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Born in San Francisco

San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 17th most populous in the United States. It's the second most densely populated large U.S. city and forms with other major cities in the San Francisco Bay Area the cultural and commercial center of Northern California. The city grew rapidly during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and is the birthplace of the United Nations. Try to name these famous people, who are born in San Francisco.
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Author, "The Call of the Wild" "White Fang"
1876
Jack London
Dancer, nicknamed "mother of modern dance"
1877
Isadora Duncan
Physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber
1911
Luis Walter Alvarez
Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968
1916
Robert McNamara
Secretary of Defense from 1981 to 1987
1917
Caspar Weinberger
Author, "The Queen's Gambit" "The Color of Money" "The Hustler"
1928
Walter Tevis
Co-founder of Intel and author of Moore's law
1929
Gordon Moore
Actor and director, "Dirty Harry" "A Fistful of Dollars" "Million Dollar Baby"
1930
Clint Eastwood
Senator from California since 1992 and first female mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988
1933
Dianne Feinstein
Justice of the Supreme Court since 1994
1938
Stephen Breyer
Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and again from 2011 to 2019
1938
Jerry Brown
Actress, "West Side Story" "Rebel Without a Cause" "From Here to Eternity"
1938
Natalie Wood
Hong Kong-American martial artist, martial arts instructor and actor
1940
Bruce Lee
Head Coach of the San Francisco 49ers from 1989 to 1996 and winner of two Super Bowls
1940
George Seifert
Lead guitarist and vocalist of Grateful Dead
1942
Jerry Garcia
Co-founder of Fox Broadcasting Company
1942
Barry Diller
Actor, "The Hangover" "Hellboy" "Arrested Development" "Transparent"
1944
Jeffrey Tambor
Actor, known for his role as Roger Murtaugh in the "Lethal Weapon" film series
1946
Danny Glover
Hall of Fame running back and NFL MVP, now best known for being tried for the murders of his former wife and her friend
1947
O. J. Simpson
Actor, "The Bourne Ultimatum" "Good Night, and Good Luck" "Lincoln" "Nomadland"
1949
David Strathairn
Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks from 2010 to 2023
1951
Pete Carroll
Co-founder and CEO of Apple and majority shareholder of Pixar
1955
Steve Jobs
Lead guitarist of Metallica
1962
Kirk Hammett
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Actor, "Law & Order" "Demolition Man" "Traffic"
1963
Benjamin Bratt
Lead vocalist of Hole and wife of Kurt Cobain
1964
Courtney Love
Governor of California since 2019
1967
Gavin Newsom
Actor, "Ray Donovan" "Salt" "Scream" "Spotlight"
1967
Liev Schreiber
Actress, "The Cosby Show" "Angel Heart" "Enemy of the State"
1967
Lisa Bonet
Conservative political commentator and host of a show on Fox News, one of the most-watched cable news shows in the US
1969
Tucker Carlson
Actress, "King Richard" "The Help" "When They See Us" "The Mentalist"
1969
Aunjanue Ellis
Third-wealthiest woman in the US and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos
1970
MacKenzie Scott
Actor, known for his role as Mark Sloan in "Grey's Anatomy"
1972
Eric Dane
Actress, "Knocked Up" "Blockers" "George of the Jungle"
1972
Leslie Mann
Actor, "The Mentalist" "Magnum P.I."
1973
Tim Kang
Head Coach of the Dallas Mavericks and former Point Guard who played for the Suns, Nets and Mavericks
1973
Jason Kidd
Former White House intern who got famous for having an affair with President Clinton
1973
Monica Lewinsky
Mayor of San Francisco since 2018
1974
London Breed
Director, "Jurassic World" "The Book of Henry"
1976
Colin Treverrow
Actress, "Clueless" "The Crush" "Batman & Robin"
1976
Alicia Silverstone
Comedian, writer and actress, "Beef"
1982
Ali Wong
Actor, "Glee" "The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
1987
Darren Criss
Director, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"
1990
Joe Talbot
Rapper, "Gas Pedal" "Going Down For Real" "Red Nose"
1992
Sage the Gemini
Singer, "I Like Me Better" "Paris in the Rain"
1994
Lauv
Actor, known for his role as Oskar Schell in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
1997
Thomas Horn
Chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer with a famous controversy involving Magnus Carlsen and him
2003
Hans Niemann
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