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This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity. This list is arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
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- 12th Planet – record producer and DJ
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- Willie Aames – actor
- Stephen Abas – Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling
- Paula Abdul – dancer (American Idol)
- Rosalie Abrams – playwright, actress, and activist
- Ansel Adams – photographer
- Jay Adams – skateboarder and surfer
- Erik Affholter (born 1966) – NFL wide receiver
- Ben Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor and director
- Jhene Aiko – singer
- Jessica Alba – actress and model
- Keegan Allen – actor (Pretty Little Liars)
- Marcus Allen – football player
- A. J. Allmendinger – NASCAR driver
- Herb Alpert – trumpeter and music executive
- Tony Alva – skateboarder and surfer
- Helen Andelin – author (Fascinating Womanhood)
- Anthony Anderson – actor
- Melissa Sue Anderson – actress
- Paul Thomas Anderson – filmmaker
- Jennifer Aniston – actress (Friends)
- Odette Annable – actress
- Christina Applegate – actress
- Jon Appleton – composer
- Anne Archer – actress
- Eve Arden – actress
- Billie Joe Armstrong – musician, guitarist, and vocalist (Green Day)
- Lucie Arnaz – actress
- Maureen Arthur – actress (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
- Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu – bassist (Korn)
- Anastasia Ashman – writer
- Sean Astin – actor (The Lord of the Rings)
- Jeff Atkinson – distance runner and Olympian
- Tracy Austin – tennis player
- Dylan Axelrod – baseball player
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- Max Baer Jr. – actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies)
- Ross Bagdasarian Sr. – actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
- Chauncey Bailey – journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery
- Diane Baker – actress (The Silence of the Lambs)
- Dusty Baker – Major League Baseball player and manager
- Fairuza Balk – actress
- Banks – singer
- Tyra Banks – model and actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
- Ronald Barak (born 1943) – Olympic gymnast
- Adrienne Barbeau – actress (Maude)
- Andrea Barber – actress
- Sara Bareilles – singer
- Travis Barker – drummer (Blink-182)
- Matt Barnes – National Basketball Association player
- Orr Barouch – Israeli soccer player
- Drew Barrymore – actress (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Never Been Kissed)
- Judith Barsi – actress and voiceover artist
- Summer Bartholomew – Miss USA 1975
- Earl W. Bascom – rodeo pioneer, Hall of Fame inductee, actor, international artist, and sculptor
- Ellen Bass – poet and author
- Bassnectar – musician and record producer
- Max Baucus – politician, former Congressman (1975–78), longtime U.S. Senator from Montana (1978–2014), and U.S. Ambassador to China since 2014
- Michael Bay – film director
- Amanda Beard – Olympic swimmer
- Beck – musician
- Captain Beefheart – musician
- Ed Begley Jr. – actor and activist
- Drake Bell – actor, comedian, and singer
- Stephania Bell – ESPN analyst and physical therapist
- Camilla Belle – actress
- Tory Belleci – filmmaker and model maker (MythBusters)
- Troian Bellisario – actress and singer (Pretty Little Liars)
- Marcus Benjamin – early biographer at Smithsonian Institution
- Beau Bennett – hockey player
- Ashley Benson – actress (Pretty Little Liars)
- Justin Berfield – actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
- Candice Bergen – actress (Murphy Brown)
- Davion Berry (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Carolyn Beug – passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11
- Yusuf Bey – owner of Your Black Muslim Bakery
- Mayim Bialik – Israeli-American actress (The Big Bang Theory, Blossom) and neuroscientist
- Barbara Billingsley – actress
- Rachel Bilson – actress (The O.C.)
- David Binn – 18-season National Football League player
- Matt Biondi – competitive swimmer and eight-time Olympic gold medalist[1]
- Thora Birch – actress
- Steve Birnbaum – Major League Soccer player
- Bradford Bishop – indicted murderer and at-large fugitive
- Bill Bixby – actor (The Incredible Hulk)
- Aloe Blacc – singer and musician
- Jack Black – actor and musician (Kung Fu Panda, Tenacious D)
- Rebecca Black – singer
- Tyler Blackburn – actor and singer (Pretty Little Liars)
- Hank Blalock – baseball player (Texas Rangers)
- Mel Blanc – cartoon voice actor
- Rowan Blanchard – actress (Girl Meets World)
- Erica Blasberg (1984–2010) – LPGA golfer
- Sheila Bleck – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Mel Bleeker (1920–1996) – NFL player
- Ken Block – rally driver and gymkhana driver
- Andy Bloom – Olympic shot putter
- Betsy Bloomingdale – socialite
- David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Jonathon Blum – hockey player
- Judy Blumberg – competitive ice dancer
- Sam Bohne (born Sam Cohen) – baseball player
- Brian Boitano − Olympic gold medalist (figure skating)
- Barry Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
- Bobby Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
- Aaron Boone – baseball player (Cleveland Indians)
- Scott Borchetta – record executive, entrepreneur, and founder of Big Machine Records
- Jonathan Bornstein – soccer player for USA National Team and Chicago Fire FC
- Cindy Bortz – 1987 World Junior champion figure skater
- Barry Bostwick – actor (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City)
- Kate Bosworth – actress
- Lo Bosworth – TV personality, author, and entrepreneur
- Shmuley Boteach – Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author[2]
- Bruce Bowen – National Basketball Association player (San Antonio Spurs)
- Cameron Boyce – actor (Descendants 2)
- Brandon Boyd – singer and musician (Incubus)
- Timothy Bradley – boxer
- Tom Brady – football quarterback (New England Patriots)
- Debbie Bramwell-Washington – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Benjamin Bratt – actor
- Ryan Braun – baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
- Nick Bravin – Olympic fencer
- Eddie Bravo – Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor
- Nicholas Brendon – actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Jan Brewer – Governor of Arizona
- Stephen Breyer – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Beau Bridges – actor (The Fabulous Baker Boys, Stargate SG-1)
- Jeff Bridges – actor (The Big Lebowski, True Grit)
- Lloyd Bridges – actor (Airplane!, Sea Hunt)
- Alison Brie – actress
- Lance Briggs – football player
- Adam Brody – actor (The O.C.)
