List of Santa Cruzans

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This is a list of Wikipedia-notable people and bands from Santa Cruz, California.

Contents 1 Grew up in Santa Cruz 2 Lived in Santa Cruz 3 Attended University of California, Santa Cruz 4 Santa Cruz-based bands

[edit] Grew up in Santa Cruz

Cam Archer, filmmaker and photographer[1] Cornelius Bumpus, saxophonist for bands Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan Rory Calhoun, actor Glenallen Hill, Major League Baseball player Noah Levine, author and buddhist teacher

Marisa Miller, Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret model[2] Sarah Lane Moran, television personality ZaSu Pitts, actor Derek Sherinian, keyboardist for Alice Cooper and band KISS Scott Weiland, vocalist for bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver

[edit] Lived in Santa Cruz

Ralph Abraham, mathematician Rob Brezsny, astrologer, poet, writer, and musician Susie Bright, sexuality expert James H. Clark, entrepreneur and computer scientist Angela Davis, professor, socialist, and anti-prison activist Frank Drake, astrophysicist Sandra M. Faber, astrophysicist Donna Haraway, professor, biologist, and philosopher Steven Hassan, mental health expert and cult exit counselor

John Hoyt, actor David A. Huffman, computer scientist and professor Frans Lanting, wildlife photographer Tom Lehrer, musician and satirist James Alan McPherson, essayist Adrienne Rich, feminist and writer Ben Stein, lawyer, professor, writer, and actor Robert Sward, poet Ted Taylor, nuclear physicist and disarmament advocate Robert Anton Wilson, author[citation needed]

[edit] Attended University of California, Santa Cruz

Richard Bandler, author Jello Biafra, vocalist for band Dead Kennedys Gus Hansen, professional poker player [3] Victor Davis Hanson, historian Bradley Nowell, guitarist for band Sublime

Marti Noxon, television and film writer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Rebecca Romijn, model and actress[4] Amy Tan, author Rubén Valtierra, keyboardist for "Weird Al" Yankovic

[edit] Santa Cruz-based bands

Arsonists Get All The Girls (Experimental Deathcore) Bl'ast (Punk) The Call (rock) Camper Van Beethoven (Alternative) The Chop Tops (Rockabilly) Comets on Fire (Psychedelic/Noise/Rock) Deth Specula (first live music concert broadcast over the Internet) The Devil Makes Three (Folk/Punk)

Estradasphere (experimental) Good Riddance (Punk) The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada (pop rock) Sound Tribe Sector 9 (Electronic/Psychedelic Rock) Spot 1019 (Country Blues Punk Rock) Swingin' Utters (Punk) The Tikis with Dick Scoppettone, Ted Templeman and Randy Newman (Surf/British beat), renamed Harpers Bizarre (Pop) World Entertainment War (Tribal Funk)