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The Dunites were a group of mystics, nudists, artists, writers, and hermits who inhabited the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes from the 1930s to the 1960s. They believed that the Dunes were a center of creative energy. Gavin Arthur, grandson of the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, published a magazine about the dunes and the Dunites called "The Dune Forum." The story of the Dunites was fictionalized by Luther Whiteman in his novel, The Face of the Clam (1947).

List of notable Dunites

 * Gavin Arthur
 * Elwood Decker (1903-1992)
 * Hugo Seelig
 * Dunham Thorp
 * John Varian (1863-1931)
 * Ella Young (1867–1956)