- James Brolin – actor
- Josh Brolin – actor (Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame)
- Albert Brooks – actor and director (Lost in America)
- Alton Brown – television host
- Carlon Brown – basketball player, 2013-14 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Jerry Brown – Governor of California (1975–1983; 2011–2019) and Mayor of Oakland
- Pat Brown – Governor of California (1959–1967)
- Tedy Bruschi – football player
- Lindsey Buckingham – musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- Bill Buckner – baseball player
- Don Budge – tennis player
- Candace Cameron Bure – actress
- Hunter Burgan – bass player for AFI
- Bobby Burgess – Mouseketeer and dancer for The Lawrence Welk Show
- Olivia Burnette – actress
- Cliff Burton – former Metallica bassist
- Tim Burton – film director
- Reggie Bush – football player
- Shoshana Bush – actress
- Sophia Bush – activist, spokesperson, and actress (Chicago P.D., One Tree Hill)
- Jeanie Buss – sports executive
- Cruz Bustamante – Lieutenant Governor of California
- Paul Butcher – actor
- Austin Butler – actor and singer
- Win Butler – musician and songwriter (Arcade Fire)
- Amanda Bynes – actress
- Kari Byron – artist and TV personality (MythBusters)
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- Scott Caan – actor
- Johnathan Cabral – Olympic hurdler
- Herb Caen – newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)
- John Cage – composer
- Nicolas Cage – actor
- Colbie Caillat – singer
- Angelo Caloiaro (born 1989) – American-Italian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Greg Camarillo – National Football League football player
- Dove Cameron – actress (Liv and Maddie)
- Dolph Camilli – baseball player
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell – U.S. Senator from Colorado
- Nick Cannon – actor
- Linda Cardellini – actress (Freaks and Geeks)
- Tucker Carlson – television host
- Adam Carolla – radio and TV personality
- David Carr – football player
- David Carradine – actor (Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill: Volume 2)
- Ever Carradine – actress and daughter of Robert Carradine
- Keith Carradine – actor (Deadwood, Nashville)
- Robert Carradine – actor (Revenge of the Nerds)
- Pete Carroll – college and National Football League football coach
- Adam Carson – drummer for AFI
- Chris Carter – producer, director, and writer (The X-Files)
- Mike Carter (born 1955) – American-Israeli basketball player
- Torry Castellano – drummer for The Donnas
- Henry Cejudo – former UFC champion, Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
- Richard Chamberlain – actor
- Chanel West Coast – rapper, actress, model, and TV personality
- Brandi Chastain – soccer player
- Jessica Chastain – actress (The Tree of Life, Zero Dark Thirty)
- Doja Cat – singer
- Kwan Cheatham (born 1995) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Cher – actress, entertainer, and singer
- Joey Chestnut – competitive eater
- Julia Child – chef, author, and TV personality
- Margaret Cho – actress and comedian
- Wasel Choi – artist and world traveler
- Amy Chow – gymnast
- Jamie Chung – actress
- Lana Clarkson – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
- Les Claypool – bass player (Primus)
- Mark Clear – Major League Baseball two-time All-Star relief pitcher
- Claire Coffee – actress
- Audra Cohen (born 1986) – tennis player
- Jordan Cohen (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Sasha Cohen – figure skater
- Lillie Hitchcock Coit – firefighter
- Keyshia Cole – singer
- Natalie Cole – singer
- Jerry Coleman – soldier and sportscaster
- Chris Colfer – actor (Glee) and author (The Land of Stories)
- Holly Marie Combs – actress
- Maureen Connolly – tennis player
- Mike Connors – actor (Mannix)
- Lauren Conrad – TV personality, fashion designer, and author
- Elisha Cook Jr. – actor (The Maltese Falcon)
- Coolio – rapper, singer, record producer, and actor.
- Miranda Cosgrove – actress and singer (iCarly)
- Michael Costello – fashion designer
- Kevin Costner – actor and director (Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams)
- Natalie Coughlin – Olympic swimmer
- Glenn Cowan (1952–2004) – table tennis player[3]
- Nikki Cox – actress (Las Vegas)
- Alan Cranston – U.S. Senator from California
- Bryan Cranston – actor
- Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
- Richard Crenna – actor
- Darren Criss – actor
- William Henry Crocker – philanthropist and founder of Crocker National Bank
- James Cromwell – actor
- Joe Cronin – Hall of Fame baseball player and manager
- David Crosby – musician
- Cameron Crowe – filmmaker
- Kaley Cuoco – actress (The Big Bang Theory)
- Jamie Lee Curtis – actress (Halloween, Trading Places)
- Cole Custer – NASCAR driver
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- Carson Daly – television host
- Zubin Damania (born 1973) – physician, comedian, internet personality, musician, and founder of Turntable Health
- Caroline D'Amore – musician, actress, and model
- Spencer Daniels – actor
- Sean Danielsen – singer and musician (Smile Empty Soul)
- Harry Danning – Major League Baseball All-Star catcher
- Ted Danson – actor (Cheers, The Good Place)
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) – radio broadcaster during World War II
- Lindsay Davenport – tennis player
- Baron Davis – professional basketball player
- Jonathan Davis – singer and musician
- Lucius Davis (born 1970) – basketball player
- Terrell Davis – professional football player
- Devin Dawson – singer and musician
- Jonathan Dayton – film director (Little Miss Sunshine)
- Oscar De La Hoya – boxer
- Giada De Laurentiis – Italian born chef
- Brian de la Puente – National Football League football player
- Zack de la Rocha – activist and singer (Rage Against the Machine)
- Jayme Dee – singer and musician
- Grey Delisle – voice actress
- Tom DeLonge – singer and musician (Blink-182)
- Brad Delson – musician (Linkin Park)
- Deorro – DJ and musician
- Bo Derek – actress
- Laura Dern – actress
- DeMar DeRozan – professional basketball player
- Emily Deschanel – actress
- Zooey Deschanel – actress and singer
- Cameron Diaz – actress (Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
- Nate Diaz – professional mixed martial artist
- Nick Diaz – professional mixed martial artist
- Matt DiBenedetto – NASCAR driver
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Academy Award-winning actor (The Departed, Titanic)
- Joan Didion – writer
- Trent Dilfer – National Football League quarterback
- Joe DiMaggio – baseball player
- Maya DiRado – Olympic swimmer[4]
- Roy E. Disney – billionaire and nephew of Walt Disney
- Cong Thanh Do – Vietnamese American activist
- David Dobrik – vlogger
- Nate Dogg – musician
- Snoop Dogg – rapper
- Ami Dolenz – actress and daughter of Micky Dolenz
- Micky Dolenz – actor, musician, and singer (The Monkees)
- Jason Dolley – actor
- Landon Donovan – soccer player
- Jimmy Doolittle – general and aviation pioneer
