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List of people from Pasadena, California

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Academia

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Artists and designers

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  • Benjamin Chambers Brown, artist{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Chambers Brown|url=http://www.californiaartclub.org/history/presidents-of-the-cac/benjamin-chambers-brown/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=California Art Club|language=en-US}}
  • Howell Chambers Brown, artist{{Cite web|date=2018-09-21|title=Howell Chambers Brown|url=https://art.famsf.org/howell-chambers-brown|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)|language=en}}
  • Sigrid Burton, artist and painterPasadena Outlook. "PCC Foundation Welcomes Local Artist," Pasadena Outlook, April 11, 2019.
  • Edward Cucuel, impressionistic painter
  • Rafa Esparza, performance artist
  • Eva Scott Fényes, watercolor artist
  • A.B. Frost (1851-1928), American illustrator and painter
  • Elmer Grey, architect
  • Tom Jancar, contemporary art dealer Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
  • Hugo Markl, artist, curator and creative director based in New York
  • Jane Mulfinger, conceptual artist and educatorUniversity of California, Santa Barbara. [http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/mulfinger/jmbio.html Jane Mulfinger], Faculty. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  • R. Kenton Nelson, painter.
  • Stan Sakai, cartoonist best known as creator of Usagi Yojimbo series
  • Adele Watson, painter and lithographer

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Film and television

This is a partial list of actors, actresses, comedians, film producers, filmmakers, and television personalities.

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Music

This is a partial list of musicians, song writers singers, and band members.

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Politicians

This is a partial list of politicians and judges.

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  • Lance Ito, judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Henry Markham (1840-1934), lawyer, politician, 18th governor of California. Resident of Pasadena.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77585232/death-takes-former-governor-h-h/ |title=Death Takes Former Governor H. H. Markham |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |location=Pasadena, California |agency=AP |page=1 |date=October 9, 1923 |accessdate=June 3, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite web |url=https://governors.library.ca.gov/18-Markham.html |title=The Governor's Gallery - Henry Harrison Markham (1891–1895) |website=governors.library.ca.gov |accessdate=June 3, 2021}}
  • Bill Paparian, attorney, veterans' advocate and Mayor of Pasadena.{{Cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5068414.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015020202/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5068414.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|title=Pasadena Criminal Defense Attorney Bill Paparian Recognized by Pasadena Weekly Newspaper for his Work on Behalf of Veterans}}
  • Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico{{Cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050046.html|title = Richardson, Bill, 1947 November 15- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)}}
  • James Roosevelt, U.S. Congressman, son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Mimi Walters, businesswoman and U.S. Congresswoman{{div col end}}

Sports

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Writers and journalists

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Others

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|title=John Brown's Family — The Man of Harper's Ferry Fame — His Sons and Daughter. Visit to Their Homes in Pasadena. California. One Who Has Suffered Intensely and Lived Above the Petty Annoyances of Life.

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See also

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References

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