George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany, 1943-45. In World War I he was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations.

Jason Gilbert Giambi (born January 8, 1971) is a Major League Baseball Player and designated hitter for the New York Yankees. He was the American League MVP in 2000 with the Oakland Athletics, and is a 5-time All-Star who has led the American League in walks 4 times, in on base percentage 3 times, in doubles and in slugging percentage once each, and won the Silver Slugger award twice. He attended Long Beach State.

Jeremy Dean Giambi (born September 30, 1974 in San Jose, California) is a left-handed, former professional baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. He attended Cal State Fullerton and was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1996 amateur draft. He last played in the majors in 2003 for the Boston Red Sox.

Upton Sinclair Jr., was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views and supporting anarchist causes, he achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the 20th century. He gained particular fame for his novel, "The Jungle" (1906), …

Jack Thomas Chick (born April 13, 1924) of Chick Publications is a U.S. comic book artist and publisher. Chick is known for his controversial comic-style tracts, known as "Chick Tracts", as well as for larger comic books for the purpose of Christian evangelism from a fundamentalist point of view. Chick is an Independent Baptist, a premillennial dispensationalist, follower of the King-James-Only Movement, and an opponent of Roman Catholicism.

Benjamin Davis Wilson, (December 1, 1811 to March 11, 1878, San Gabriel, California; statesman and politician. He was known to the local natives as Don Benito due to his benevolent manner in his treatment of Indian affairs. Wilson was a fur trapper and trader by profession prior to coming to California. Being detained in Southern California while attempting to obtain passage to the Orient, …

Philip Stephen Hendrie (born September 1, 1952, Arcadia, California) was the host of "The Phil Hendrie Show", a comedy talk radio program that was syndicated throughout North America on Premiere Radio Networks and on XM Satellite Radio. While "The Phil Hendrie Show" became renowned for its unique and controversial guests, those guests were not real people at all-they were fictional characters created and voiced by Hendrie himself.

Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin was a prominent California businessman and investor of the second half of the 19th century. Having generated most of his wealth through both savvy and lucky mining investments (for which he received his nickname), Baldwin accumulated large landholdings of 63,000 acres (250 km²) in southern California, where the communities of Arcadia and Monrovia are now located.

Cheryl Cox Tiegs (born September 25, 1947, in Breckenridge, Minnesota) is an American model. Her popularity signaled the rise of tall models[citation needed], as she stands 1,79 m (5'10" to 5'11") in height. Tiegs was born in Minnesota, but raised in C... more

Bronson Alcott Pinchot is an American actor. Pinchot was raised in southern California but after graduating from South Pasadena High School found his way back East to attend Yale University by way of a scholarship. He began college studying painting but became interested in acting.

Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931 in Aurora, Illinois) is an American adventure novelist and successful amateur marine archaeologist.

Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham is the mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Dorothy Emma Howell was born in 1919 in Chicago, Illinois to Edwin John Howell, Jr., a Chicago firefighter, and Della Murray. Her sister Isabelle was born in 1924. The parents paid only sporadic attention to the children, then divorced in 1927. The children were then sent to live with their paternal grandparents in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra, California.

Henry Edwards Huntington (February 27 1850-May 23 1927) was a railroad magnate and business leader. He was born in Oneonta, New York, USA and died in San Marino, California. He was the nephew of Collis P. Huntington, one of The Big Four, the men instrumental in the creation of the transcontinental railway. Huntington held several executive positions working along side his uncle with the Southern Pacific Railway.

Robert Gordon Mackie (b. March 24, 1940 in Monterey Park, California) is an American fashion designer, best known for his costumes for Cher and for "The Carol Burnett Show". Mackie is also known for his exclusive designs of dress for high-priced Barbie dolls. Two of Mackie's best-remembered creations had a humorous element. While working on the "The Carol Burnett Show", …

Guy Rose (3 March, 1867-17 November, 1925) was an American Impressionist painter who is recognized as one of California's top impressionist painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Guy Orlando Rose was born March 3, 1867 in San Gabriel, California. He was the seventh child of Leonard John Rose and Amanda Jones Rose. His father was a prominent California senator.