- Tyler Dorsey (born 1996) – Greek–American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Marcus Dove – basketball player
- Stacy Dragila – pole vaulter
- Dr. Dre – musician, hip-hop producer, and record producer
- K. Eric Drexler – engineer
- Don Drysdale – baseball player
- Hilary Duff – actress and singer
- Tom Dumont – guitarist (No Doubt)
- Isadora Duncan – dancer
- Ann Dunnigan – translator, actor, and teacher
- Robert Duvall – actor
- Jermaine Dye – baseball player (Chicago White Sox)
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- Carl Earn (1921–2007) – tennis player
- Clint Eastwood – film actor and director (Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven)
- Eazy-E – rapper
- Dennis Eckersley – baseball pitcher
- Aaron Eckhart – actor
- Julian Edelman – National Football League football player
- Anthony Edwards – actor
- Zac Efron – film and television actor (High School Musical)
- Billie Eilish – singer
- Thelma "Tiby" Eisen (1922–2014) – baseball player
- Isaiah Eisendorf (born 1996) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Danny Elfman – musician and composer
- Jenna Elfman – actress
- Richard Elfman – film director (Forbidden Zone)
- Sam Elliott – actor
- Anabel Englund – singer
- Hayden Epstein – National Football League football player
- Mike "SuperJew" Epstein – Major League Baseball first baseman
- Philip Erenberg (1909–1992) – gymnast and Olympic silver medalist
- Chris Evans – convicted train robber
- Evidence – rapper
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- Bill Fagerbakke – actor and voice actor (Patrick Star)
- Heather Fargo – Mayor of Sacramento, California
- Valerie Faris – film director (Little Miss Sunshine)
- Jordan Farmar – basketball player
- Mia Farrow – actress
- David Faustino – actor (Married... with Children)
- Roshon Fegan – actor
- Benny Feilhaber – soccer midfielder
- Dianne Feinstein – U.S. Senator from California and Mayor of San Francisco (1978–88)
- Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) – singer, actress, and composer (Charlie Brown, The Dutchess, Fergalicious)
- Shiloh Fernandez – actor
- Sky Ferreira – singer, model, and actress
- Will Ferrell – actor
- Miguel Ferrer – actor (RoboCop)
- America Ferrera – Honduran-American actress
- Sally Field − actress (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart)
- Carrie Fisher – actress
- Jon Fisher – author and entrepreneur
- Peggy Fleming – figure skater
- Shaun Fleming – actor (Kim Possible)
- Abigail Folger – coffee heiress, socialite, and murder victim
- Bridget Fonda – actress
- Lyndsy Fonseca – actress
- Jon Foreman – singer[5]
- Dian Fossey – zoologist
- DeShaun Foster – football player
- Jodie Foster – actress (The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs)
- Rickie Fowler – professional golfer
- Allen Fox – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach
- Dillon Francis – music producer and DJ
- Dave Franco – actor and brother of James
- James Franco – actor and brother of Dave
- Paulette Frankl – artist and biographer
- Bonnie Franklin – actress
- Missy Franklin – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (swimming)
- Max Fried – baseball player for the Atlanta Braves
- Robert Frost – poet
- Edward Furlong – actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
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- Becky G – singer, songwriter and actress
- G-Eazy – rapper, singer and record producer
- Guy Gabaldon – United States Marine Corps
- Lynx and Lamb Gaede – white nationalist twin singers and musicians
- Richard Gage – 9/11 Truth movement activist
- Corey Gaines (born 1965) – basketball player and coach
- Trace Gallagher – journalist
- The Game – rapper and actor
- Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles
- Jeff Garcia – football player
- Jerry Garcia – musician (Grateful Dead)
- Brad Garrett – actor (A Bug's Life, Everybody Loves Raymond)
- Wolfgang Gartner – music producer and DJ
- Kyle Gass – musician (Tenacious D)
- Dirk Gates – network entrepreneur (Xirrus)
- John Gavin – actor and ambassador
- Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Inara George – singer and musician (The Bird and the Bee)
- Paul George − professional basketball player
- Jason Giambi – professional baseball player (New York Yankees)
- Greg Gibson – Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling
- Tyrese Gibson – actor
- Frank Gifford – football player and sportscaster
- Brad Gilbert – tennis player and coach
- Melissa Gilbert – actress (Little House on the Prairie) and producer
- Sara Gilbert – actress (Roseanne)
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth – engineer (Cheaper by the Dozen)
- Justin Gimelstob – tennis player
- Enver Gjokaj – actor
- Danny Glover – actor
- Donald Glover – actor and singer
- Gnash – rapper and singer
- Bill Goldberg – professional National Football League football player and undefeated professional wrestler
- Chelsey Goldberg – hockey player
- Rube Goldberg – cartoonist
- Paul Goldstein (born 1976) – tennis player and coach
- Tony Goldwyn – actor (Ghost, Tarzan)
- Phillip Gonyea – drummer and percussionist (Against the Will)
- Adrián González – baseball player
- Drew Gooden – professional basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Aaron Gordon – professional basketball player
- Jeff Gordon – NASCAR driver
- Robby Gordon – NASCAR driver
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor
- Marjoe Gortner – evangelical minister
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar – actor
- Ben Gottschalk – National Football League football player
- Jim Grabb – tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doubles
- John Grabow – Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
- Kevin Graf – football offensive Tackle
- Gloria Grahame – actress
- Andy Grammer – singer
- Farley Granger – actor
- Jennifer Granholm – Canadian-born politician and former Governor of Michigan (2003–2011)
- Beatrice Gray – actress
- Billy Gray – actor and motorcyclist
- Paul Gray – musician (Slipknot)
- Devon Graye – actor
- Brian Grazer – Academy Award-winning film and television producer
- Shawn Green – Major League Baseball two-time All-Star outfielder
- Joanie Greggains – radio show host, health, and fitness expert
- Sasha Grey – pornographic actress
- Nash Grier – Viner, YouTuber, and actor
- Merv Griffin – talk show host, singer, and television producer (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune)
- Florence Griffith Joyner – track athlete
- RL Grime – music producer
- Josh Groban – singer
- Ashley Grossman (born 1993) – water polo player
- Kim Gruenenfelder – author
- Vince Guaraldi – musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
- Kimberly Guilfoyle – TV personality
- Natalie Gulbis – golfer
- Brett Gurewitz – guitarist (Bad Religion)
- Tony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Jake Gyllenhaal – actor
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- Walter A. Haas Jr. – chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co.
