Hughes, American actress (It Came From Outer Space), born in Hollywood, California
• 1928-12-31 Hugh McElhenny, American Pro/College Football HOF halfback (University of Washington; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; Minnesota Vikings, SF 49ers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
• 1929-01-07 Terry Moore [Helen Luella Koford], American actress (Come Back, Little Sheba), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1929-01-09 Dorothea Puente, American serial killer, born in Redlands, California (d. 2011)
• 1929-02-03 Russell Arms, American actor and vocalist (Your Hit Parade; "Cinco Robles"), born in Berkeley, California (d. 2012)
• 1929-02-10 Jerry Goldsmith, American pianist, television and film composer ("The Twilight Zone"; "Planet Of The Apes"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
• 1929-02-22 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), born in Altadena, California (d. 2016)
• 1929-07-31 Don Murray, American actor (Bus Stop; Advise & Consent; Endless Love), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2024) [1]
• 1929-10-04 Scotty Beckett, American actor (Our Gang, Listen Darling, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1968)
• 1929-10-21 Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi author (The Left Hand of Darkness, Tombs of Atuan), born in Berkeley, California (d. 2018)
• 1929-11-26 Betta St John [Betty Jean Striegler], American-English stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Dream Wife; Carousel; Corridors of Blood), born in Hawthorne, California (d. 2023)
• 1930-01-07 Eddie LeBaron, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1955, 57, 58, 62; Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys), born in San Rafael, California (d. 2015)
• 1930-01-10 Elaine Devry [Thelma Mahnken], American actress (The Atomic Kid, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf), born in Compton, California (d. 2023)

• 1930-01-10 Roy E. Disney, American film executive and CEO of Disney, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)

• 1930-02-04 Jim Loscutoff, American basketball forward (NBA champion: 1957, 59–64; Boston Celtics), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2015)
• 1930-03-13 Doug Harvey, American Baseball HOF umpire (NL 1962-92; 5 x World Series; 7 x MLB All-Star games; career total 4,673 games), born in South Gate, California (d. 2018)
• 1930-04-12 Manuel Neri, American sculptor (life-size figurative sculptures), born in Sanger, California (d. 2021)
• 1930-04-14 Bradford Dillman, American actor (Compulsion, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
• 1930-04-19 Dick Sargent [Richard Stanford Cox], American actor (Bewitched), born in Carmel, California (d. 1994)
• 1930-04-24 Conn Findlay, American rower (Olympic gold coxed pair 1956, 64) and sailor (Olympic bronze Tempest 1976), born in Stockton, California (d. 2021)
• 1930-05-05 Michael J. Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1967)
• 1930-05-05 Will Hutchins [Marshall Hutchason], American actor (Sugarfoot; Spinout; Clambake), born in Atwater, California
• 1930-05-12 Pat McCormick, American diver (4 x Olympic gold women's springboard & platform 1952, 56), born in Seal Beach, California (d. 2023)

• 1930-06-27 Tommy Kono, American weightlifter (Olympic gold 67.5kg 1952, 82.5kg 1956; silver 75kg 1960; World C'ship gold x 6), born in Sacramento, California (d. 2016)

• 1930-08-05 Joan Weldon, American actress (So This is Love, Them), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2021)
• 1930-08-08 Jerry Tarkanian, American collegiate basketball coach (California State, UNLV, Fresno State; career record: 784–202), born in Euclid, Ohio (d. 2015)
• 1930-08-16 Frank Gifford, American College-Pro Football HOF halfback (USC; 6 × First-team All-Pro, 8 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (ABC Monday Night Football), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
• 1930-08-16 Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter, voice actor, and director (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), born in Oakland, California (d. 2010)
• 1930-08-30 Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician who pioneered the development of guitar-related products, born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2004)
• 1930-09-24 John Young, American astronaut and 9th person to walk on the Moon (Gemini 3 & 10; Apollo 10 & 16; STS-1 & -9), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
• 1930-09-29 Billy Strange [William], American singer-songwriter (A Little Less Conversation), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2012)
• 1930-10-30 Marilyn Alex, American actress (Molly-Young & Restless), born in Hollywood, California
• 1930-11-03 William H Dana, American aeronautical engineer, US Navy pilot, NASA test pilot (X-15), and astronaut, born in Pasadena, California (d. 2014)
• 1930-11-17 Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
• 1930-12-07 Richard Felciano, American composer (In Celebration of Golden Rain), born in Santa Rosa, California
• 1930-12-22 Larry Stevenson [Richard], American skateboard innovator (kicktail), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2012)

