- J. R. Richards
J. R. Richards (born on 30 April 1972 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) is the lead singer for alternative rock band Dishwalla. He has appeared in the films "Almost Anything" and "Morning" and he guest starred on "Charmed" as himself. Richards also sang the title role in a concert production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" with the Golden State Pops Orchestra. He has one child with his wife, Shannon. - Edie Sedgwick
Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20 1943 - November 15 1971) was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhol's short films in the 1960s. - Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips (born December 29, 1970) is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket. - Fess Parker
Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born August 16, 1924) is an American film and television actor, as well as a wine maker and resort owner-operator. - Chuck Liddell
Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell (born December 17 1969 in Santa Barbara, California), also known as "The Iceman" is a mixed martial artist who currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Liddell has an extensive background in Kickboxing and collegiate wrestling. He is associated with the Pit team and recently earned a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. - Kathy Ireland
Kathy Ireland (born Kathleen Marie Ireland on March 20, 1963 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American supermodel, actress, author, and entrepreneur. She once had a line of clothing sold by Kmart. For a while, she hosted a segment on viewer mail and fitness tips on TV's "BodyShaping". Ireland has a modest number of television and movie acting appearances to her credit, including roles in "Side Out", "Mr. - Eddie Mathews
Edwin Lee "Eddie" Mathews was a Hall of Fame third baseman in Major League Baseball and is widely regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, third baseman to play the game. Born in Texarkana, Texas, Eddie Mathews was six years old when his family moved to Santa Barbara, California where he developed into a star high school player. - Brad Hall
Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a "Saturday Night Live" news anchor on "Saturday Night News". He was also the creator of the TV series "The Single Guy" and "Watching Ellie". He is married to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Seinfeld", "Saturday Night Live" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine"), … - Jeremy Davies
Jeremy Davies (b. October 8 1969, Traverse City, Michigan) is an American film and television actor. Born Jeremy Boring, he is the second of four children, having an older brother, Josh, who is an Air Force Pilot; a younger brother, Zachary; and younger sister, Katy. He was raised in Traverse City, Michigan during his early childhood, then moved to Kansas with his mother after his parents divorced. When his mother died of complications from Lupus in the mid 1970s, … - Taylor Hackford
Taylor Hackford (born December 31, 1944 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American film director. He received an Oscar in 2000 for the short film "Teenage Father" and received two Oscar nominations in 2004 for the Ray Charles biopic "Ray". Hackford is married to Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren. Hackford graduated from USC's School of Cinema-Television in 2000. In a recent interview, he confirmed that he never attended film school, … - Colleen Graffy
Colleen Graffy is the United States deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and former professor of law at Pepperdine University's London campus. She is most famous for calling suicides at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba a "good PR (public relations) move". However, this comment was quickly disavowed by Cully Stimson, United States deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs. - Romualdo Pacheco
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. was an American politician and California governor and representative to the US House of Representatives. He is the only Hispanic governor in the state's history. Pacheco represented California in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1877 to February 7, 1878, and from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1883. - Karch Kiraly
Kiraly has earned more than three million dollars playing beach volleyball and is the 'winningest' player in the history of beach volleyball . He has finished lower than ninth place only four times and has been in the semifinals over 80% of the time. Karch Kiraly was taught how to play volleyball at six years old from his father, Laazio, a former Hungarian Junior National Team player. Kiraly graduated from high school third in his class with a 3.96 grade-point average. - George Greenough
George Greenough is a surfer from Santa Barbara, California who now resides in Byron Bay in N.S.W Australia. He is known for creating the modern surfboard fin. He changed the design from a useless keel to a more powerful fin. His equipment was different from the longboard design of the day. George rode short kneeboards under 5'5" and rode surf mattresses regularly. He is credited as being the best mat rider ever. George still surfs air mattresses. - Virginia Child Villiers Countess of Jersey