- Steven C. Hackett – economist (Humboldt State University)
- Gene Hackman – actor (The French Connection)
- Bella Hadid – model
- Gigi Hadid – model
- Sammy Hagar – musician (Van Halen)
- Merle Haggard – country music singer
- Joseph Hahn – painter, director, and musician (Linkin Park)
- Jackie Earle Haley – actor (Bad News Bears)
- Mark Hamill – actor (Star Wars)
- Jordan Hamilton (born 1990) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Laird Hamilton – surfer
- Harry Hamlin – actor (Clash of the Titans)
- Armie Hammer – actor
- Kirk Hammett – musician (Metallica)
- Daniel Handler – author, pen name (Lemony Snicket)
- Colin Hanks – actor (Fargo, King Kong)
- Tom Hanks – actor, director, and producer
- Gabbie Hanna – Internet personality, singer-songwriter
- Peter D. Hannaford – author and political advisor to Ronald Reagan[6]
- Jeff Hanneman – guitarist (Slayer)
- James Harden – basketball player
- Ian Harding – actor (Pretty Little Liars)
- Dan Haren – professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
- Mariska Hargitay – actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- Jeff B. Harmon – film producer, director, and actor
- Mark Harmon – actor
- Kamala Harris – Vice President of the United States; former U.S. senator from California
- Henry Harrower – endocrinologist
- Kevin Harvick – NASCAR driver
- Teri Hatcher – actress
- Henry Hathaway – film director
- Davey Havok – lead singer of AFI
- Tony Hawk – skateboarder
- Kristy Hawkins – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins – professional skateboarder
- Julie Hayek – Miss USA 1983
- Dennis Haysbert – actor (24)
- Jenna Haze – pornographic actress
- Patty Hearst – actress and newspaper heiress (Symbionese Liberation Army)
- William Randolph Hearst – newspaper publisher
- Ian Hecox – YouTuber
- Max Heidegger (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Simon Helberg – actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory)
- Julie Heldman – tennis player (ranked #5 in the world)
- Mariel Hemingway – actress (Manhattan)
- Christy Hemme – professional wrestler and model
- David Henrie – actor
- Sek Henry (born 1987) – professional basketball player, 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
- Pamela Hensley – actress
- Jay Hernandez – actor
- Keith Hernandez – baseball player
- Barbara Hershey – actress
- James Hetfield – musician (Metallica)
- Andy Hill (born c. 1950) – 3x college national champion basketball player, President of CBS Productions and Channel One News, author, and motivational speaker
- Jonah Hill – actor
- Paris Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, and DJ
- Jason Hirsh – baseball player
- David Hoberman – film director and producer, and founder of Mandeville Films
- Douglas Hodge – CEO of PIMCO; charged with fraud for allegedly participating in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
- Dustin Hoffman – actor
- Trevor Hoffman – professional baseball player (San Diego Padres)
- Dexter Holland – singer and musician (The Offspring)
- Brenda Holloway – singer and songwriter
- Josh Holloway – actor (Lost)
- Mike Holmgren – football coach (Seattle Seahawks)
- Dennis Holt – poet, linguist, and translator
- Max Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA Tour
- Hopsin – rapper, actor, and record producer
- James Horner – composer
- Rhys Hoskins – Major League Baseball player
- Bryce Dallas Howard – actress
- C. Thomas Howell – actor (The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Southland)
- Jerry Hsu – skateboarder
- Trevor Huddleston – NASCAR driver
- Vanessa Hudgens – actress and singer (High School Musical)
- Kate Hudson – actress
- Phil Hughes – baseball player
- Yolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Barry Hunau – illustrator
- William Hung – American Idol contestant
- Helen Hunt – actress
- Terry Huntingdon – Miss USA 1959
- Anjelica Huston – actress
- Nyjah Huston – professional skateboarder
- Timothy Hutton – actor
- Tiffany Hwang – singer (Girls' Generation)
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- Ice Cube – musician and actor
- Gabriel Iglesias – comedian
- Danny Im – member of Korean music group 1TYM
- Grant Imahara – electronics and radio control expert (MythBusters)
- Don Imus – radio personality
- Allison Iraheta – singer (American Idol)
- Kathy Ireland – model
- Bill Irwin – actor and clown
- Chris Isaak – musician and actor
- Yasuhiro Ishimoto – photographer
- Phil Ivey – professional poker player
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- Skai Jackson
- Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) – author
- Helen Jacobs (1908–1997) – tennis player ranked world #1
- Etta James – singer
- Jesse James – actor, welder, and chief executive officer of West Coast Choppers
- Tom Jancar – contemporary art dealer (Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery)
- Gregg Jarrett – lawyer and journalist
- BC Jean – singer
- Davon Jefferson (born 1986) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Richard Jefferson – professional basketball player
- Fran Jeffries – actress (The Pink Panther)
- Kris Jenner – reality star
- Kendall Jenner – reality star, model, and TV personality
- Kylie Jenner – reality star, model, TV, and social media personality
- Steve Jobs – computer pioneer and co-founder of Apple Computer
- Anjelah Johnson – actress and comedian
- Dwayne Johnson – professional wrestler best known as "The Rock"; actor (The Fast and the Furious)
- Jimmie Johnson – NASCAR driver and champion
- Kevin Johnson – basketball player and politician
- Keyshawn Johnson – football player
- Randy Johnson – baseball player
- Angelina Jolie – actress
- Jerry Jones – owner of the Dallas Cowboys
- Marion Jones – track athlete
- Matt Jones – actor (Breaking Bad) and comedian
- Rashida Jones – actress
- Tamala Jones – actress
- Sharon Jordan – actress (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody)
- Ashley Judd – actress
- Aaron Judge – baseball player
- Krystal Jung – cousin of juliette rodriguez singer (f(x))
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- Pauline Kael – film critic
- Colin Kaepernick – National Football League quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Ryan Kalish – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Tony Kanal – bassist with No Doubt
- Anita Kanter – tennis player ranked in world top 10
- Gabe Kapler – Major League Baseball outfielder, and manager of the San Francisco Giants
- Carl Karcher – founder of Carl's Jr.[7]
- Khloé Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
- Kim Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
- Kourtney Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
