Saint John's Health Center

• Patricia Kennedy Lawford, gave birth here to her son Christopher Lawford on March 29, 1955.
• Vaudeville comedian Frank Fay died here September 25, 1961.[3]
• Actress Mariska Hargitay was born here on January 23, 1964.[4]
• Jazz singer Nat King Cole died here on February 15, 1965 of lung cancer.[5]
• Actor, Charlie Ruggles died here of cancer on December 23, 1970.[6][7]
• Actress, Joi Lansing died here of breast cancer in 1972.
• Actress Irene Ryan better known as Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies" died here from glioblastoma and arteriosclerotic heart disease on April 26, 1973 at age 70.[8]
• Actor Richard Burton was treated there in 1974 for alcoholism.[9]
• Television personality Johnny Olson died here on October 12, 1985 from complications from a stroke.[10]
• "Comedian" and Gay Rights' icon Adam Friedland was born here on April 10, 1987.[11]
• Actress Bonita Granville (1923–1988) - Died here on October 11, 1988.[12]
• Lisa Marie Presley, Give birth here to her eldest child Riley Keough in 1989.[13]
• Actor Ralph Bellamy died here on November 29, 1991 from a lung ailment.[14]
• Cesar Romero died here from complications of a blood clot on January 1, 1994.
• Playboy Playmate Melissa Holliday underwent Electroconvulsive Therapy here in 1995.[15]
• Former US President Ronald Reagan, taken to St. John's in 2001 after falling and was determined to have a broken hip.[16]
• Actresses Katie Holmes,[17] Bridget Moynahan,[18][19] and Brooke Shields[20] gave birth here.
• First Lady of California Maria Shriver gave birth here and had a nursery ward named in her honor in 2004.[21]
• Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was treated here for six broken ribs after a motorcycle accident,[22] and received fifteen stitches here after a skiing accident, both in 2006.[23]
• Actor Owen Wilson (reportedly attempted suicide; later transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) in August 2007.[24]
• Former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan, February 17, 2008, taken to St. John's after falling in her Bel Air home.[25][26]
• Comedian George Carlin - Died here of heart failure on Sunday June 22, 2008 at age 71.[27]
• Animator Bill Meléndez - Died here on Tuesday September 2, 2008 at age 91.[28]
• Actor Patrick McGoohan - Died here on Tuesday January 13, 2009 at age 80.[29]
• Actor Dom DeLuise - Died here on Monday May 4, 2009 at age 75.[30]
• Actress Farrah Fawcett - Died here on Thursday June 25, 2009 at 9:28am PST at age 62 of anal cancer.[31]
• Actor Harve Presnell - Died here on Tuesday June 30, 2009 at age 75.[32]
• Director Blake Edwards - Died here on Wednesday December 15, 2010 at age 88 from complications from pneumonia.[33]
• Television personality Dick Clark - Died here on Wednesday April 18, 2012 at age 82 of a heart attack.[34]
• Actress Karen Black died here from ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013, at age 74.
• Pianist Martha Argerich - Treated here after her melanoma spread to her lungs. After she recovered, she gave a special concert benefiting the hospital.
• Actor Dick Van Patten died of complications from diabetes here on June 23, 2015 at 86.[35]
• Eddie Van Halen died here of throat cancer on October 6, 2020.[36]

Among those who have contributed significant donations to the center are:

• Johnny Carson[37]
• Patrick Soon-Shiong[37]
• Jimmy Stewart
• Paula Kent Meehan[38]