List of people from California
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This is a partial list of well-known people from California.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Willie Aames - actor
- Paula Abdul - dancer/singer (American Idol)
- Ansel Adams - photographer
- Rick Adelman - NBA head coach (Houston Rockets)
- Ben Affleck - actor
- Troy Aikman - football player (Dallas Cowboys)
- Jessica Alba - actress (Dark Angel)
- Edward Albert - actor
- Angela Alioto - San Francisco politician
- Joseph Alioto - mayor (1968–1976) of San Francisco
- Gracie Allen - comedian (George Burns)
- Marcus Allen - NFL player
- Ray Allen - professional basketball player (Boston Celtics)
- Helen Andelin - author (Fascinating Womanhood)
- Melissa Sue Anderson - actress
- Jennifer Aniston - actress (Friends)
- Christina Applegate - actress
- Jon Appleton - composer
- Eve Arden - actress
- Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocalist (Green Day)
- Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu - bassist (Korn)
- Maureen Arthur - actress (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
- Anastasia Ashman - writer
- Sean Astin - actor (The Lord of the Rings)
- Tracy Austin - tennis player
[edit] B
- Max Baer, Jr. - actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies)
- Ross Bagdasarian - actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
- Diane Baker - actress (The Silence of the Lambs)
- Dusty Baker - manager of the Cincinnati Reds
- Tyra Banks - model/actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
- Adrienne Barbeau - actress (Maude)
- Travis Barker - Blink 182
- Matt Barnes - NBA player
- Drew Barrymore - actress (50 First Dates)
- Summer Bartholomew - Miss USA 1975
- Michael Bay - director
- Amanda Beard - Olympic swimmer
- Beck - musician
- Captain Beefheart - musician
- Marcus Benjamin - (born in 1857) Early biographer at the Smithsonian Institution
- Candice Bergen - actress (Murphy Brown)
- Carolyn Beug - passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11
- Thora Birch - actress
- Bradford Bishop - indicted murderer and at-large fugitive
- Bill Bixby - actor (The Incredible Hulk)
- Mel Blanc - cartoon voice actor
- Jack Black - actor (Tenacious D)
- Hank Blalock - baseball player (Texas Rangers)
- Betsy Bloomingdale - socialite
- Jonathan Blum - hockey player
- C-Bo - rapper
- Aaron Boone - Baseball player (Cleveland Indians)
- Barry Bonds - baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
- Bobby Bonds - baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
- Barry Bostwick - actor (Spin City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
- Bruce Bowen - NBA player (San Antonio Spurs)
- Tom Brady - football quarterback (New England Patriots)
- Benjamin Bratt - actor
- Nicholas Brendon - actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Stephen Breyer - Supreme Court Justice
- Beau Bridges - actor (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
- Jeff Bridges - actor (The Big Lebowski)
- Lloyd Bridges - actor (Sea Hunt, Airplane!)
- Adam Brody - actor (The O.C.)
- Albert Brooks - actor/director (Lost in America)
- Alton Brown - television host
- Jerry Brown - Governor of California (1975–1983), Mayor of Oakland
- Pat Brown - Governor of California (1959–1967)
- Willie Brown - 58th Speaker of the California Assembly, Mayor of San Francisco
- Lindsey Buckingham - musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- Bill Buckner - Baseball player
- Don Budge - Tennis player
- Hunter Burgan - Bass player for AFI
- Cruz Bustamante - California lieutenant governor
[edit] C
- Herb Caen - newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)
- John Cage - Composer
- Nicolas Cage- actor
- Dolph Camilli - baseball player
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell - U.S. Senator from Colorado
- Nick Cannon - actor
- Mr. Capone-E - rapper
- Linda Cardellini - actress (Freaks and Geeks)
- Tucker Carlson - television host
- David Carr - football player
- David Carradine - actor (Kung Fu)
- Ever Carradine - actress (daughter of Robert Carradine)
- Keith Carradine - actor (Nashville)
- Robert Carradine - actor (Revenge of the Nerds)
- Pete Carroll - football coach (USC)
- Adam Carson - drummer of AFI
- Cher - singer/actress/entertainer (Moonstruck)
- Joey Chestnut - competitive eater
- Julia Child - cook
- Margaret Cho - actress
- Amy Chow - Gymnast
