# List of people from Marin County, California

This is a list of people from Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.
* Josh Akognon, basketball player
* Juan Alderete de la Peña, Grammy-winning bassist
* Isabel Allende, writer
* Sam Andrew, musician
* Dave Archer (painter), artist
* Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease)
* Tom Barbash, author
* Arj Barker, comedian
* John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search
* Melba Beals, civil rights activist
* Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist
* Barbara Boxer, former United States Senator
* Terry Bozzio, musician
* Fairuza Balk, actress, born in Point Reyes Station
* Jesse Barish, musician
* Richard Brautigan, author
* Joe Breeze, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, mountain bike pioneer and industry leader
* Laurel Burch, artist
* Merritt Butrick, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek)
* Yvonne Cagle, Novato High School, Class of 1977, M.D., NASA Astronaut
* Gunnar Carlsson, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics Stanford University
* Pete Carroll, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head football coach of the Seahawks
* Edwin Catmull, President of the Disney–Pixar Studios
* Bill Champlin, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician, Sons of Champlin, Chicago
* Chris Chaney, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician, Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel
* Brenda Chapman, animation director
* Sam Chapman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star, California Golden Bears; MLB)
* Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship
* Maxine Chernoff, author
* Julia Child, Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of The French Chef
* John Cipollina, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service
* Signy Coleman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress
* Elmer Collett, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman, NFL
* Jack Conte, musician, Pomplamoose
* Peter Coyote, actor
* Les Crane, radio announcer and talk show host
* David Crosby, musician
* Martin Cruz Smith, author
* Charlie Cunningham, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame)
* Jake Curhan (born 1998), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL)
* Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now
* Nataly Dawn, singer, Pomplamoose
* Joe DeMaestri, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946, MLB shortstop
* Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972
* Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day
* Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent
* George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist
* David Dukes, actor, Redwood High School
* Louis Durra, jazz pianist
* Clint Eastwood, actor and director
* Dave Eggers, author
* Daniel Ellsberg, whistle blower, writer and anti-war activist
* Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player
* Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
* Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess
* Mimi Farina, musician, singer, non-profit director and sister of Joan Baez and widow of Richard Farina
* Jake Farrow, actor and writer
* David Fincher, film director
* Jack Finney, author, The Body Snatchers, Time and Again
* Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer
* Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
* Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw
* Tyler Florence, celebrity chef
* Phil Frank, cartoonist
* David Freiberg, musician
* Jerry Garcia, musician, of The Grateful Dead
* Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of Fat City
* Adriana Giramonti, chef
* Jared Goff, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback, NFL
* Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the Fillmore West in San Francisco
* David Grisman, mandolinist and composer
* Pete Gross, broadcaster for Seattle Seahawks
* Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for standardized test preparation
* Sammy Hagar, singer
* Anna Halprin, choreographer
* Oren Harari, business professor at University of San Francisco, author, speaker
* David Haskell, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor
* Annette Haven, ex-porn star
* S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, president of San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983)
* Sterling Hayden, actor
* Matt Hazeltine, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker, NFL
* Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley
* Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer
* George Herms, Beat Artist, museum director
* James Hetfield, Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar
* J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver
* George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion
* Lester Holt, NBC News anchor
* Tess Uriza Holthe, author
* Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
* Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo
* Sam Vogel Jauz, American DJ/Music Producer
* Maz Jobrani, comedian and actor
* Booker T. Jones, musician
* Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in Larkspur, California
* Isabelle Keith, actress
* Charlie Kelly, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
* Ali Akbar Khan, musician, Ali Akbar Khan College of Music
* Lisa Kindred, blues and folk singer and guitarist
* Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas)
* Harmony Korine, film director, (born in Bolinas)
* Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist
* Jef Labes, keyboardist
* Travis LaBoy, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker, NFL
* Ned Lagin, artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist
* Anne Lamott, writer
* Jim Lange, TV game show host (The Dating Game)
* John Lasseter, film director and Disney executive
* Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey), Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan
* Ralph Lazar, artist
* Bill Lee, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964, MLB pitcher
* John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director
* Barry Levinson, film director
* Jane Levy, actress (Suburgatory)
* Huey Lewis, singer
* Kevin Lima, film director
* Tim Lincecum, baseball player
* John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the Taliban
* Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair
* Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist
* Sondra Locke, actress and director
* Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria
* George Lucas, film director, founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. Creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Owner of Skywalker Ranch
* Andy Luckey, Redwood High School, Class of 1983, television producer, author, illustrator
* Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician
* Seán Mac Falls, poet
* Peter Magadini, drummer, composer
* Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series
* Zekial Marko, pulp fiction writer, film & television series writer
* Brian Maxwell, marathon runner and, with his wife to be, Jennifer Biddulph, developer and founder of Powerbar
* Joyce Maynard, author
* Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for Human Terrain System
* Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop
* Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician, of The Grateful Dead
* Bridgit Mendler, actress
* Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster
* Artie Mitchell, pornographic film producer
* Van Morrison, singer and songwriter
* Jonny Moseley, gold medal-winning Olympic skier
* Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "Midnight at the Oasis"
* Walter Murch, film editor
* Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current Governor of California
* Connie Nielsen, actress
* Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect
* Don Novello, actor and writer
* Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
* Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator
* Karl Olson, Tamalpais High School, MLB outfielder
* George Demont Otis, artist
* William L. Patterson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer
* Pat Paulsen, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
* Sean Penn, actor, activist
* Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer
* Kathleen Quinlan, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, Oliver Stone's The Doors)
* Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian
* Bonnie Raitt, singer
* Reminisce, street artist, sculptor
* Marc Reisner, environmentalist, author
* Howard Rheingold, author
* Meghan Rienks, actress
* Hal Riney, advertising executive
* Jason Roberts, author
* Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist
* Chris Robinson (singer), singer, The Black Crowes
* Brande Roderick, model and actress
* Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist
* Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author
* George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer
* Joe Ryan Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
* Kay Ryan, United States Poet Laureate
* Dana Sabraw, U.S. District Judge
* Mort Sahl, comedian
* Carlos Santana, musician
* Aram Saroyan, poet
* Strawberry Saroyan, novelist
* Michael Savage, conservative radio host
* Eric P. Schmitt, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
* Charles R. Schwab, investor
* Erik Scott, award-winning bass player, musician, writer, producer
* Vic Seixas (born 1923), Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player
* Tupac Shakur, Tamalpais High School, rapper, poet, and actor
* Peter Shor, Tamalpais High School, mathematician, MIT; MacArthur Fellow
* Grace Slick, musician, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship
* Gary Snyder, poet
* Tom Snyder, television talk host
* Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist
* John Stewart, musician, songwriter, Kingston Trio
* David Strathairn, Redwood High School, actor
* Nicholas Suntzeff, Redwood High School, cosmologist, Texas A&M, Gruber Prize in Cosmology
* Lisa Swerling, artist
* Amy Tan, author
* Gage Taylor, visionary artist
* Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for National Public Radio, author
* Twinka Thiebaud, writer and model
* Bill Thompson, Manager of Jefferson Airplane
* Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim)
* Scott Thunes, musician
* Peter Tork, musician, member of The Monkees
* Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer
* Lee Unkrich, employee at Pixar and director of Toy Story 3
* Jean Varda, artist
* Max Venable, baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
* Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres
* Winston Venable, football player for the Chicago Bears
* Vendela Vida, author
* John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic
* Alan Watts, writer
* Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters)
* Bob Weir, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of Grateful Dead
* Lou Welch, poet
* Brett Wickens, designer
* Archie Williams, 1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner
* Robin Williams, actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, Redwood High School graduate
* Tony Williams, drummer
* Cintra Wilson, Tamalpais High School, writer
* Robin Wright, actress
* Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 1980s, "Song for Julia"
* Saul Zaentz, film producer
* Barry Zito, baseball player