# California (disambiguation)

California is the most populous state in the United States.
California may also refer to:

## Arts and entertainment
### Film and television

* California (1927 film), an American Western silent film by W.S. Van Dyke
* California (1947 film), an American Western by John Farrow
* California (1963 film), an American Western by Hamil Petroff
* California (1977 film), an Italo-Spanish Spaghetti Western by Michele Lupo
* California Carlson, a sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy
* Robert California, a character on the American TV sitcom The Office

### Music

* California, a 1973–1985 pop rock band featuring Les Fradkin

#### Albums

* California (American Music Club album), 1988
* California (Blink-182 album) or the title song, 2016
* California (The Electric Prunes album), 2004
* California (Gianna Nannini album) or the title song, 1979
* California (Mr. Bungle album), 1999
* California (Wilson Phillips album), 2004
* California (Datarock EP) or the title song, 2011
* California (Diplo EP), 2018
* California, by Riverdogs, 1990

#### Songs

* "California" (Amelia Lily song), 2014
* "California" (Belinda Carlisle song), 1997
* "California" (Big & Rich song), 2017
* "California" (Delta Spirit song), 2012
* "California" (Joni Mitchell song), 1971
* "California" (Lenny Kravitz song), 2004
* "California" (Mylène Farmer song), 1995
* "California" (Phantom Planet song), 2002
* "California" (Usher song), 2020
* "California" (Wave song), 2001
* "California", by Beabadoobee from This Is How Tomorrow Moves, 2024
* "California", by Bob Dylan from NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack - Vol. 2, 2009
* "California", by Chappell Roan from The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
* "California", by Childish Gambino from "Awaken, My Love!", 2016
* "California", by Chuck Berry from Rockit, 1979
* "California", by CHVRCHES from Screen Violence, 2021
* "California", by Debby Boone from Midstream, 1978
* "California", by Eddie Meduza from West a Fool Away, 1984
* "California", by Grimes from Art Angels, 2015
* "California", by Hollywood Undead from Swan Songs, 2008
* "California", by James Blunt from The Afterlove, 2017
* "California", by John Mayall from The Turning Point, 1969
* "California", by Keith Stegall, 1985
* "California", by Lana Del Rey from Norman Fucking Rockwell!, 2019
* "California", by Lorde from Solar Power, 2021
* "California", by Low from The Great Destroyer, 2005
* "California", by Manafest from Stories Since Seventy Nine, 2012
* "California", by Mazzy Star from Seasons of Your Day, 2013
* "California", by Metro Station from Metro Station, 2007
* "California", by Never Shout Never from What Is Love?, 2010
* "California", by Oliver Tree from Cowboy Tears, 2022
* "California", by Rich Brian, Niki, and Warren Hue, 2021
* "California", by Rufus Wainwright from Poses, 2001
* "California", by Semisonic from Feeling Strangely Fine, 1998
* "California", by Silverstein from This Is How the Wind Shifts, 2013
* "California", by Stan Rogers from Northwest Passage, 1981
* "California", by The Band Camino, 2017
* "California", by The Growlers, 2017
* "California", by Tim McGraw from Damn Country Music, 2015
* "California", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Songs and Music from "She's the One", 1996
* "California", by twlv, 2020
* "California", by Wax from 13 Unlucky Numbers, 1995
* "California", by the Wedding Present from Hit Parade 1, 1992
* "California", by Wild Strawberries from Bet You Think I'm Lonely, 1994
* "California", by Winds of Plague from Against the World, 2011
* "California", by Withered Hand from New Gods, 2014
* "California (The Way I Say I Love You)", by Good Charlotte from Generation Rx, 2018
* "California (There Is No End to Love)", by U2 from Songs of Innocence, 2014

### Other arts and entertainment

* California, a fictitious island in the novel Las sergas de Esplandián
* California (novel), by Edan Lepucki
* California (sculpture), a marble sculpture by Hiram Powers
* California-class starship from Star Trek Lower Decks

## Naval vessels

* USS California, a list of U.S. Navy ships
* California-class cruiser, a class of two U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers
* ARM California, a list of Mexican Navy ships

## People

* California Molefe (born 1980), Botswanan runner
* California Odha Zertuche Díaz (1923–1991), Mexican civil engineer
* Randy California (1951–1997), American musician, band member of Spirit

## Places
### Regions and historical territories

* California Republic, a short-lived state declared during the Mexican–American War
* The Californias or Las Californias, a region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule
* Province of Las Californias, a province of New Spain, encompassing the region and further areas
* California Department, a department of the Second Mexican Empire (1863−1865)
* Roman Catholic Diocese of California, formerly a residential episcopal see and currently a titular see of the Catholic Church
* Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island

### Municipalities and neighborhoods
#### United Kingdom

* California, Bedfordshire, a hamlet
* California, Berkshire, a village
* California, Birmingham, a suburban area of Birmingham
* California, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet
* California, Derby, an inner-city area of Derby
* California, Falkirk, a village
* California, Ipswich, Suffolk
* California, Norfolk, a seaside resort

#### United States

* California City, California
* California, Kentucky, a city
* California, Louisville, Kentucky, a neighborhood
* California, Maine, an unincorporated community
* California, Maryland, a census-designated place and community
* California Township, Michigan
* California, Missouri, a city
* Califon, New Jersey, originally named California, a borough
* California, Cincinnati, a neighborhood within Cincinnati, Ohio
* Big Plain, Ohio, originally named California
* California, Pennsylvania, a borough
* California, West Virginia, a ghost town

#### Other municipalities and neighborhoods

* Califórnia, Paraná, Brazil
* California, Ontario, Canada
* California, Santander, Colombia
* California, Usulután, El Salvador
* La California, Tuscany, Italy
* California, Ubay, Bohol, Philippines
* California, Trinidad and Tobago

### Outer space

* California Nebula
* 341 California, an asteroid

### Other places

* Gulf of California, a body of water between the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican mainland

## Education

* University of California, a public university system
** California Golden Bears, the athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley
* California University of Science and Medicine, Colton, California
* California University of Pennsylvania, a former name of the University of Western Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania,
** California Vulcans, the athletic programs of the University of Western Pennsylvania in California
* California High School (San Ramon, California)
* California High School (Whittier, California)
* California Elementary School, Orange Unified School District, Orange, California

## Transportation
### Land vehicles

* Ferrari California, a convertible
* Moto Guzzi California, a motorcycle
* Volkswagen California, a passenger van
* Chevrolet Corvette 305 "California," the version of the 1980 Chevrolet Corvette sold in California
* Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder, aka Ferrari 250 California, a roadster
* Ferrari 365 California, a convertible model of the Ferrari America series

### Ships

* SS California, a list of ships
* California, a small sailing ship used during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746

### Chicago Transit Authority stations

* California station (CTA Blue Line)
* California station (CTA Congress Line), an abandoned station on the Congress Line (now part of the Blue Line)
* California station (CTA Green Line)
* California station (CTA Pink Line)

### Other stations

* La California station, a station of Caracas metro

## Other uses

* Hotel California (disambiguation)
* California magazine, a magazine published by the Cal Alumni Association
* California macrophylla, a plant species in the family Geraniaceae