- Terry Karl – professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University
- Deena Kastor – Olympic runner
- Chris Kattan – actor and comedian
- Julie Kavner – actress
- Diane Keaton – actress, director, and producer
- Keb' Mo' – blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Kehlani – singer
- Sally Kellerman – actress
- Jamill Kelly – Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling
- Minka Kelly – actress
- Edmund Kemper – serial killer
- Anthony Kennedy – Supreme Court justice
- Kirk Kerkorian – investor and philanthropist
- Jason Kidd – NBA player and coach
- Val Kilmer – actor
- Billie Jean King – tennis player
- Elle King
- Kerry King – guitarist (Slayer)
- Regina King – actress
- Rodney King – police brutality victim
- Maxine Hong Kingston – author
- Thomas Kinkade – artist
- Erwin Klein (died 1992) – table tennis player
- Perry Klein (born 1971) – quarterback in the NFL; played for the Atlanta Falcons
- Alix Klineman (born 1989) – volleyball player
- Matthew Knight – actor
- Suge Knight – record producer and music executive (Death Row Records)
- Kyle Korver – basketball player
- Kira Kosarin – singer and actress
- Joel Kramer – basketball player
- Dean Kremer (born 1996) – Israeli-American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Nathan Kress – actor (iCarly)
- Kayden Kross – pornographic actress
- Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher and announcer (San Francisco Giants)
- Lisa Kudrow – actress (Friends)
- Greg Kurstin – musician and producer (The Bird and the Bee)
- Michelle Kwan – figure skater
- Iris Kyle – 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
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- Shia LaBeouf – actor
- Remy LaCroix – pornographic actress
- Kendrick Lamar – rapper, songwriter, and record producer
- Phil LaMarr – voice artist
- Adam Lambert – singer (American Idol)
- Michelle Lambert – singer
- Matthew Lane – professional golfer
- Brie Larson – actress
- Kyle Larson – racing driver
- Greg Laswell – singer and musician
- Ryan Lavarnway – Israeli-American major-league baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Rick Law – illustrator and producer
- Tony Lazzeri – baseball player
- Brad Leaf – Israeli-American basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon and Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premier League
- T. J. Leaf – Israeli-American NBA basketball player
- Amy Lee – musician (lead singer of Evanescence)
- Bruce Lee – martial artist
- Jason Lee – actor (My Name Is Earl)
- Catherine LeFrançois – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Janet Leigh – actress
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
- Kawhi Leonard – basketball player
- Brad Lesley – baseball player and cast member on Takeshi's Castle
- Adam Levine – musician (lead singer of pop/rock group Maroon 5)
- Camille Levin – soccer player
- Savannah Levin – soccer player
- Alexander Lévy – professional golfer
- Monica Lewinsky – White House intern
- Huey Lewis – musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
- Juliette Lewis – actress
- Louise Lieberman (born 1977) – soccer coach and former player
- Rob Liefeld – comic book writer
- Jeremy Lin – basketball player
- Seven Lions – musician
- Jonathan Lipnicki – actor (Stuart Little)
- David Lipsky – golfer
- Scott Lipsky – tennis player
- Peyton List – actress (Bunk'd)
- Blake Lively – actress (Gossip Girl)
- Heather Locklear – actress
- Alison Lohman – actress
- Jack London – author (The Call of the Wild)
- Lauren London – TV personality, actress, and model
- Evan Longoria – baseball player
- George Lopez – actor and comedian (George Lopez)
- Mario Lopez – actor (Saved by the Bell)
- Nancy Lopez – golfer
- Erik Lorig – football player (New Orleans Saints)
- Greg Louganis – Olympic diver
- Courtney Love – musician
- Kevin Love – basketball player
- Jon Lovitz – actor
- George Lucas – filmmaker (Star Wars)
- Lorna Luft – singer and actress
- Athena Lundberg – Playboy Playmate of the Month (January 2006)
- Ray Lynch – actor
- Ross Lynch – singer (R5) and actor (Austin & Ally)
- Cheryl Lynn – singer
M[edit]
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- Judah Leon Magnes – rabbi, first President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Tobey Maguire – actor and producer
- Theodore Maiman – inventor of Ruby Laser Systems Laser
- Daron Malakian – musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (System of a Down)
- Mia Malkova – pornographic actress
- Nazanin Mandi – actress, model, and singer
- Ricky Manning – football player
- Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
- Josie Maran – actress and model
- Laura Marano – actress (Austin & Ally)
- Vanessa Marano – actress (Switched at Birth)
- Stacy Margolin (born 1959) – tennis player
- Teena Marie – singer
- Cheech Marin – actor
- Shannon Marketic – Miss USA 1992
- Meghan Markle – actress and member of the British royal family
- McKayla Maroney – 2012 Olympic gold and silver medalist (artistic gymnastics)
- Dean Paul Martin – actor and musician
- Bobby Martinez – professional surfer
- Chris Masters – professional wrestler
- Sam Match (1923–2010) – tennis player
- Tim Matheson – actor
- Bob Mathias – decathlete
- Casey Matthews – football linebacker
- Clay Matthews Jr. – football linebacker
- Clay Matthews III – football linebacker
- Margie Marvelous – professional bodybuilder
- Kathy May – tennis player
- Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player
- MC Hammer – musician
- Leigh McCloskey – actor and artist (Dallas)
- Pete McCloskey – politician
- Willie McCool – astronaut; killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
- Maureen McCormick – actress
- Jennette McCurdy – actress and singer
- Audra McDonald – actress and singer
- Willie McGee – baseball player
- Ted McGinley – actor
- Jeremy McGrath – supercross racer
- Mark McGwire – baseball player
- Robert McNamara – former United States Secretary of Defense
- Katharine McPhee – singer and actress
- Casey Mears – NASCAR driver
- Edwin Meese – United States Attorney General (1985–88)
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex – actress and British royal
- Rodney Melville – judge
- Bob Melvin – Major League Baseball player and manager
- Bridgit Mendler – actress and singer
- Mike Mentzer – professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion[8]
- Lee Meriwether – actress and Miss America
- Casey Merrill – football running back
- AJ Michalka – actress and musician
- Aly Michalka – actress and singer
- Phil Mickelson – golfer
- Miguel – singer and producer
- Johnny Miller – golfer and TV commentator
