This is a list of people from Santa Monica, California.

Jay Adams, skateboarder
Amy Alcott, professional golfer
Britt Allcroft, creator and former producer of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series
Rod Allen, TV color commentator for Detroit Tigers (Fox Sports Detroit)
Tony Alva, skateboarder
Tiffanie Anderson, singer
Tom Anderson, founder of MySpace
Warner Anderson, actor on The Lineup 
Kenneth Anger, filmmaker and author
David Anspaugh, film director
Sean Astin, actor, director, and producer
Don Bachardy, painter
John Baldessari, artist
Frank Edmund Beatty, Jr., U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
Sean Berry, Major League Baseball player for five teams
Big Sean, rapper 
Jack Black, musician and actor
Steven Blum, voice actor
Judy Blumberg, figure skater, U.S. ice dancing champion
Brennan Boesch, Major League Baseball player
Jeff Bollow, author, filmmaker
Ryan Braun, Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers
Jeanie Buss, Los Angeles Lakers executive
Juan José Carrillo, first mayor of Santa Monica, L.A. Police Chief, politician and judge
George Cates, composer and conductor
Geraldine Chaplin, actress
Buff Cobb, actress, television personality
Mike Colbern, baseball player
Don Collier, western film and television actor
Nichole Cordova, singer
Marcia Cross, actress, Desperate Housewives
Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
Carson Daly, television personality
Larry David, actor, screenwriter, producer, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Scott Davis, tennis player
Alexis Denisof, actor
Troy Donahue, actor
Dody Dorn, film and sound editor
Elonka Dunin, game developer
Bob Dylan, iconic musician
Emilio Estevez, actor and director
Dwight Evans, MLB player
Shelley Fabares, actress and singer
Ed Fallon, Iowa politician
Miguel Ferrer, actor
Bobbi Fiedler, congresswoman
Kai Forbath, NFL kicker
Bonnie Franklin, actress, One Day at a Time
Lynette Fromme, criminal
John Frusciante, musician, guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
Helen K. Garber, photographer
Frank Gehry, architect
Frank Gifford, football player and sportscaster
Sara Gilbert, actress and television personality
Justin Gimelstob, tennis player and commentator
Helen Golay, convicted murderess
Adam Goldberg, actor
Elizabeth Glaser, deceased wife of actor Paul Glaser
Carole Caldwell Graebner, tennis player
Jennifer Grant, actress and writer
Brian Grazer, Oscar-winning film and television producer
Paul Haggis, Oscar-winning screenwriter
Edward Hanks, junior American football player of San Francisco 49ers
Alyson Hannigan, actress
Mariska Hargitay, actress
Dan Harrington, poker player
Horace Heidt, 1940s bandleader
Christy Hemme, professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Derek Hill, racing driver
Darby Hinton, actor
Jason Hirsh, baseball player
Peter Hobbs, actor
Tony Horton, fitness guru
Brian Horwitz, MLB outfielder for the San Francisco Giants
Anjelica Huston, Oscar-winning actress 
Tom Jones, singer
Tommy Kendall, NASCAR driver
Cory Kennedy, It girl, fashion model
Apollonia Kotero, actress, model, dancer, and singer
Lorenzo Lamas, actor
Andrew Lauer, actor
Christopher Lawford, actor and author
Tim Leary, former MLB player
Jun Hee Lee, actor
June Lockhart, actress
Mark Loretta, MLB player
Kevin Love, NBA player for Cleveland Cavaliers
Torey Lovullo, Boston Red Sox coach
Lorna Luft, entertainer
Dayton Lummis, actor
Tobey Maguire, actor
Stephen Malkmus, musician
Jenna Marbles, comedian
Teena Marie, singer, songwriter, and producer
Eli Marienthal, actor (American Pie 1 and 2, The Iron Giant, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)
Dave Markey, filmmaker and musician
Dean Paul Martin, musician and actor
Chris Masters, professional wrestler
Benjamin McKenzie, actor
Natalie Mejia, singer
Kevin Millar, MLB player
Rick Monday, MLB player and Dodgers radio broadcaster
Coco Montoya, blues guitarist, formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Gussie Moran, tennis player
Jon Moscot, Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
John Forbes Nash, Jr., Nobel prize recipient, arrested when lived here, subject of A Beautiful Mind
Gunnar Nelson, musician
Tracy Nelson, actress
Grant Nordman, Canadian politician
Michael Nozik, filmmaker
Parry O'Brien, two-time Olympic shot put gold medalist
Douglas F. O'Neill, thoroughbred horse trainer 
Susan Olsen, actress
Alan Pasqua, jazz musician
Aaron Paul, actor
Chris Penn, actor
Sean Penn, Oscar-winning actor and director
Rob Picciolo, MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, and Oakland Athletics
Tyler Posey, actor
Joshua Prager, physician, leader in field of neuromodulation and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Robert Redford, actor, director, producer, philanthropist
Randy Rhoads, musician, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne
Christina Ricci, actress
Ashley Roberts, singer
Brittney Rogers, Miss Louisiana USA 2003
Erin Sanders, actress
Chrystina Sayers, singer
Lawrence Scarpa, architect
Nicole Scherzinger, singer
June Schofield, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Mike Scott, MLB pitcher, Cy Young Award winner
Sandra Seacat, actor and acting coach
E. C. Segar, cartoonist, creator of Popeye
Charlie Sheen, actor
Bobby Sherman, singer and actor
Bobby Shriver, attorney and politician
Cole and Dylan Sprouse, actors
Martin Starr, actor
Neil Strauss, writer and journalist
Gloria Stuart, actress and artist
Kristal Summers, porn star
Jessica Sutta, singer
Amber Tamblyn, actress
Shirley Temple, iconic actress and diplomat
Melody Thornton, singer
Robert Trujillo, musician, Metallica bassist
Amber Valletta, model
Leonor Varela, actress and model
Suzanne Vega, songwriter and singer
Wolfgang Van Halen, rock bassist, son of Eddie Van Halen and nephew of Alex Van Halen
Jack Webb, actor, producer and director
James L. White, screenwriter (Ray)
Joseph Williams, singer and film score composer
Vanness Wu, actor, singer, band member of F4
Trifun Zivanovic, figure skater

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