- Lana Clarkson - actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
- Sasha Cohen - figure skater
- Kiesha Coleman-Singer[citation needed]
- Maureen Connolly - tennis player
- Mike Connors- actor (Mannix)
- Elisha Cook Jr. - actor (The Maltese Falcon)
- Coolio - rapper
- Kevin Costner - actor (Field of Dreams)
- Natalie Coughlin - Olympic swimmer
- Nikki Cox - actress (Las Vegas)
- Les Claypool - Bass player for Primus
- Alan Cranston - U.S. Senator from California
- William H. Crocker - philanthropist and founder of Crocker National Bank
- Joe Cronin - professional baseball player
- Ice Cube - musician, actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis - actress (Halloween)
[edit] D
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) - radio broadcaster during World War II
- Carson Daly - television host
- Ted Danson - actor Cheers
- Lindsay Davenport - tennis player
- Baron Davis - professional basketball player (Golden State Warriors)
- Terrell Davis - professional football player
- Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - husband/wife directors (Little Miss Sunshine)
- Zack de la Rocha - singer
- Tom DeLonge - Blink 182
- Cameron Diaz - actress (There's Something About Mary)
- Leonardo DiCaprio - actor
- Trent Dilfer - NFL quarterback
- Daz Dillinger - rapper
- Joe DiMaggio - baseball player
- Roy Edward Disney, billionaire, nephew of Walt Disney
- Nate Dogg - musician
- Snoop Dogg - rapper
- Canh Thong Do - Democracy Activist arrested in Vietnam
- Ami Dolenz actress (daughter of Mickey Dolenz)
- Mickey Dolenz - member of The Monkees
- Jimmy Doolittle - U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General
- Dr Dre - musician, rap producer
- Mac Dre - rapper
- Dresta - rapper
- K. Eric Drexler - engineer
- Isadora Duncan - dancer
- Robert Duvall - actor
- Jermaine Dye - baseball player (Chicago White Sox)
[edit] E
- Clint Eastwood - film actor and director (Million Dollar Baby)
- Eazy-E - rapper
- Dennis Eckersley - baseball player
- Zac Efron - American film and TV actor. Best known for his role in High School Musical
- Mc Eiht - actor, rapper
- Hilary Duff - actor, singer Star Spangled Banner *2 (talk) 00:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] F
- Bill Fagerbakke - actor/voice actor (Patrick Star)
- Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - husband/wife directors (Little Miss Sunshine)
- Heather Fargo - mayor of Sacramento, California
- Mia Farrow - actress
- Dianne Feinstein - US Senator, mayor (1978–1988) of San Francisco
- Stacy Ferguson - singer, actress (The Dutchess), (Charlie Brown), (Fergalicious)
- Will Ferrell - actor
- Miguel Ferrer - actor (RoboCop)
- Carrie Fisher - actress
- Abigail Folger - American coffee heiress, socialite, and murder victim
- Dian Fossey - zoologist
- Jodie Foster - actress (The Silence of the Lambs)
- Paulette Frankl - artist, biographer
- Robert Frost - poet
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien - rapper
- Edward Furlong - actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
[edit] G
- Warren G - rapper
- Guy Gabaldon - United States Marine Corps
- Lynx and Lamb Gaede - white nationalist twin singers and musicians
- The Game - rapper
- Jeff Garcia - American football player
- Jerry Garcia - musician (Grateful Dead)
- Kyle Gass - musician (Tenacious D)
- Jason Giambi - professional baseball player (New York Yankees)
- Tyrese Gibson - actor
- Brad Gilbert - tennis coach
- Melissa Gilbert - actress (Little House on the Prairie), producer
- Sara Gilbert - actress (Roseanne (TV series))
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth - engineer (Cheaper by the Dozen)
- Danny Glover - actor
- Rube Goldberg - cartoonist
- Drew Gooden - professional basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Jeff Gordon - NASCAR driver
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - actor
- Gloria Grahame - actress
- Joanie Greggains - radio show host, health and fitness expert.
- Merv Griffin - talk show host, singer, television producer (Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune)
- Florence Griffith-Joyner, track athlete
- Josh Groban - musician
- Marjoe Gortner - evangelical minister
- Vince Guaraldi - musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
- Kimberly Guilfoyle - television personality
- Tony Gwynn - Hall of Fame baseball player
- Jake Gyllenhaal - actor
[edit] H
- Walter A. Haas, Jr. CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.
