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The people listed below have each played a significant role in San Diego history. There are, of course, many others. Send us a biography of an important San Diegan - we'll add it to our Research Archives. We may even post it on this page, though it is limited to San Diegans no longer living. Mail your biography to our Research Library or submit it as an e-mail attachment.

• Jose Antonio Aguirre (c.1793- )
• Frank P. Allen (1881-1943)
• Jose Antonio Altamirano (1835-)
• John Judson Ames (1821-1861)
• Santiago Arguello (1791-1862)
• Santiago Arguello E. (1813-1857)
• Elisha Babcock (1849-1922)
• Ida Bailey
• Anni Baldaugh (1881-1953)
• Dr. Charlotte Baker (1855-1936)
• Dr. Fred Baker (1854-1937)
• Juan Bandini (1800-1859)
• Belle Baranceanu (1902-1988)
• Joshua Bean
• Frank Belcher (1905-1959)
• Belle Jennings Benchley (1882-1973)
• Leon Durand Bonnet (1868-1936)
• Maurice Braun (1877-1941)
• Clara Breed (1906-1994)
• Appleton S. Bridges (1848-1929)
• George Burnham (1868-1939)
• Thomas Henry Bush (1831-1898)
• Edward Wilkerson "Ned" Bushyhead (1832-1907)
• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (c.1498-1543)
• Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946)
• Edwin M. Capps (1860-1938)
• William H. 'Billy' Carlson (1864-1937)
• Jose Antonio Carrillo (1796-1862)
• Jose Raimundo Carrillo (1749-1809)
• Cassius Carter (1857-1909)
• Andrew Cassidy
• Daniel Cleveland (1838-1923)
• Col. Charles Collier (1871-1934)
• James S. Copley (1916-1973)
• Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874)
• Joseph Coyne (1838-1916)
• Philip Crosthwaite (1825-1903)
• Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882)
• G. Aubrey Davidson (1868- )
• Edward Harvey Davis (1862-1951)
• William Heath Davis (1822-1909)
• Lt. George Horatio Derby (1823-1861)
• Jack Dodge (1853-1951)
• Wyatt Earp (1848-1929)
• Jose Maria Echeandia ( -1871)
• Jose Antonio Estudillo (1805-1852)
• Jose Maria Estudillo ( -1830)
• Bea Evenson (1900-1981)
• Ammi Merchant Farnham (1846-1922)
• Charles Merwin Fenn, MD (1835-1907)
• Henry D. Fitch (1767-1849)
• Reuben H Fleet (1887-1975)
• Ed Fletcher (1872-1955)
• Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940)
• Luman Gaskill (1843-1914)
• Silas Edward Gaskill (1829-1914)
• Juan Antonio Garra ( -1852)
• Gertrude Gilbert (1871-1947)
• Irving J Gill (1870-1936)
• Bertram Grosevenor Goodhue (1869-1924)
• Ulysses S. Grant Jr. (1852-1928)
• Andrew B. Gray (1820-1862)
• Douglas Gunn (1841-1891)
• Judge Wilfred R. Guy (1860-1917)
• Samuel Wood Hamill (1903-1989)
• Edward Hardy (1868-1958)
• Agoston Haraszthy (1812-1869)
• Nathan Harrison (1823-1920)
• Charles M. Hatfield (1876-1958)
• Judge Benjamin I. Hayes (1815-1877)
• William Sterling Hebbard (1863-1930)
• Fred A. Heilbron (1877-1973)
• Mathias F. Heller (1859-1942)
• Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
• Dr. David B. Hoffman (c.1824-1888)
• Donal Hord (1902-1966)
• Alonzo Horton (1813-1909)
• Lydia Knapp Horton (1843-1926)
• William Jefferson Hunsaker (1855-1933)
• Robert D. Israel (1826-1907)
• Everett Gee Jackson (1900-1995)
• William Templeton Johnson (1877-1957)
• William Kettner (1861-1930)
• Frank Kimball (1834-1913)
• Alice E. Klauber (1871-1951)
• Laurence M. Klauber (1883-1968)
• Daniel Brown Kurtz (1819-1898)
• Allen Light (c.1805-)
• Apolinaria Lorenzana
• Judge Edgar A. Luce (c.1881-1958)
• George Lyons
• John Macready (1887-1979)
• Joseph S. Manasse ( -1897)
• Nino Marcelli (c.1890-1967)
• Anna Lee Gunn Marston (1853-1940)
• George White Marston (1850-1946)
• James McCoy (1821- )
• Eliza McKellar (1832-1911)
• Dr. George McKinstry, Jr. (1810-1890)
• Judge William Tillis McNealy (1848-1909)
• Father Antonio Menendez
• Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972)
• Ephraim W. Morse (1823-1906)
• John J. Montgomery (1858-1911)
• Charles P. Noell (1812-1887)
• Charles Russell Orcutt (1864-1929)
• Juan Maria Osuna
• James Ohio Pattie
• Don Miguel de Pedrorena ( -1850)
• George Allan Pendleton (1823-1871)
• Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860-1942)
• Jose Maria Pico ( -1819)
• Pio Pico (1801-1894)
• Rufus K. Porter (1820-1903)
• Gaspar de Portola
• Judge George Puterbaugh (1842-1918)
• Ah Quin (1848-1914)
• Dr. Peter Charles Remondino (1846-1926)
• Roger Revelle (1909-1991)
• Richard Requa (1881-1941)
• Lilian Jenette Rice (1888-1938)
• William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944)
• Alfred Robinson
• Judge James W. Robinson (1800-1857)
• Margaret (Margot) King Rocle (1893-1981)
• Louis Rose ( -1888)
• William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898)
• T. Claude Ryan (1898-1982)
• Jonas Salk (1914-1995)
• Marcus Schiller (1823-1904)
• Buren Roscoe Schryock (1881-1974)
• Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932)
• Alfred Seeley (1822-)
• Father Junipero Serra (1713-1784)
• Jose Antonio Serrano
• Kate Sessions (1857-1940)
• Augusta Barrett Sherman (1839-1913)
• Matthew Sherman (1827-1898)
• Joshua Sloane ( -1879)
• Judge William Arthur Sloane (1854-1930)
• Joseph Snook (1798-1848)
• John D. Spreckels (1853-1926)
• William Ellsworth Smythe (1861-1922)
• Phil D. Swing (1884-1963)
• George P. Tebbetts (1828-1909)
• Katherine Tingley (1847-1929)
• Father Antonio D. Ubach ( -1907)
• Sebastian Vizcaino
• Mary Chase Walker (1828-1899)
• Jonathan Trumbull (Don Juan) Warner (1807-1895)
• Hazel Wood Waterman (1864-1948)
• Dr. Harry M. Wegeforth (1882-1941)
• Thomas Whaley (1823-1890)
• Keno Wilson (1862-1934)
• Judge Oliver S. Witherby (1815-1896)
• Carleton Winslow (1876-1946)
• Thomas & Juana Wrightington