The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.

Partial list of notable people from or near Long Beach

Russell Allen: vocalist for the progressive metal band Symphony X
Chris Andersen: NBA player
D. James Baker: scientist
James Robert Baker: author
Brice Beckham: actor, ABC's Mr. Belvedere
James Blaylock: fantasy and science-fiction author
Barbara Britton: actress
Bobby Burgess: dancer, The Lawrence Welk Show, one of the original Mouseketeers 
Jeff Burroughs: MLB player, 1974 American League MVP and coach of Little League World Series champions
Nicolas Cage: Oscar-winning actor
Eva LaRue Callahan: actress, ABC's All My Children,  CBS' CSI: Miami
Jeff Carlson: former NFL quarterback
Antoine Cason: NFL player
Lana Clarkson: actress, homicide victim in case involving Phil Spector
Robert Colbert: actor, ABC's The Time Tunnel
Milton William Cooper: author, radio broadcaster
Don Coscarelli: film director
Crooked I: hip-hop artist
Percy Daggs III: actor, UPN's Veronica Mars 
William E. Dannemeyer: Orange County politician
Dick Davis: MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Pittsburgh Pirates
Shane Dawson: internet celebrity
Zach de la Rocha: lead singer of Rage Against the Machine, 1991–2000, 2007–present
Bo Derek: actress
Cameron Diaz: actress 
Daz Dillinger: hip-hop artist
Fannie Charles Dillon: composer
Nate Dogg: hip-hop artist
Snoop Dogg: hip-hop artist
John Dykstra: 1978 Academy Award winner in Visual Effects (for Star Wars)
Emerson Etem: NHL player
Kathy Garver: actress, Family Affair
Floyd "Bud" Gaugh: drummer for bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Eyes Adrift
Earl C. Gay, Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–1945
Frances Gifford: actress
Bob Goen: television personality, game show host, TV anchor and reporter for Entertainment Tonight
Gary Graham: actor, Alien Nation
Jack Grisham: founder and vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty)
Tony Gwynn: baseball Hall of Famer, raised in Long Beach
Tony Gwynn, Jr.: MLB player
Dave Hansen: MLB player
Matthew Harper, California State Assemblyman, 74th District, and the 59th Mayor of Huntington Beach (2013-2014)
Aaron Hicks: MLB Player for the Minnesota Twins
Ronnie Hillman: NFL player
Tyler Houston: MLB player
Todd Husak: NFL player
DeSean Jackson: NFL player
Spike Jones: bandleader and comedian
Winston Justice: NFL player
Sally Kellerman: actress
Terry Kennedy: pro skateboarder
Billie Jean King: tennis Hall of Famer
Vania King: tennis player
Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
William Joseph Levada: Pro-Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Catholic Church
Lil ½ Dead: hip-hop artist
Andrea Lowell: model
Dan Lungren: Republican politician
Craig MacIntosh: artist of syndicated comic strip Sally Forth
Jim Matheny: gridiron football player
Jennette McCurdy: child actress and singer
James McDonald: MLB pitcher
Willie McGinest: NFL player
John Merrick: professional golfer
Bradley Nowell: founder and vocalist of the band Sublime
Frank Ocean: R&B artist and rapper
Arthur Okamura: artist and screen printer associated with the San Francisco Renaissance movement
Luana Patten: actress
Michelle Phillips: singer and actress, The Mamas and the Papas
Sheldon Rampton: editor of PR Watch
Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Banda music artist
Tim Salmon: Major League Baseball player, 1993 Rookie of the Year
Brian Scalabrine: NBA player
Kate Schmidt: track-and-field world record holder and Olympian
Jim Slaton: MLB player
Don Slaught: MLB catcher
Sarah Bixby Smith: writer
Vince Staples: hip-hop artist
Billy Strange: musician, The Wrecking Crew
Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
Chuck Terry: NBA player
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen: actress
George Timberlake: NFL player
Justin Turner: MLB player
Twinz: hip-hop artists
Julieta Venegas: Mexican pop singer
Donovan Warren: NFL player
Warren G.: hip-hop artist
Matt Welch: journalist
Ron Welty: musician, ex-drummer with The Offspring
Sandy West: musician, drummer The Runaways
Russell Westbrook: NBA player
Eric Wilson: bassist of the bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Long Beach Shortbus
Adrian Young: drummer of band No Doubt
Anthony Zerbe: actor

Partial list of notable residents of Long Beach

Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry
Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
Fatty Arbuckle: actor
Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Bad Azz: hip hop artist
Theda Bara: actress
Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group
Milton Bradley: baseball player
Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist
Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)
Dan Castellaneta: actor and voice actor
Mary Castle: actress 
George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist, wife of Norman Chandler (publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
William John Cox:  public interest attorney, author and political activist
Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
Tray Deee: rapper
George Deukmejian: Governor of California, 1983–1991
Cameron Diaz: actress
Don Dixon: astronomical artist
Domino: rapper
Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
Walt Faulkner: race car driver
Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
Bobby Grich: baseball player
Chris Gwynn: baseball player
Tony Gwynn: baseball player
Donna Hilbert: poet
James Hilton: author, wrote the 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
Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage
Paula Jones
DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor
Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
Doug Krikorian: sportswriter, author of Between the Bylines: The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles's Most Colorful Sports Journalist
Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
Bob Lemon: baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
Ed Lytle: baseball player
Joe Maddon: Major League Baseball manager
Bill Maher: actor, comedian, talk show host
Camryn Manheim: actress
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
Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
Frank Merriam: Governor of California, 1934–1939
Robert Mitchum: actor
Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta
Marquez Pope: National Football League figure
William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
Nick Pugh: artist and designer
Rodney Allen Rippy: actor
Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim in notorious case
Upton Sinclair: author
Dylan and Cole Sprouse: teen actors, The Suite Life on Deck
Matt Treanor: baseball player
Brendon Urie: musician, Panic At The Disco
Chase Utley: baseball player
Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician Black Flag
John Wayne: iconic actor
Carl Weathers: football player and actor
Wheely Willy: celebrity dog, featured in children's books

Related pages
Lists of alumni
 California State University, Long Beach#Notable faculty
 California State University, Long Beach#Notable alumni

References

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