Virginia Cherrill was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" (1931). Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthage, Illinois to James E. and Blanche ("née" Wilcox) Cherrill. She moved to Hollywood and met Charlie Chaplin when he sat next to her at a boxing match. He cast her in "City Lights" in which she gave the unforgettable performance for which she is remembered, … - Randall Cunningham
Randall Cunningham (born March 27, 1963 in Santa Barbara, California) is a former American football quarterback. After attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was selected in the second round of the 1985 draft by Philadelphia Eagles, with whom he remained through the 1995 season. During the latter years his relations with Ray Rhodes, then the Eagles' head coach, became strained, and he announced his retirement from football following the end of that season, … - Andrew Firestone
Andrew Firestone (born July 10, 1975) is the second son of Brooks Firestone, and the great grandson of Firestone founder, Harvey Firestone. Firestone graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in business administration in 1998. He was born in Santa Barbara, California. Andrew is currently engaged to actress/model Ivana Bozilovic. He is also a part-owner of Confidential, a restaurant in San Diego, and General Manager of Firestone Vineyard - Anthony Edwards
Anthony Charles Planck Edwards (born July 19, 1962) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and director. He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including "Top Gun", "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Northern Exposure", yet is best known for role of Dr. Mark Greene on "ER". - Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor widely considered a prominent and diverse actor in independent film. He has appeared in movies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Mask", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Memphis Belle", "Rob Roy", "Little Women", "The Waterdance", "Pulp Fiction", "Kicking and Screaming", and "The House of Mirth". - Norris Bradbury
Norris Edwin Bradbury (May 30, 1909 - August 20, 1997), was an American physicist who was born in Santa Barbara, California. He served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years (1945 - 1970), succeeding J. Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project. During the war he was in charge of the final assembly of "the gadget", detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test. - Timothy Bottoms
Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in "Johnny Got His Gun", "The Last Picture Show", and "The Paper Chase". He also starred in the 1991 remake of the science fiction children's series Land of the Lost. - Ryan Church
Ryan Matthew Church (born October 14 1978 in Santa Barbara, California) is an outfielder in North American Major League Baseball. He currently plays for the Washington Nationals, formerly the Montreal Expos. Church made his major league debut for the Expos in August 2004, struggling in the 30 games he played in the last two months of the season. He ended the season with a .187 batting average. After struggling in the first month of the 2005 season, he began to play well, … - Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth (born September 19, 1945) is an American character actor, best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama "Emergency!", as paramedic John Gage, alongside Robert Fuller and Kevin Tighe, as well as his work on soap operas starting in the 1980s. Mantooth is half Seminole. His role on "Emergency!", paramedic John Gage, first shot him to stardom. He played the role from 1972 to 1979. - Cady Huffman
Cady Huffman (born Catherine Elizabeth Huffman on February 2, 1965 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actress. She is the sister of actor Linus Huffman and John Pearley Huffman who often writes for "Car and Driver" magazine. She graduated from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California in June 1982. She made her film debut in the 1992 film "Hero" which stars Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, and Andy Garcia. - Alex D. Linz
Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989) is an American actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television programs as a child actor. His notable film roles include "Home Alone 3" and "Max Keeble's Big Move". - Taylor Thompson
Taylor Marie Thompson (born February 24, 1992) is an American singer from Santa Maria, California. She is the older sister of fellow singer Tori Thompson, and in 2003 they both won a spot on the FOX television show "American Juniors" which was a spin-off of "American Idol" for children aged 6-18. In 2004, both sisters began an auction to help victims of the 2004 tsunami. They both raised a thousand dollars by auctioning off their homemade knitted scarves. - Todd Rogers
Todd Rogers (born September 30, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California) is a top professional beach volleyball player on the AVP Professional Beach Volleyball Tour. After a successful one year career as the Laguna Blanca High School Junior Varsity volleyball coach in 1999, together with partner Phil Dalhausser, he won eight team events on the 2006 AVP Tour. This was the most wins by any men's team on the tour. Todd was named MVP and Best Defensive Player on the tour. - Chip Foose
