Orange County supervisors Tuesday approved the third group of inductees for the Orange County Hall of Fame.

The inductees for the Dec. 9 ceremony are:

— Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron, best known for directing blockbuster movies such as “Avatar,” “Titanic” and “The Terminator.” Cameron’s ties to Orange County include studying physics at Fullerton College before switching majors to English.

— Surfer Robert August, who is known for his role in the surf documentary “The Endless Summer” and grew up in Seal Beach.

— Ed Caruthers, the 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the men’s high jump. He competed for Santa Ana College and was a longtime Orange County teacher.

— Conductor Carl St. Clair, the music director for the Costa Mesa-based Pacific Symphony from 1990 until earlier this year when he took the title music director laureate.

— Philanthropist James Irvine of the James Irvine Foundation of the Irvine Company.

— Huntington Beach businessman Ed Laird, an active supporter of various community groups.

— Sammy Lee, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic gold medalist in men’s platform diving.

— Philanthropists Henry and Susan Samueli, who formed their foundation after Samueli made his fortune when his pioneering tech company Broadcom went public. The Samuelis also own the Anaheim Ducks.

— Eddie Sheldrake, who co-founded the Polly’s Pies restaurant chain with his brother Donald after being an All-Pacific Coast Conference first-team selection in basketball for UCLA in the 1950-51 season.

— Gaddi Vasquez, a former chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and Peace Corps director.

Orange County Board Chairman Doug Chaffee hailed Cameron as “one of the most influential filmmakers of today.” Chaffee also said he and his wife much enjoy dining at Polly’s Pies and admire the career of Sheldrake.

Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento praised Caruthers for his teaching career in the Garden Grove School District and for continuing “to be very active in this community.” A new park at 423 S. Raitt St. was named in his honor.

Lee was a “physician and mentor,” who was “the first Asian-American man to earn a gold for the United States” in the Olympics, Sarmiento said.

Sarmiento also offered “a shoutout for Gaddi Vasquez, a former supervisor here and first Latino to serve on the Board of Supervisors.”

Wagner said Vasquez is “a friend to everybody on this board… genuinely a treasure.”