• 1931-01-25 Harold Lloyd Jr., American actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), cabaret singer, and son of famous silent film actor Harold Lloyd, Sr, born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 1971)
• 1931-02-18 Bob St. Clair, American NFL football player, 1953-63 (San Francisco 49ers), known as "The Geek", born in San Francisco, California (d. 2015)
• 1931-03-06 Carmen de Lavallade, American actress, dancer and choreographer (Aida), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1931-03-06 John Smith, American actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
• 1931-03-12 William "Billie" Thomas, American child actor (Our Gang - "Buckwheat"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980)
• 1931-03-16 Don Richard Carpenter, American writer (Hard Rain Falling), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1995)
• 1931-04-08 John Gavin [Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr], American actor (Imitation of Life, Psycho), and US Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)
• 1931-04-11 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2010)
• 1931-05-15 Ken Venturi, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1964), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2013)
• 1931-05-31 Steve Horn, American politician (Rep-R-California 1993-2003), born in San Juan Bautista, California (d. 2011)
• 1931-06-17 John Baldessari, American visual and conceptual artist, born in National City, California (d. 2020)

• 1931-07-28 Darryl Hickman, American actor (Men of Boys Town; The Human Comedy; Tea and Sympathy), and screenwriter, born in Hollywood, California (d. 2024)
• 1931-08-14 Frederic Raphael, American-British writer (After the War, California Time), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1931-08-21 Nancy Hadley, American actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1931-10-30 Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart -"Hymie"; Bye-Bye Birdie; When Things Were Rotten), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
• 1931-10-30 John Macchia, American actor (Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1967)
• 1931-11-03 Joan Kenmore, American child actress (The Wizard of Oz), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)

• 1931-12-04 Wally George, American conservative TV commentator, born in Oakland, California (d. 2003)
• 1931-12-09 William Reynolds, American actor (The Gallant Men, All That Heaven Allows), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1931-12-20 Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2007)
• 1931-12-23 Ronnie Schell, American comedian (Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World), born in Richmond, California
• 1932-01-03 Mara Corday [Marilyn Joan Watts], American actress, model and Playboy Playmate (Foxfire, Black Scorpion), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1932-01-16 Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1985)
• 1932-01-28 Parry O'Brien, American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1952, 1956; silver 1960), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2007)
• 1932-06-04 John Drew Barrymore, American actor (Pantomine Quiz), born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2004)
• 1932-06-28 Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, American actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid), born in Isleton, California (d. 2005)
• 1932-07-05 Billy Laughlin, American child actor (Froggy- Our Gang), born in San Gabriel, California (d. 1948)
• 1932-07-29 Marguerite Empey [Diane Webber], American model and Playboy playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
• 1932-07-30 Edd Byrnes, American actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)
• 1932-09-03 Eileen Brennan, American actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
• 1932-10-05 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, American politician (first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1932-10-09 Judy Tyler [Judith Mae Hess], American actress (Jailhouse Rock, Bop Girl Goes Calypso) and Miss Stardust (1949), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1957)
• 1932-10-16 Henry Jay Lewis, American double-bassist and conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic 1948-65), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
• 1932-10-26 Anthony Beilenson, American politician (Rep-D-California, 1977-97), born in New York (d. 2017)
• 1932-11-08 Richard E. Lawyer, American USAF officer, pilot, and astronaut, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2005)
• 1932-12-18 Roger Smith, American actor (77 Sunset Strip), born in South Gate, California (d. 2017)
• 1933-01-17 Sheree North [Dawn Bethel], American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2005)
• 1933-03-11 Terry J Hatter Jr, American judge in California
• 1933-04-03 Bob Dornan, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from California, born in New York City
• 1933-04-13 Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne-American politician (Sen-D Colorado), born in Auburn, California
• 1933-04-14 Morton Subotnick, American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur), born in Los Angeles, California

• 1933-04-24 Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer, and biographer, born in Oakland, California (d. 2020)
• 1933-04-29 Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter ("Love's Been Good to Me"; "Jean"; "Without A Worry In The World"), and poet (Lonesome Cities), born in Oakland, California (d. 2015)
• 1933-06-20 Brett Halsey, American actress (Paul-Follow the Sun), born in Santa Ana, California
• 1933-07-27 Nick Reynolds, American folk singer, tenor guitarist, and bongo player (The Kingston Trio, 1957-67 - "Tom Dooley"; "M.T.A."), born in San Diego, California (d. 2008)
• 1933-08-16 Gary Clarke [Clarke F. L'Amoreaux], American actor (Hondo -"Captain Richards"; The Virginian -"Steve"), singer ("Tomorrow May Never Come"), and screenwriter (Get Smart), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1933-08-16 Julie Newmar, American actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll), born in Hollywood, California
• 1933-08-17 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum), born in El Monte, California (d. 1993)
• 1933-08-17 Kenny Sears, American NBA player (NY Knicks), born in Watsonville, California (d. 2017)
• 1933-08-23 Pete Wilson, American politician (36th Governor of California), born in Lake Forest, Illinois
• 1933-09-14 Harve Presnell, American actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in Modesto, California (d. 2009)
• 1933-10-24 Norman Rush, American writer (Mating), born in San Francisco, California

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