- Steven C. Hackett - economist (Humboldt State University)
- Gene Hackman - actor
- Sammy Hagar - musician (Van Halen)
- Merle Haggard - Country music singer
- Jackie Earle Haley - actor (Bad News Bears)
- Mark Hamill - actor (Star Wars)
- Laird Hamilton - surfer
- Harry Hamlin - actor (Clash of the Titans)
- MC Hammer - musician
- Kirk Hammett - musician (Metallica)
- Daniel Handler - Lemony Snicket
- Colin Hanks - actor (King Kong)
- Tom Hanks - actor (Big)
- Jeff Hanneman - guitarist (Slayer)
- Dan Haren - professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
- Mariska Hargitay - actress (Law & Order: SVU)
- Jeff B. Harmon - film producer, director, actor.
- Josh Hartnett - actor
- Kevin Harvick - NASCAR driver
- Teri Hatcher - actress
- Davey Havok - lead singer of AFI
- Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins - professional skateboarder
- Julie Hayek - Miss USA 1983
- Dennis Haysbert - actor (24)
- William Randolph Hearst - newspaper publisher
- Patty Hearst - newspaper heiress (Symbionese Liberation Army)
- Lacie Heart - Porn actress and nude model
- Christy Hemme - professional wrestler and model
- Mariel Hemingway - actress (Manhattan)
- Keith Hernandez - baseball player (New York Mets)
- James Hetfield - musician (Metallica)
- Dustin Hoffman - actor
- Trevor Hoffman - professional baseball player (San Diego Padres)
- Brenda Holloway - singer and songwriter
- Mike Holmgren - football coach (Seattle Seahawks)
- Mark Hoppus - Blink 182
- Taylor Horn - singer and actress
- James Horner - composer
- Sam Horrigan - actor Little Giants
- William Hung - (American Idol)
- Helen Hunt - actress (Mad About You)
- Vanessa Anne Hudgens - American actress and singer. Best known for her role in High School Musical
- Kate Hudson - actress
- Terry Huntingdon - Miss USA 1959
[edit] I
- Yasuhiro Ishimoto - photographer
- Phil Ivey - professional poker player
[edit] J
- Shirley Jackson - author
- Jesse G. James - actor & CEO and politician
- Richard Jefferson - professional basketball player
- Fran Jeffries - actress (The Pink Panther)
- Steve Jobs - billionaire computer pioneer, co-founder of Apple Computer
- Jimmie Johnson - NASCAR driver and champion
- Keyshawn Johnson - retired professional football player
- Randy Johnson - baseball player (Arizona Diamondbacks)
- Angelina Jolie - actress
- Jerry Jones - owner, Dallas Cowboys
- Marion Jones - track athlete
[edit] K
- Adam Kagin - professional poker player
- Tony Kanal - bassist with No Doubt
- Chris Kattan - actor, comedian
- Julie Kavner - actress
- Diane Keaton - actress (Annie Hall)
- Anthony Kennedy - Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Kirk Kerkorian - Billionaire investor and philanthropist
- Jason Kidd - NBA player
- Val Kilmer - actor
- Billie Jean King - tennis player
- Regina King - actress
- Kerry King - guitarist(Slayer)
- Maxine Hong Kingston - author
- B.G. Knocc Out - rapper
- Mike Krukow - baseball pitcher/announcer (San Francisco Giants)
- Lisa Kudrow - actress (Friends)
- Michelle Kwan - figure skater
[edit] L
- Shia LaBeouf - actor
- Rick Law - illustrator/producer
- Bruce Lee - martial artist
- Jason Lee - actor (My Name is Earl)
- Janet Leigh - actress
- Jennifer Jason Leigh - actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
- Brad Lesley - baseball player/cast member on Takeshi's Castle
- Monica Lewinsky
- Huey Lewis - musician (Huey Lewis & the News)
- Juliette Lewis - actress
- Rob Liefeld - comic book writer
- Heather Locklear - actress
- Jack London - author (The Call of the Wild)
- Mario López - actor (Saved by the Bell)
- Courtney Love - musician
- Jon Lovitz - actor
- George Lucas - billionaire filmmaker (Star Wars)
- Brotha Lynch Hung - rapper
- Cheryl Lynn - singer
[edit] M
- Mack 10 - rapper (Westside Connection)
- Theodore Harold Maiman-Inventor of Ruby Laser Systems Laser
- Ricky Manning, Jr. Football player
- Cheech Marin - actor
- Shannon Marketic - Miss USA 1992
- Bob Mathias - decathlete
- Pete McCloskey - politician
- Willie McCool - astronaut, killed on Columbia
- Willie McGee - baseball player
- Jeremy McGrath - supercross racer