- 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 and actress (Cabaret)
- Patricia Miranda – Olympic bronze medalist in women's freestyle wrestling
- Shay Mitchell – actress (Pretty Little Liars)
- Ron Mix – Hall of Fame football player
- Marilyn Monroe – sex symbol and actress (Some Like It Hot)
- Elizabeth Montgomery – actress (Bewitched)
- Shemar Moore – actor
- Terry Moore – actress (Mighty Joe Young)
- Alex Morgan – United States women's national soccer team striker
- John Morrison – professional wrestler
- George Moscone – Mayor of San Francisco
- Jon Moscot – American-Israeli Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
- Merrill Moses – Olympic medalist water polo player
- Shane Mosley – boxer
- Elisabeth Moss – actress
- Bethany Mota – YouTuber
- Jason Mraz – singer and musician
- Manny MUA – makeup artist
- Megan Mullally – actress
- Marcus Mumford – singer and musician (Mumford & Sons)
- Bill Mumy – child actor (Lost in Space)
- Noah Munck – actor (iCarly)
- Eddie Murray – baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)
- Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Dave Mustaine – musician (Megadeth)
N[edit]
- Mirai Nagasu – figure skater
- Sam Nahem (1915–2004) – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Kathy Najimy – actress (King of the Hill)
- Anna Nalick – singer-songwriter
- Lorenzo Neal – Pro Bowl football player
- Jeff Newman – Major League Baseball All-Star baseball player and manager
- Laraine Newman – comedian, actress, and voice artist
- Randy Newman – composer and musician
- Gavin Newsom – Governor of California; former Mayor of San Francisco (2004–2011)
- Joanna Newsom – singer and harpist
- Nichkhun – Thai-American singer and rapper of 2PM[9]
- Christina Nigra – actress
- Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United States
- Lyn Nofziger – author, journalist, and White House Press Secretary (under Ronald Reagan)
- Isamu Noguchi – artist
- Bradley Nowell – singer and musician (Sublime)
- Leyna Nguyen – Vietnamese born television anchor
O[edit]
- Dagmar Oakland – stage and screen actress
- Willis O'Brien – film special-effects artist
- Frank Ocean – singer (Odd Future)
- Lefty O'Doul – baseball player
- Larisa Oleynik – actress
- Edward James Olmos – actor
- Elizabeth Olsen – actress
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and entrepreneurs
- Susan Olsen – actress
- Igor Olshansky – National Football League player
- Omarion – musician and singer
- Ryan O'Neal – actor
- Tatum O'Neal – actress
- Heather O'Rourke – actress
- Emily Osment – actress and singer
- Haley Joel Osment – actor
- Jimmy Osmond − singer
- Ryann O'Toole – professional golfer
P[edit]
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- Carson Palmer – football quarterback
- Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
- Cathey Palyo – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Leon Panetta – White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense
- Jon Pardi – singer and musician
- Jerry Paris – director and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Grace Park – actress (Battlestar Galactica, Hawaii Five-0)
- Jae Park – Argentine born K-pop singer
- Richard Park – ice hockey forward for the New York Islanders
- Harry Partch – composer
- Audrina Patridge – TV personality, television presenter, actress, and model
- Dylan Patton – actor
- George S. Patton – military commander
- Paula Patton – actress
- Jake Paul – YouTuber
- Logan Paul – YouTuber
- Corey Pavin – golfer
- Sara Paxton – actress and singer
- Gary Payton – professional basketball player
- Gregory Peck – actor
- Sam Peckinpah – film director
- Joc Pederson – baseball player
- Dustin Pedroia – baseball player
- Chris Penn – actor
- Sean Penn – actor
- Stacy Peralta – skateboarder, surfer, and movie director
- Melina Perez – professional wrestler
- Bradley Steven Perry – actor
- Katy Perry – singer
- Bryan Petersen – baseball player
- Lakey Peterson – professional surfer[10]
- Michelle Pfeiffer – actress
- Paul Pierce – professional basketball player
- Kevin Pillar – baseball player
- Chris Pine – actor
- Drew Pinsky – radio and TV personality, physician, and addiction medicine specialist
- Eve Plumb – actress
- Jim Plunkett – football quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
- Brennan Poole – NASCAR driver
- Whitney Port – TV personality, fashion designer, and author
- Stefanie Powers – actress
- Tristan Prettyman – singer and musician
- Tayshaun Prince – professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons)
- Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor
- Kelly Pryce – stand-up comedian
- Jade Puget – musician (AFI)
Q[edit]
- J. G. Quintel – animator and voice actor (Regular Show)
- Kathleen Quinlan – actress
R[edit]
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- Scott Radinsky – Major League Baseball player and coach
- Frances Rafferty – actress
- Max Rafferty – former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, author, and columnist
- Ronald Reagan – Governor of California (1967–1975), former actor, and 40th President of the United States
- Tyler Reddick – NASCAR driver
- Robert Redford – actor and director
- Mason Reese – child actor
- Autumn Reeser – actress (The O.C.)
- Andy Reid – football coach
- Maria Remenyi – Miss USA 1966
- Jeremy Renner – actor
- Dane Reynolds – professional surfer (Quiksilver)
- Christina Ricci – actress (The Addams Family)
- Robert Ri'chard – actor
- Ariana Richards – actress
- Michael Richards – actor (Seinfeld)
- Nicole Richie – actress
- Sally Ride – astronaut (STS-7 and STS-41-G)
- Isiah Rider – basketball player
- Cathy Rigby – gymnast and actress (Peter Pan)
- Molly Ringwald – actress
- Jason Ritter – actor (son of John Ritter; grandson of Tex Ritter)
- Jenni Rivera – singer
- Naya Rivera – actress and singer
- Ron Rivera – American football player and coach[11]
- Tim Robbins – actor
- Tony Robbins – life coach
- Jackie Robinson – Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Major League Baseball's 20th-century color line
- Julia Robinson – mathematician
- Sam Rockwell – actor
- Aaron Rodgers – National Football League quarterback Green Bay Packers
- Paul Rodriguez – Mexican-born comedian, actor, singer and rapper
- Dana Rohrabacher – member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jimmy Rollins – baseball player
- Jim Rome – sports radio host
- Rebecca Romijn – model and actress
- Tony Romo – football quarterback
- Al Rosen – Major League Baseball MVP; four-time All-Star[12]
- Daniel Rosenbaum (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Kyla Ross – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (artistic gymnastics)
- Alexander Rossi – racing driver