Anthony J. Mahavorick, pen name Anthony Robbins or Tony Robbins, (born on 29 February 1960 in North Hollywood, California, USA) is an American life coach, writer, and professional speaker. Some of his well known audio programs include "Personal Power II", "Get the Edge!" and "Lessons in Mastery."

Dr. Jim Tunney was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1960 to 1991. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Jim Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI, and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl XVIII. He is still the only referee who has worked consecutive Super Bowls, and likely will be the only one to do so. Nicknamed the "Dean of NFL Referees", …

Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20 1954) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist and a founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen. As of July 11 2007, he is also the only bassist to have performed publicly for the band and the only person "credited" for recordings with them. However, Eddie Van Halen has recorded a few songs on bass credited to Anthony.

Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 14, 1901 - March 30, 1975), was a pioneer of women's aviation and the owner of the celebrated Happy Bottom Riding Club located on land annexed into Edwards Air Force Base in southern California's Antelope Valley in the southwestern United States.

Arabella Duval Huntington (c.1850-1924) was the second wife of American railway tycoon Collis P. Huntington, and then the second wife of Henry E. Huntington. She was once known as the richest woman in America, and as the force behind the art collection that is housed at the Huntington Library.

Frank Tenney Johnson (26 June, 1874-1 January, 1939) was a painter of the american west, and he popularized a style of painting cowboys which became known as "The Johnson Moonlight Technique". "Somewhere on the Range" is an example of Johnson's moonlight technique. To paint his paintings he used knives, fingers and brushes.

Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is a "Rising Star" award winning American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role of Brooke Davis in the CW series "One Tree Hill "and also for her role portraying Grace Andrews in the horror remake "The Hitcher". She was nominated for a Teen Choice Award award three times for her role as Brooke Davis.

Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, "Wreck of the Day", featuring her first radio hit, "Breathe (2 AM)," was released on April 19, 2005.

Jonathan Ke Quan (born August 20, 1971) is a Vietnamese American actor and stunt choreographer.

Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson (born December 7, 1928 - died March 16, 1988) was an American off-road racing legend. He won many championships as a racer, and later formed sanctioning bodies SCORE International and Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG). He also raced in dragsters and land speed record automobiles. Thompson was born in Alhambra, California. He was known universally as "Mickey." In his early twenties, …

Verne H. Winchell (October 15, 1915 - November 26, 2002) was the founder of Winchell's Donuts. On October 8, 1948 he opened his first donut shop in Temple City, California and earned the nickname "The Donut King" while making a fortune with a chain of Winchell's-branded donut shops in the western United States during the 1940s and 1950s. He sold his interest in the company for $600 million in 1984 and became chairman of Denny's Restaurants for several years.

Genie is the name used for a feral child discovered by California authorities on November 4, 1970 in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia. She was born on April 18, 1957 and was the fourth (and second surviving) child to unstable parents, Irene and Clark Wiley. An older brother, John, also lived in the home. Her mother was partially blind due to cataracts and a detached retina, …

Bernhard August "Hardie" Gramatky, Jr. (April 12, 1907 - April 29 1979) was an American painter, author, and illustrator. In a 2006 article in "Watercolor Magazine", Andrew Wyeth named him as one of America's 20 greatest watercolorists. He wrote and illustrated several children's books, most notably "Little Toot".

Harry Fox (25 May 1882, Pomona, California - 20 July 1959, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California), born Arthur Carringford, was a vaudeville dancer and comedian, most famous for giving his name to the Fox Trot dance. His steps were recorded by dance instructor F. L. Clendenen in his 1914 book Dance Mad as "The Fox Trot, as danced by Mr. Fox". Harry Fox made a few recordings of popular songs and appeared in a few silent films, …

Malcolm Boyd McNab is a trumpeter and player of other brass instruments, and a Los Angeles-based session musician who has performed on nearly 2000 movie and television soundtracks.