# 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.

## Sports

* Luis Aguilar: soccer player
* Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long-distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
* Alan Ashby: former professional baseball catcher
* Quinton Bell: National Football League player
* Ken Block: professional rally driver, co-founder of DC Shoes
* Milton Bradley: baseball player
* Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist
* Kifi Cabrera: soccer player
* Antoine Cason: football player
* Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
* J. P. Crawford: Major League Baseball player
* Travis d'Arnaud: Major League Baseball player
* Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
* Landry Fields: former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and currently the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks
* Bobby Grich: baseball player
* Chris Gwynn: baseball player
* Tony Gwynn: Hall of Fame baseball player
* Sara Hughes: beach volleyball player
* Jason Kapono: basketball player
* Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
* Billie Jean King: tennis Grand Slam winner
* Doug Krikorian: sportswriter
* Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
* Tammy Leibl: beach volleyball player
* Bob Lemon: baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
* Ed Lytle: baseball player
* 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, three-time Super Bowl champion
* Tommy Nance: Major League Baseball pitcher
* Matt Nieto: ice hockey player
* Marquez Pope: National Football League figure
* Beans Reardon: baseball umpire
* Charles Roberts: CFL running back
* Brian Scalabrine: basketball player
* Matt Treanor: baseball player
* Justin Turner: baseball third baseman
* Chase Utley: baseball player
* Carl Weathers: football player and actor
* Russell Westbrook: basketball player
* Christian Wood: basketball player

## Entertainment

* Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry
* Russell Allen: member of progressive metal band Symphony X
* Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
* Bad Azz: hip hop artist
* J Boog: American Samoan reggae singer
* Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)
* Nicolas Cage: actor
* George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
* Dick Christie: actor
* Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
* Helios Creed: guitarist and singer
* Shane Dawson: YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician
* Tray Deee: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz
* Bo Derek: actress
* Scott Devours: drummer and songwriter
* Cameron Diaz: actress
* Nate Dogg: rapper, songwriter, and singer
* Snoop Dogg: songwriter, actor, and rapper
* Domino: rapper
* The Dove Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group
* Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
* Kayla Ewell: actress
* Paloma Ford: R&B singer
* Warren G: songwriter and rapper
* Giveon: singer and songwriter
* Allie Goertz: musician and writer
* Goldie Loc: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz
* Isidora Goreshter: actress
* half•alive (consisting of musicians Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J. Tyler Johnson): indie pop band
* Jeff Hanneman: Slayer guitarist
* Ricky Harris: actor and producer
* Donna Hilbert: poet
* James Hilton: author, wrote 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
* Kap G: Mexican-American rapper
* Sally Kellerman: actress
* DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor
* Greg Laswell: musician
* David Lau: poet
* Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
* LBC Crew (consisting of rappers Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style, and Techniec)
* Laurie Lewis: singer and musician
* Camryn Manheim: actress
* Andy Martin: jazz trombonist
* Jennette McCurdy: former actress; author
* Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
* Robert Mitchum: actor
* Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
* Manny Montana: actor
* Bradley Nowell: lead singer and guitarist for the band Sublime
* Frank Ocean: singer, songwriter, and rapper
* Frances O'Connor: sideshow performer, without arms
* Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta
* Paulina Peavy: artist, inventor, painter, designer, sculptor, poet, writer, and lecturer
* Yolanda Pérez: singer-songwriter
* Rival Sons: rock band
* Jenni Rivera: singer, television personality
* Lupillo Rivera: Mexican-American singer and songwriter
* Peggy Ryan: dancer and actress
* Upton Sinclair: author
* Dylan and Cole Sprouse: actors, The Suite Life on Deck
* Vince Staples: rapper
* Michael Stuhlbarg: actor
* Norma Tanega: folksinger-songwriter
* Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
* Tiffani Thiessen: actress
* Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician with Black Flag
* Brooks Wackerman: musician, songwriter and drummer
* Maitland Ward: actress
* Sandy West: singer and drummer
* Adrian Young: musician, songwriter and drummer

## Other

* Elizabeth Milbank Anderson: philanthropist and advocate for public health and women's education; her house is now the Long Beach Museum of Art
* Charlie Beck: retired LAPD chief
* Jacqueline Bishop: artist
* Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist (wife of Norman Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
* Bayless Conley: televangelist
* Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
* William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
* George Deukmejian: governor of California, 1983–1991
* Lon Milo DuQuette: writer
* Tarek El Moussa: real estate investor and television personality
* John Mack Faragher: American historian and author
* Tyler Haney, founder of Outdoor Voices
* Edwin J. Hill: Medal of Honor recipient
* Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage
* Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
* Paula Jones: civil servant
* Isaac C. Kidd: Medal of Honor recipient
* Charleen Kinser: toy designer
* Greg Laurie: televangelist
* Richard H. Leigh: four-star admiral
* Annabel Parlett McMillin: First Lady of Guam
* Frank Merriam: governor of California, 1934–1939
* Opie Ortiz: artist
* William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
* Mark Ragins: psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the Village ISA
* Julio Salgado: Mexican artist
* San Kim Sean: martial artist
* Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim (originally from Boston, Massachusetts)
* Meredith Thompson: law enforcement special agent
* Matt Welch: blogger and journalist
* Grace Olive Wiley: herpetologist best known for her work with venomous snakes