- Josiah Royce – philosopher
- Pete Rozelle – National Football League commissioner
- Bill Russell – basketball player
- Keri Russell – actress
- Rene Russo – actress
- Marla Ruzicka – activist (Green Party)
S[edit]
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- Katey Sagal – actress (Futurama)
- Daniel Samohin – Israeli Olympic figure skater
- Josh Samuels (born 1991) – Olympic water polo player
- Saweetie – rapper, singer and songwriter
- Monte Scheinblum – 1992 U.S. and world long-driving golf champion
- Schoolboy Q – rapper
- Dave Schultz – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
- Mark Schultz – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, businessman, and former Governor of California (2003–2011)
- Patrick Schwarzenegger – actor, model, and son of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Jason Schwartzman – actor
- Tom Seaver – baseball player
- Mike Seidman (born 1981) – NFL football player
- Logan Seavey – racing driver
- Jason Segel – actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author
- Vic Seixas – Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player
- Edgar Seligman (1867–1958) – San Francisco-born British six-time fencing champion and two-time Olympic fencing medalist
- Tupac Shakur – actor/rapper
- Samantha Shapiro (born 1993) – gymnast
- Sharon Shapiro – gymnast
- Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
- Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
- Ryan Sherriff (born 1990) – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Larry Sherry (1935–2006) – baseball pitcher
- Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball[13]
- Mike Shinoda – musician (Linkin Park)
- Jerry Simon (born 1968) – American-Israeli basketball player
- Diamon Simpson (born 1987) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- O. J. Simpson – retired football player (Buffalo Bills), actor, and convicted felon
- Simon Singer (born 1941) – world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
- Skrillex – DJ and musician
- Bob Smale – pianist
- Cameron Smith – college football player USC Trojans
- Jaden Smith – actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter
- Regan Smith (born 2002) – Olympic swimmer, broke multiple world records in swimming[14]
- Duke Snider – baseball player
- Snow Tha Product – rapper
- Brenda Song – actress
- Song Oh-kyun – activist
- Frank Spellman (1922–2017) – Olympic champion weightlifter
- Mark Spitz – Olympic nine-time gold medalist swimmer
- John Stamos – actor
- Leland Stanford – railroad tycoon
- Jeffree Star – makeup artist
- Maggie Steffens (born 1993) – professional water polo player, two-time Olympic gold medalist[15]
- John Steinbeck – author (East of Eden, Of Mice and Men)
- Hailee Steinfeld – actress, singer, and songwriter
- Amandla Stenberg – actress
- Daniel Steres – professional soccer player with the LA Galaxy
- Brett Sterling – ice hockey player
- Todd Steussie – football player
- Kristen Stewart – actress
- Lindsey Stirling – violinist
- Robert Stock – Major League Baseball baseball pitcher
- Spencer Stone – United States Air Force Staff Sergeant known for stopping a gunman in a Paris-bound train from Amsterdam via Brussels and author of The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes
- Darryl Strawberry – baseball player
- Stephen Swartz – singer and musician
- Jodie Sweetin – actress
T[edit]
- Amber Tamblyn – actress (Joan of Arcadia)
- Russ Tamblyn – actor (West Side Story)
- Amy Tan – writer (The Joy Luck Club)
- Isaiah Taylor (born 1994) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Scout Taylor-Compton – actress (Halloween)
- Brian Teacher – tennis player (ranked as high as # 7), Australian Open champion, and coach
- TeeFlii – rapper and producer
- Aimee Teegarden – actress and model
- Rowdy Tellez – baseball player
- Eliot Teltscher – tennis player
- Shirley Temple – child film star, former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, and Czechoslovakia
- Zack Test – rugby union player
- Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach
- Robin Thicke – singer
- Nosaj Thing – producer
- Klay Thompson – basketball player
- Pat Tillman – football player and soldier
- Jennifer Tilly – actress
- Tinashe – singer
- Kenneth Tobey – actor
- Mark Tollefsen (born 1992) – basketball player, 2018-19 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Shaun Tomson (born 1955) – South African world champion surfer
- Dara Torres (born 1967) – competitive swimmer, first American swimmer to become a five-time Olympian[16]
- Alessandra Torresani – actress
- Alan Trammell – baseball player
- Danny Trejo – actor
- Michael Trevino – actor
- Lisa Tucker – singer
- Mark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball player
- Justin Turner – baseball player
- Tyga – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor
- Aisha Tyler – actress
- Tyler, the Creator – rapper and record producer (Odd Future)
U[edit]
- Ben Underwood – blind teen best known as one of the world's most proficient echolocators
- Chase Utley – baseball player
V[edit]
- Jasmine V – singer
- Aaron Valdes (born 1993) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Ritchie Valens – singer
- Karen Valentine – actress
- Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo – Mexican general and American politician
- Jason Vargas – baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Elle Varner – singer
- Andrew Vasquez
- Jhonen Vasquez – comic-book writer and artist
- Jovan Vavic – USC water polo coach
- Casey Veggies – rapper
- Stephen Venard – lawman
- Julieta Venegas – singer and musician
- Ken Venturi – golfer
- Gwen Verdon – actress
- Victoria Vetri – model and actress
- Robert M. Viale – U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
- Antonio Villaraigosa – 51st Mayor of Los Angeles
- Roy Marlin Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels
W[edit]
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- Rachel Wacholder (born 1975) – professional beach volleyball player and model
- Lindsay Wagner – actress
- Paul Walker – actor (The Fast and the Furious)
- 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 – 30th Governor of California and 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969)
- Ryn Weaver – singer
- Caspar Weinberger – United States Secretary of Defense
- Phil Weintraub (1907–1987) – Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder
- Bob Weir – musician (Grateful Dead)
- Zack Weiss – American-Israeli Major League Baseball player
- Abbey Weitzeil – Olympic swimmer[17]
- Brian Welch – musician and guitarist (Korn)
- Russell Westbrook – basketball player
- Jill Whelan – actress (Airplane!)
