List of people from La Jolla

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This is a list of notable people who were born or who lived a significant amount of time in La Jolla, San Diego, California.

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Notable residents

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Arts and entertainment

Actors

Film and television executives

Writers

Music

Visual and performance art

  • Armi Kuusela – winner of the first Miss Universe beauty pageant in 1952, lives in La Jolla with her husband, Albert Williams

Crime

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salk Institute for Biological Studies</span> Scientific research institute in San Diego, US

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a scientific research institute located in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California. The independent, non-profit institute was founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine; among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick. Construction of the research facilities began in spring of 1962. The Salk Institute consistently ranks among the top institutions in the US in terms of research output and quality in the life sciences. In 2004, the Times Higher Education Supplement ranked Salk as the world's top biomedicine research institute, and in 2009 it was ranked number one globally by ScienceWatch in the neuroscience and behavior areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Jolla</span> Neighborhood in San Diego, California, United States

La Jolla is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, occupying 7 miles (11 km) of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of 70.5 °F (21.4 °C).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Bishop's School</span> Private, day, college-prep school in La Jolla, California, United States

The Bishop's School is an independent college preparatory Episcopal day school located in La Jolla, California. Bishop's is known for its reputation in academics, arts, and athletics, as well as its sizable endowment. The school offers courses for students in the sixth through twelfth grades and has an 8:1 student-teacher ratio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roger Guillemin</span> French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024)

Roger Charles Louis Guillemin was a French-American neuroscientist. He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Jolla Country Day School</span> Independent/private school

La Jolla Country Day School is an independent school in University City, a community of San Diego, California. The school contains a lower school, a middle school, and an upper school.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Irwin M. Jacobs</span> American businessman, founder of Qualcomm (born 1933)

Irwin Mark Jacobs is an American electrical engineer and businessman. He is a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute. As of 2019, Jacobs has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of California, San Diego School of Medicine</span> Medical school of UC San Diego

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of the University of California, San Diego, a public land-grant research university in La Jolla, California. It was the third medical school in the University of California system, after those established at UCSF and UCLA, and is the only medical school in the San Diego metropolitan area. It is closely affiliated with the medical centers that are part of UC San Diego Health.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Audrey Geisel</span> American philanthropist (1921–2018)

Audrey Grace Florine Stone was the second wife of American children's book author Theodor Geisel, to whom she was married from 1968 until his death in 1991. She founded Dr. Seuss Enterprises in 1993, and was President and CEO of the company until her death in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Jolla High School</span> Public school in San Diego, California

La Jolla High School (LJHS) is a four-year high school in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. Opened in 1922, LJHS is the second-oldest campus in the San Diego Unified School District. LJHS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">El Camino Memorial Park</span> Cemetery in Sorrento Valley, California, USA

El Camino Memorial Park cemetery is located at 5600 Carroll Canyon Road in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego. Founded in 1960, El Camino is a 220-acre (0.89 km2) memorial park and is the final resting site for Jonas Salk, as well as several members of the well-known Kroc family. There are many other prominent citizens from the greater San Diego and Los Angeles area as well.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonas Salk</span> American inventor of the polio vaccine (1914–1995)

Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.

The La Jolla Historical Society is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California. According to its mission statement, it "celebrates the history and culture of this region along the water's edge through interdisciplinary programs, exhibitions, and research that challenge expectations. It balances contemporary and historic perspectives to create understanding and connection."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Audrey Geisel University House</span> Historic house in California, United States

The Audrey Geisel University House, historically known as the William Black House, is the private residence of the Chancellor of the University of California San Diego. Located in La Jolla, California, it is a historic site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 9630 La Jolla Farms Road and overlooks Black's Beach, the Scripps Coastal Reserve, and the Pacific Ocean.

Erving Polster is a psychologist born on April 13, 1922, in Czechoslovakia who is a pioneer in Gestalt Therapy. He received his Ph.D. from Western Reserve University in 1950. He founded the Gestalt Training Center in San Diego and has written seven books on Gestalt psychology. His first wife was psychologist Miriam Polster, and they married in 1949 and moved to La Jolla in 1973. Miram died in 2001, and he married his second wife Rose Lee in 2006. Polster retired from private practice in 1998, but continued writing and consulting work in psychology.

Melvin Cohn was an American immunologist who co-founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. He demonstrated that immunoglobulins and white blood cells interact directly with pathogens to protect the body from infection, and is considered a pioneer in the research of gene regulation.

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