List of people from Long Beach, California

The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.

Partial list of notable people from or near Long Beach

• Russell Allen: vocalist for the progressive metal band Symphony X
• Chris Andersen: NBA player
• Donovan Warren: NFL player
• D. James Baker: scientist
• James Robert Baker: author
• Brice Beckham: actor, ABC's Mr. Belvedere
• James Blaylock: fantasy and science-fiction author
• Barbara Britton: actress
• Jeff Burroughs: MLB player, 1974 American League MVP and coach of Little League World Series champions
• Bobby Burgess: dancer, The Lawrence Welk Show, one of the original Mouseketeers
• Nicolas Cage: Oscar-winning actor
• Eva LaRue Callahan: actress, ABC's All My Children, CBS' CSI: Miami
• Jeff Carlson: former NFL quarterback^[1]
• Antoine Cason: NFL player
• Lana Clarkson: actress, homicide victim in case involving Phil Spector
• Robert Colbert: actor, ABC's The Time Tunnel
• Milton William Cooper: author, radio broadcaster
• Don Coscarelli: film director
• Percy Daggs III: actor, UPN's Veronica Mars
• William E. Dannemeyer: Orange County politician
• Dick Davis: MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Pittsburgh Pirates
• Shane Dawson: internet celebrity
• Bo Derek: actress
• Cameron Diaz: actress
• Daz Dillinger: hip-hop artist
• Fannie Charles Dillon, composer
• Nate Dogg: hip-hop artist
• Snoop Dogg: hip-hop artist
• Lil ½ Dead: hip-hop artist
• Twinz: hip-hop artists
• Warren G.: hip-hop artist
• John Dykstra: 1978 Academy Award winner in Visual Effects (for Star Wars)
• Emerson Etem: NHL player
• Kathy Garver: actress, Family Affair
• Floyd "Bud" Gaugh: drummer for bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Eyes Adrift
• Earl C. Gay (1902–75), Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–45
• Frances Gifford, actress
• Bob Goen: television personality, game show host, TV anchor and reporter for Entertainment Tonight
• Gary Graham: actor, Alien Nation
• Jack Grisham: founder and vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty)
• Tony Gwynn, baseball Hall of Famer, raised in Long Beach
• Tony Gwynn, Jr., MLB player
• Crooked I, hip-hop artist
• Dave Hansen: MLB player
• Ronnie Hillman: NFL player
• Tyler Houston, MLB player
• Todd Husak: NFL player^[2]
• DeSean Jackson: NFL player
• Spike Jones: bandleader and comedian
• Winston Justice: NFL player
• Sally Kellerman: actress
• Terry Kennedy: pro skateboarder
• Billie Jean King: tennis Hall of Famer
• Vania King: tennis player
• Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
• Andrea Lowell: model
• William Joseph Levada: Pro-Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Catholic Church
• Dan Lungren: Republican politician
• Craig MacIntosh: artist of syndicated comic strip Sally Forth
• Jim Matheny: gridiron football player
• Jennette McCurdy: child actress and singer
• James McDonald, MLB pitcher
• Willie McGinest: NFL player
• John Merrick: professional golfer^[3]
• Bradley Nowell: founder and vocalist of the band Sublime
• Frank Ocean: R&B artist and rapper
• Arthur Okamura: artist and screen printer associated with the San Francisco Renaissance movement
• Michelle Phillips: singer and actress, The Mamas and the Papas
• Sheldon Rampton: editor of PR Watch
• Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Banda music artist
• Zach De La Rocha: lead singer of Rage Against the Machine, 1991–2000, 2007–present
• Tim Salmon: Major League Baseball player, 1993 Rookie of the Year
• Brian Scalabrine: NBA player
• Kate Schmidt: track-and-field world record holder and Olympian
• Jim Slaton: MLB player
• Don Slaught: MLB catcher
• Billy Strange, musician, The Wrecking Crew
• Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
• Chuck Terry: NBA player
• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen: actress
• George Timberlake: NFL player
• Justin Turner: MLB player
• Julieta Venegas: Mexican pop singer^[4]
• Matt Welch: journalist
• Ron Welty: musician, ex-drummer with The Offspring
• Sandy West: musician, drummer The Runaways
• Russell Westbrook:^[5] NBA player
• Eric Wilson: bassist of the bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Long Beach Shortbus
• Adrian Young, drummer of band No Doubt
• Anthony Zerbe: actor

Partial list of notable residents of Long Beach

• Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
• Bad Azz: hip hop artist
• Fatty Arbuckle: actor
• Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Theda Bara: actress
• Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group
• Milton Bradley: baseball player
• Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry
• Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist^[6]
• Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for "Bones")
• Mary Castle: actress
• Dan Castellaneta: actor and voice actor
• George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
• Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist (wife of Norman Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
• Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
• Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
• Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
• William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
• Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
• Tray Deee: rapper
• George Deukmejian: Governor of California, 1983–1991
• Cameron Diaz: actress
• Domino (rapper)
• Don Dixon: astronomical artist
• Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
• Walt Faulkner: race car driver
• Lisa Fernandez: Three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
• Bobby Grich: baseball player
• Chris Gwynn: baseball player
• Tony Gwynn: baseball player
• Donna Hilbert: poet
• James Hilton: author, wrote the 1937 novel "Lost Horizon"
• John Lee Hooker: Blues singer
• Marilyn Horne: opera singer
• Thelma Houston: R&B singer
• Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian
• Robert Irwin: artist
• Jesse James: West Coast Choppers & Monster Garage, custom motorcycle and car builder
• Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
• Paula Jones
• DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor
• Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
• Doug Krikorian: sportswriter, author of Between the Bylines: The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles's Most Colorful Sports Journalist
• Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
• Bob Lemon: baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
• Ed Lytle, baseball player
• Camryn Manheim: actress
• Bill Maher: actor, comedian, talk show host
• Joe Maddon: Major League Baseball manager
• McKayla Maroney: artistic gymnast
• Misty May-Treanor: professional beach volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist
• James McDonald:, baseball player
• Willie McGinest: football player, 3-time Super Bowl champion
• Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
• Frank Merriam: Governor of California, 1934–1939
• Robert Mitchum: actor
• Ericson Alexander Molano: Gospel singer
• Ikey Owens: Keyboardist of The Mars Volta
• Marquez Pope: National Football League figure
• William F. Prisk: California State Senator; editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
• Nick Pugh: artist and designer
• Rodney Allen Rippy: actor
• Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim in notorious case
• Upton Sinclair: author
• Dylan and Cole Sprouse: teen actors The Suite Life on Deck
• Matt Treanor: baseball player
• Chase Utley: baseball player
• Brendon Urie: musician, Panic At The Disco
• Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician Black Flag^[7]
• John Wayne: iconic actor
• Carl Weathers: football player and actor
• Wheely Willy: celebrity dog, featured in children's books

See also

• List of mayors of Long Beach

Lists of alumni

• California State University, Long Beach#Notable faculty
• California State University, Long Beach#Notable alumni
• Jordan High School (Long Beach, California)#Famous alumni
• Long Beach Polytechnic High School#Notable alumni
• Millikan High School#Notable alumni
• Wilson Classical High School#Famous alumni

References