- Mark McGwire - baseball player
- Robert McNamara - former United States Secretary of Defense
- Katharine McPhee - singer, born and raised in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California
- Edwin Meese - US Attorney General (1985–1988)
- Casey Merrill - football running back
- Jon Miller - sportscaster
- Marisa Miller - supermodel
- Penelope Ann Miller - actress
- Reggie Miller - basketball player (Indiana Pacers)
- Stanley Miller - chemist
- Norm Mineta - U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Transportation
- Liza Minnelli - singer/actress (Cabaret)
- Shemar Moore - actor
- Terry Moore - actress Mighty Joe Young
- Marilyn Monroe - actress (Some Like It Hot)
- George Moscone mayor (1976—1978) of San Francisco, California
- Bill Mumy - child actor (Lost in Space)
- Eddie Murray - baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)
- Dave Mustaine - musician (Megadeth)
- Chris Mordetzky - wrestler (Los Angeles)
- Jason Mraz-singer (San Diego)
[edit] N
- Randy Newman - composer, musician
- Gavin Newsom - mayor (2004–present) of San Francisco, California
- Lorenzo Neal - Pro Bowl football player
- Richard Nixon - President of the United States
- Young Noble - rapper
- Lyn Nofziger - author/journalist/press secretary (Ronald Reagan)
- Johnny Nitro - wrestler (Los Angeles)
[edit] O
- Willis O'Brien - movie special effects artist
- Lefty O'Doul - baseball player
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - actresses and entrepreneurs
- Omarion - musician
- Tatum O'Neal - actress
- Haley Joel Osment - actor
[edit] P
- Gwyneth Paltrow - actress
- Leon Panetta - White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton
- Jerry Paris - actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Richard Park - ice hockey forward, New York Islanders
- Harry Partch - composer
- George S. Patton - soldier
- Gary Payton - professional basketball player (Miami Heat)
- Gregory Peck - actor
- Sam Peckinpah - director
- Michelle Pfeiffer - actress
- Laci Peterson - murder victim
- Paul Pierce - professional basketball player (Boston Celtics)
- Jim Plunkett - football quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
- Chad Power - martial artist
- Freddie Prinze, Jr. - actor
- Tayshaun Prince - professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons)
- Jade Puget - guitarist of AFI
[edit] R
- Taylor Rain - Porn actress and nude model
- B-Real - rapper (Cypress Hill)
- Robert Redford - actor (Barefoot in the Park)
- Mason Reese - child actor
- Maria Remenyi - Miss USA 1966
- MC Ren - rapper
- Christina Ricci - actress (The Addams Family)
- Michael Richards - actor (Seinfeld)
- Nicole Richie - actress
- Sally Ride - astronaut (STS-7 and STS-41-G)
- Isiah Rider - basketball player
- Cathy Rigby - gymnast/actress (Peter Pan)
- Jason Ritter - actor (son of John Ritter; grandson of Tex Ritter)
- Tony Robbins - life coach
- The Rock (entertainer) - actor/wrestler (The Scorpion King)
- Dana Rohrabacher - member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jimmy Rollins - baseball player
- Jim Rome - sports radio talk show host
- Marla Ruzicka - activist (Green Party (United States))
[edit] S
- C. C. Sabathia - baseball player
- Pierre Salinger - White House Press Secretary under John F. Kennedy
- Andy Samberg - comedian (SNL)
- Eugene Schmitz - "worst" mayor (1902–1907) of San Francisco
- Rob Schneider actor/comedian
- Liev Schreiber - actor
- Charles R. Schwab - CEO
- Cathy Scott - true crime author (The Killing of Tupac Shakur)
- Junior Seau - American football player
- Tom Seaver - Hall of Fame baseball player
- Tony Serra - civil rights attorney
- Harry Shearer - actor and comedian (Spinal Tap)
- Too Short - rapper
- Alicia Silverstone - actress
- O.J. Simpson - football player
- Charles Martin Smith - actor (American Graffiti)
- Roger Smith - actor (77 Sunset Strip)
- Marilyn Smith-Ifland - Olympic basketball player
- Duke Snider - baseball player
- Gary Snyder - poet
- Suzanne Somers - actress (Three's Company)
- Brenda Song - actress
- Gary Soto - poet
- Robert Stack - actor (Airplane!)