Chip Foose (born October 6, 1963) is a renowned hot rod shop owner, automotive designer and fabricator, and star of Overhaulin' on TLC. - Anne Francis
Anne Francis (born September 16 1930, in Ossining, New York) is an American actress, famous for her role in the science fiction film classic "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and as private detective Honey West in the television series "Honey West" (1965-1966). For her role in "Honey West", Ms. Francis won the Golden Globe award as best actress in a TV series, and she was nominated for an Emmy award for the same role. - Brent Geiberger
Brent Andrew Geiberger (born May 22, 1968) is an American professional golfer and current player on the PGA Tour. He is a son of the the legendary golfer Al Geiberger. Geiberger was born in Santa Barbara, California. He attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California and was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1993, and initially played on the Nike Tour. Geiberger has won two PGA Tour events. His first win came in 1999 at the Canon Greater Hartford Open, … - Gerry Spence
Gerry Spence (b. January 8 1929, Laramie, Wyoming) is one of the most renowned trial lawyers in the United States, and has had more multi-million dollar verdicts without an intervening loss than any other lawyer in America. Spence graduated from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1952. The University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in May 1990. - Jesse Orosco
Jesse Russell Orosco (born April 21, 1957 in Santa Barbara, California) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances. He pitched most notably for the New York Mets in the 1980s. He won a World Series in 1986 with the Mets and in 1988 with the Dodgers. He threw left-handed, but batted right-handed. He retired in 2003 after having been with the Mets, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, … - Dean Wooldridge
Dean Everett Wooldridge (born 30 May, 1913 in Chickasha, OK-died 20 Sep, 2006 in Santa Barbara, CA) was a prominent engineer in the aerospace industry. Something of a prodigy, Wooldridge graduated from high school at age of 14. He received his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Oklahoma. Like his future colleague Simon Ramo, Wooldridge went on to study at the California Institute of Technology, … - Sam Bottoms
Sam Bottoms (b. October 17, 1955, Santa Barbara, California) is an American film actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Lance Johnson, a Navy Gunner's Mate stationed on a river boat in Francis Ford Coppola's 20th century opus, "Apocalypse Now". Bottoms earlier appeared with Clint Eastwood in "The Outlaw Josey Wales". He is the younger brother of actor Timothy Bottoms and played alongside his brother in the 1971 film, … - Jeffrey Peterson
Jeffrey Peterson (born October 11, 1972 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American technology entrepreneur and Arizona millionaire who is considered the pioneer of Hispanic Internet in the United States. Known for both technological and business savvy, he is best known as the founder of Quepasa, one of the most popular Hispanic online communities. - Michael Redmond
Michael Redmond is an American-born professional Go player. He is one of only a few such players, as Go in the West is not nearly as widespread or developed as in China, South Korea, or Japan, and is the only westerner to reach the grade of 9-dan - the highest grade. - Shams Pahlavi
Known by her title HIH Princess, Shams Pahlavi or Shahdokht Shams ul-Mulk Pahlavi (born October 18, 1917 in Tehran, Iran - died February 29, 1996 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. During her family's reign, she was the president of the Red Lion and Sun Society. She was deprived of her ranks and titles after her second marriage and lived abroad from 1945 to 1947. - J. P. Manoux
Jean-Paul Christophe Manoux (born June 8 1969) is an American actor. He plays surgical resident Dustin Crenshaw on "ER", but is perhaps best known for his recurring roles as both Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Neil Hackett on Disney Channel's "Phil of the Future". One of Manoux's early parts was as a regular performer on the short-lived variety series "The Wayne Brady Show". This led to other work in film, television, and commercials, … - Thomas M. Storke
Thomas More Storke (November 23, 1876-October 12, 1971) was an American politician, rancher and journalist. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he attended the public schools and graduated from Stanford University in 1898. (The Storke Publications Building at Stanford is named for his family.) He was editor and publisher of "Santa Barbara News-Press" and its predecessors; a rancher and citrus fruit grower; and postmaster of Santa Barbara from 1914 to 1921. - Victor French
Victor French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor. Born in Santa Barbara, California, French costarred on the television series, "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1977, 1981-1983, 1984) as Isaiah Edwards and "Highway to Heaven" (1984-1989) as Mark Gordon. He also starred in "Carter Country". He played the recurring character "Agent 44" in the series "Get Smart!" in 1965-1966, …
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