# List of people from Orange County, California

This is a list of notable past and present residents of Orange County.

## Athletics

* Corey Ashe, soccer player
* Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
* Shane Bieber, baseball player
* Kobe Bryant, NBA player (born in Pennsylvania)
* Gary Carter, MLB player, member of Hall of Fame
* Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey)
* Sasha Cohen, figure skater
* Allen Craig, baseball player
* Isaac Curtis, professional football player
* Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player
* Phil Dent, professional tennis player
* Taylor Dent, professional tennis player
* Super Dragon, professional wrestler
* Janet Evans, swimmer
* Jim Fassel, professional football coach
* Julie Foudy, soccer player
* Kyle Harrison (born 2001), baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
* Matthew Hoppe, professional soccer player
* Phil Hughes, baseball player
* Nyjah Huston, professional skateboarder
* Kevin Jepsen, baseball player
* Samoa Joe, multi-time world heavyweight professional wrestling champion
* Magic Johnson, former NBA player
* Stanley Johnson, NBA Player
* Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team
* Mark Kotsay, baseball player
* Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
* Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of Los Angeles Dodgers (born in Pennsylvania)
* Adam LaRoche, Washington Nationals first baseman
* Jason Lee, professional skateboarder and actor
* Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach
* Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter
* Carson Palmer, professional football player
* Aaron Peirsol, swimmer
* Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey)
* Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player
* Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback
* Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion
* Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP
* Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer
* Garry Templeton, professional baseball player
* Matt Treanor, baseball player
* Peter Vidmar, gymnast
* C. J. Wilson, baseball player
* Tiger Woods, professional golfer
* Sara Ramirez, gymnast
* Kalia Pang, roller derby player
* Anthony Aiesi, soccer player
* Chase McQuown, professional skateboarder

## Business

* George Argyros, diplomat, real estate investor
* Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of Lifted Research Group
* Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company
* Dan Caldwell, co-founder of Tapout
* Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman
* Mark Cuban, businessman, investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
* Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois)
* Lucy Dunn, CEO of Orange County Business Council
* Ray Grainger, founder of Mavenlink
* Justin Hartfield, co-founder of Weedmaps
* Reza Jahangiri, CEO of American Advisors Group
* James Jannard, businessman, designer and founder of Oakley Inc.
* Paul Merage, co-founder of Chef America Inc.
* Arturo Moreno, businessman
* Michael Morhaime, businessman, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
* Henry Nicholas, CEO of Broadcom Corporation
* Igor Olenicoff, real estate developer
* Dan Rodrigues, founder of Kareo
* Rodney Sacks, businessman, chairman, and CEO of Monster Beverage
* Henry Samueli, owner of the Anaheim Ducks
* Hilton Schlosberg, businessman
* Henry Segerstrom, entrepreneur
* Vinny Smith, founder of Toba Capital
* Lynsi Snyder, owner of In-N-Out Burger
* Chad Steelberg, businessman
* David Sun, founder of Kingston Technology
* Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx
* William Wang, founder and CEO of Vizio

## Literature

* Gregory Benford, science fiction author and astrophysicist
* Cornelia ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
* James P. Blaylock, fantasy author
* Philip K. Dick, author and futurist (born in Illinois)
* Jeremy Gable, playwright
* Dean Koontz, horror author (born in Pennsylvania)
* Toni Turner, author

## Movies, television and media

* Mitch Hurwitz, writer, creator of Arrested Development
* Scott Aukerman, comedian, writer, host of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast and TV show
* Gene Autry, singer-actor, longtime owner of Angels baseball team (born in Texas)
* Tara Lynne Barr, actress
* Jimmy Bennett, actor
* Nate Berkus, designer and TV personality
* Joey Bishop, comedian and actor (born in Pennsylvania)
* Marlon Brando, film and stage actor (born in Nebraska)
* James Cameron, film director (born in Canada)
* Marc Cherry, creator and executive producer of Desperate Housewives
* Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills)
* Kevin Costner, actor, director
* Valorie Curry, actress
* Heather Dubrow, actress and TV personality on The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in New York)
* Terry Dubrow, plastic surgeon and star of Botched (born in Los Angeles)
* Kyle Echarri, Filipino actor
* Susan Egan, actress, singer
* Will Ferrell, comedian and actor
* Jere Fields, actress
* Yasmeen Fletcher, actress and musician
* Cuba Gooding Jr, actor
* Vicki Gunvalson, TV personality The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Chicago)
* Diane Keaton, actress and author (born in Los Angeles)
* Jeana Keough, TV personality on The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Milwaukee)
* Devinn Lane, porn star
* Penny Marshall, actress and director (born in New York)
* Steve Martin, comedian, actor, author, musician (born in Texas)
* Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
* Scott McGehee, filmmaker
* Tarek El Moussa, TV personality (Flip or Flop)
* Donny Osmond, singer and actor (born in Utah)
* Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
* Jessica Rey, actress
* Shelby Rabara, actress
* Mark Rober, mechanical-engineer, YouTube personality
* Jim Rome, sports radio personality
* Mirela Rupic, costume designer
* Keri Russell, actress
* Emily Skinner, actress
* Roger Craig Smith, voice actor
* Jeffree Star, internet celebrity
* Kristy Swanson, actress
* Milo Ventimiglia, actor
* John Wayne, iconic film actor; Orange County airport named for him (born in Iowa)

## Music

* Avenged Sevenfold, rock band
* Aloe Blacc, singer
* Jackson Browne, musician
* Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, musician
* Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman Jim Morrison
* Dick Dale, musician
* Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar
* Bobby Hatfield, singer, The Righteous Brothers (born in Wisconsin)
* Banks, singer
* Dexter Holland, musician and singer (The Offspring)
* Kiev, indie rock band
* Lee Soon-kyu (English name: Susan Soonkyu Lee), singer and member of Girls' Generation
* Crystal Lewis, Christian singer
* Mike Ness, pioneer in O.C. punk music (Social Distortion)
* Terri Nunn, singer, actress
* Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist
* Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt
* Jeff Timmons, founder, singer and producer of 98 Degrees
* Lisa Tucker, singer
* Brian Tyler, composer, conductor, arranger and producer
* Scott Weiland, lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver
* Noah Urrea, singer, actor and member of Now United
* Yeat, rapper

## Politics

* Sean Faircloth, executive director of Secular Coalition for America, former Majority Whip of Maine House
* Jim Gilchrist, politician
* Richard Nixon, Vice President and 37th President of the United States
* Marian Elaine Walters, politician

## Miscellaneous

* Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player
* Dominic Brooklier, former boss of the Los Angeles crime family
* Michael Carona, sheriff
* Paul Frank, clothes designer
* Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for Al Qaeda, first American charged with treason since 1952
* Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of Indore from 1926 to 1961 (lived in Santa Ana from 1938–9).
* Usha Devi Maharani Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, current ruler of Indore since 1961 (grew up in Santa Ana)
* Sean McMahon, aerospace engineer
* Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer
* Alex Odeh, murdered Arab-American activist
* Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy (stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9)
* Robert Schuller, clergyman, ministry based in Garden Grove (born in Iowa)
* Brett Thomas teenaged spree killer and rapist
* Miranda Weese, ballet dancer