- Walt Stack - local running hero (San Francisco)
- Leland Stanford, Jr. - namesake of Stanford University
- Steven Stayner
- Danielle Steele - author
- Gwen Stefani - singer
- John Steinbeck - author (Of Mice and Men)
- George Stevens - film director/producer/writer
- Cynthia Stevenson - actress (Dead Like Me)
- Saleisha Stowers - model
- David Strathairn - actor
- Robert W. Straub - Oregon governor 1975–1979 (Governors of Oregon)
- Darryl Strawberry - baseball player
- Ned Stuart - producer-actor-operatic lyric baritone
- Lynn Swann - football player
- Jodie Sweetin - actress (Full House)
- Bob Swenson - football player
[edit] T
- Amy Tan - writer (Joy Luck Club)
- Amber Tamblyn - actress (Joan of Arcadia)
- Russ Tamblyn - actor (West Side Story)
- Shirley Temple - child actress
- Robin Thicke - singer
- Jennifer Tilly - actress
- Kenneth Tobey - actor
- Lisa Tucker - singer
- Aisha Tyler - actress
- Tupac Shakur - rapper
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Andie Valentino - a pornographic actress
- Antonio Villaraigosa 51st Los Angeles mayor.
- Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo - Mexican general, American politician
- Jhonen Vasquez - comic book writer/artist
- Ken Venturi - golfer
- Victoria Vetri - model and actress
- Roy Marlin Voris - World War II flying ace and Founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels
[edit] W
- Bill Walsh (football coach)
- Laurie Walters - actress (Eight Is Enough)
- Bill Walton - Hall of Fame basketball player
- Luke Walton - basketball player
- Andre Ward - 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal winning boxer
- Earl Warren - Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Caspar Weinberger - Secretary of Defense
- Bob Weir - musician (Grateful Dead)
- Jill Whelan - actress Airplane!
- Brandon Whitt - NASCAR driver
- John Williams - composer
- Paul Williams - architect
- Ted Williams - Hall of Fame baseball player
- Dontrelle Willis - baseball player (Florida Marlins)
- Rita Wilson - actress
- Tamara Witmer - model
- Victor Wong - actor
- Beatrice Wood - artist
- Natalie Wood - actress (This Property Is Condemned)
- Tiger Woods - golfer
- Steve Wozniak - inventor of the Apple Computer
[edit] Y
- Elliott Yamin - singer, born in Los Angeles, California
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - Parodist, mostly known for White and Nerdy
- Tina Yothers - actress (Family Ties)
- Yukmouth - rapper
[edit] Z
[edit] Groups of people
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - American rock band
- P.O.D. - American rock band
- Green Day - American rock band
- Orgy - American synth band
- Julien-K - American synth band
- Switchfoot - American rock band
- Thrice - American rock band
- No Doubt - American alternative pop band
- AFI - American rock band
[edit] California transplants
- Juan Bautista de Anza, Spanish explorer
- Samuel Brannan, American newspaper publisher
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Spanish explorer
- César Chávez, American labor leader
- Lawrence Ellison, Oracle Corporation CEO, richest Californian
- John C. Frémont, American General, military Governor of California
- Domingo Ghirardelli, Italian chocolateer (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company)
- Chick Hearn, NBA Basketball announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
- William Reddington Hewlett - co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
- Bob Hope, actor, singer, comedian
- James Lick, American real estate baron
- John Madden, American football coach/commentator
- Steve Martin, Actor, director, comedian
- Johnny Mathis, singer (Chances Are (song))
- Thomas Mesereau, Celebrity criminal defense lawyer
- Joe Montana, American football quarterback
- John Muir, American naturalist
- Joshua A. Norton, British self proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
- Buck Owens, Country music performer
- Gaspar de Portolà, Spanish explorer
- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States
- Carlos Santana, Mexican musician
- Charles Schulz, cartoonist
- Vin Scully, announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian bodybuilder, actor, Governor of California
- Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist
- Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary
- Steven Spielberg, billionaire director
- Leland Stanford, American railroad baron, Governor of California, founder of Stanford University
- Kenneth Starr, lawyer, university law dean
- Levi Strauss, Bavarian clothing manufacturer
- John Sutter, Swiss real estate baron
- Mark Twain, American humorist and author
- Marjorie Thompson, British peace activist
- Sarah Winchester, American heiress, eccentric, builder of the Winchester Mystery House
- Chuck Yeager, US Air Force test pilot
- Ace Young, Singer
- Steve Young, American football player
- Dr. Dre, Rapper
- Lars Ulrich, musician (Metallica)
[edit] See also
- List of people from Long Beach, California
- List of people from Los Angeles
- List of people from Orange County, California
- List of people associated with San Francisco
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