- Adam Wheeler – Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling
- Stephen Girard Whipple – 49er, newspaper editor, Union Army officer, and politician[18]
- Shaun White – snowboarder
- Brandon Whitt – NASCAR driver
- Sidney Wicks – basketball player
- Jordan Wilimovsky (born 1994) – Olympic pool swimmer and open water swimmer[19]
- will.i.am – rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and member of The Black Eyed Peas
- Barry Williams – actor
- Emily Williams – early 20th-century architect
- Esther Williams – actress
- John Williams – composer
- Paul Williams – architect
- Serena Williams – tennis player
- Ted Williams – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Venus Williams – tennis player
- Dave Williamson – stand-up comedian
- Dontrelle Willis – baseball player (Miami Marlins)
- Helen Wills – tennis player
- Brian Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)
- Carl Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)
- Rita Wilson – actress
- Ariel Winter – actress (Modern Family)
- Josh Wise – NASCAR driver
- Tamara Witmer – model
- Zachary Wohlman – boxer
- Wally Wolf (1930–1997) – swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion
- Matthew Wolff – professional golfer
- Victor Wong (1906–1972) – actor (King Kong)
- Victor Wong (1927–2001) – actor (Big Trouble in Little China)
- Kevin Woo – singer and TV personality (U-KISS)
- Beatrice Wood – artist
- Natalie Wood – actress (This Property Is Condemned)
- David Woodard – conductor and writer
- John Wooden – college basketball coach
- Cynthia Woodhead – swimmer
- Shailene Woodley – actress
- Tiger Woods – golfer
- Steve Wozniak – inventor of the Apple Computer
- Jason Wright – American football player and executive[20]
Y[edit]
- Kristi Yamaguchi – professional figure skater
- Elliott Yamin – singer
- Jenny Y Yang – chemist
- "Weird Al" Yankovic – parodist and musician
- Steve Yeager – Major League Baseball catcher
- YG – rapper and actor
- Charlyne Yi – actress and comedian
- Tina Yothers – actress (Family Ties)
- Kevin Youkilis – All-Star Major League Baseball player[21]
- Adrian Young – No Doubt's drummer
- Emily Mae Young – actress
- Nick Young – professional basketball player
- Joon Yun – radiologist
Z[edit]
- Frank Zamboni – inventor
- Joanna Zeiger – Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author
- Zendaya – actress and singer
- Anthony Zerbe – actor
- Zoya – folk singer
- Elmo Zumwalt – Chief of Naval Operations
- Daphne Zuniga – actress
Musical groups[edit]
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- Adema – nu metal band
- AFI – rock band
- Alien Ant Farm – rock band
- As I Lay Dying – metal band
- Atreyu – metalcore band
- Audioslave – rock band
- Avenged Sevenfold – metal band
- Bad Religion – punk band
- The Bangles – pop band
- The Beach Boys – pop band
- Bikini Girls – pop band
- The Bird and the Bee – indie duo
- Black Flag – hardcore band
- Blind Melon – psychedelic rock band
- Blink-182 – pop/punk band
- Body Count – rap/metal band
- The Byrds – folk rock band
- Circle Jerks – punk band
- Coal Chamber – nu metal band
- Concrete Blonde – alternative band
- Counting Crows – rock band
- Crazy Town – rap/rock band
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – rock band
- Cypress Hill – hip hop band
- Dead Kennedys – rock band
- Deftones – progressive metal band
- The Donnas – rock band
- The Doors – rock band
- The Eagles – rock band
- Eels – alternative band
- Faith No More – alternative band
- Far East Movement – hip hop band
- Fear Factory – metal band
- Fishbone – alternative band
- Flogging Molly – Celtic punk band
- Geraldine Fibbers – alternative band
- Germs – punk band
- The Go-Go's – pop band
- Grateful Dead – folk rock band
- Green Day – rock band
- Guns N' Roses – hard rock band
- Hed PE – rap/rock band
- Hollywood Undead – rap/metal band
- Hoobastank – rock band
- In Fear And Faith – metal band
- Incubus – rock band
- Jane's Addiction – alternative band
- Jefferson Airplane – rock band
- Journey – rock band
- Julien-K – synth band
- Korn – nu metal band
- Lifehouse – pop rock band
- Linkin Park – alternative rock band
- Machine Head – heavy metal band
- Mad at the World – Christian rock band
- Maroon 5 – rock band
- Megadeth – metal band
- Metallica – metal band
- Minutemen – punk band
- The Monkees – pop band
- Mötley Crüe – hard rock band
- Mr. Bungle – experimental rock band
- N.W.A – hip hop group
- No Doubt – ska-punk band
- The O.C. Supertones – ska band
- Of Mice & Men – metalcore band
- The Offspring – rock band
- Oingo Boingo – new wave band
- Orgy – synth
- Otep – heavy metal band
- P.O.D. – rock band
- Papa Roach – rap/metal band
- Prophets of Rage – rap/metal band
- Queens of the Stone Age – rock band
- Rage Against the Machine – rap/metal band
- Ratt – hard rock band
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – rock band
- Sixx:A.M. – rock band
- Slayer – metal band
- Smile Empty Soul – post-grunge band
- Snot – rock band
- Social Distortion – punk band
- Spineshank – metal band
- Static-X – industrial metal band
- Stone Temple Pilots – hard rock band
- Sublime – ska-punk and dub band
- Suicidal Tendencies – punk/metal band
- Suicide Silence – metal band
- Switchfoot – rock band
- System of a Down – metal band
- Tesla – hard rock band
- Third Eye Blind – rock band
- Thrice – rock band
- Tool – progressive metal band
- Trapt – rock band
- Van Halen – hard rock band
- Velvet Revolver – hard rock band
- The Wallflowers – rock band
- Weezer – alternative rock band
- X – alternative/punk band
California transplants[edit]
- Samuel Brannan – newspaper publisher
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo – Spanish explorer
- César Chávez – labor leader
- Juan Bautista de Anza – Spanish explorer
- Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorer
- Larry Ellison – co-founder of Oracle Corporation
- John C. Frémont – explorer, military officer, U.S. senator from California
- Domingo Ghirardelli – chocolatier (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company)
- Chick Hearn – National Basketball Association announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
- William Redington Hewlett – co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
- Bob Hope – actor, singer, and comedian
- Steve Jurvetson – venture capitalist (a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
- James Lick – real estate baron
- Steve Martin – actor, author, comedian, and director
- Johnny Mathis – singer ("Chances Are")
- Fritz Maytag – former owner of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco; Chairman of the Board of the Maytag Dairy Farms
- Thomas Mesereau – criminal defense lawyer
- Joe Montana – National Football League quarterback
- Joe Morgan – baseball player
- John Muir – naturalist
- Joshua A. Norton – British self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"
- Buck Owens – country music performer
- Ronald Reagan – actor and 40th President of the United States
- Carlos Santana – Mexican musician
- Michael Savage – author, political commentator, radio host
- Charles M. Schulz – cartoonist
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – Governor of California, actor, and bodybuilder
- Vin Scully – announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
- Glenn T. Seaborg – chemist
- Junipero Serra – Spanish missionary
- Steven Spielberg – director
- Leland Stanford – railroad baron, Governor of California, and founder of Stanford University
- Ken Starr – lawyer and university law dean
- Levi Strauss – Bavarian clothing manufacturer
- John Sutter – Swiss real estate baron
- Mark Twain – humorist and author
- Lars Ulrich – musician (Metallica)
- Sarah Winchester – heiress, eccentric and builder of the Winchester Mystery House
- Charles Wood – musical theatre performer (original Hortensio in Cole Porter's 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate)
- Chuck Yeager – U.S. Air Force test pilot
- Ace Young – singer
- Steve Young – National Football League quarterback
See also[edit]
- List of people from San Diego
- List of people from Los Angeles
- List of people from San Francisco
- List of people from Chula Vista, California
- List of people from Long Beach, California
- List of people from Orange County, California
- List of California suffragists
- List of people from Palm Springs, California
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