The following is a list of notable Orange County residents, past and present:

Scott Aukerman, comedian, writer
Gene Autry, singer-actor, longtime owner of Angels baseball team (born in Texas)
Avenged Sevenfold, rock band
Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
Jimmy Bennett, actor
Nate Berkus, designer and TV personality
Joey Bishop, comedian and actor (born in Pennsylvania)
Aloe Blacc, singer
James P. Blaylock, fantasy author
Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player
Marlon Brando, film and stage actor (born in Nebraska)
Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company
Jackson Browne, musician
Kobe Bryant, NBA player (born in Pennsylvania)
Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, musician
James Cameron, film director (born in Canada)
Michael Carona, sheriff
Gary Carter, MLB player, member of Hall of Fame
Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey)
Marc Cherry, creator and executive producer of Desperate Housewives
 Dongfan Chung, stole space technology for the People's Republic of China,
Sasha Cohen, figure skater
Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills)
Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman Jim Morrison
Kevin Costner, actor, director
Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman
Allen Craig, baseball player
Valorie Curry, actress
Dick Dale, musician
Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player
Phil Dent, professional tennis player
Kiev (band), indie rock band
Taylor Dent, professional tennis player
Philip K. Dick, author and futurist (born in Illinois)
Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois)
Susan Egan, actress, singer
Sean Faircloth, executive director of Secular Coalition for America, former Majority Whip of Maine House
Jim Fassel, pro football coach
Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar
Will Ferrell, comedian and actor
Julie Foudy, soccer player
Paul Frank, clothes designer
Jeremy Gable, playwright
Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for Al Qaeda, first American charged with treason since 1952
Jim Gilchrist, politician
Cuba Gooding Jr, actor
Bobby Hatfield, singer, the Righteous Brothers (born in Wisconsin)
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)
Dexter Holland, musician and singer (The Offspring)
Phil Hughes, baseball player
Kevin Jepsen, baseball player
Diane Keaton, actress and author (born in Los Angeles)
Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team
Dean Koontz, horror author (born in Pennsylvania)
Mark Kotsay, baseball player
Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
Devinn Lane, porn star
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
Crystal Lewis, Christian singer
Dominic Lucero, Actor and dancer
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
Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer
Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach
Ian Mitchell, of the Bay City Rollers
Mike Ness, a pioneer in O.C. punk music (Social Distortion)
Richard Nixon, Vice President and 37th President of the United States
Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist
Alex Odeh, murdered Arab-American activist
Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter
Donny Osmond, singer and actor (born in Utah)
Lee Harvey Oswald, presumed assassin of John F. Kennedy (stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9)
Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
Jessica Rey, actress
Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey)
Jim Rome, sports radio personality
Gabe Rosales, guitarist, bassist, and rapper
Keri Russell, actress
Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player
Samoa Joe, multi-time world heavyweight professional wrestling champion
Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback
Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion.
Robert Schuller, clergyman, ministry based in Garden Grove (born in Iowa)
Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP
Andrew Sims, Harry Potter site, MuggleNet President and MuggleCast host
Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt
Jeffree Star, internet celebrity
Super Dragon, professional wrestler
Kristy Swanson, actress
Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer
Cornelia ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
Jeff Timmons, founder, singer and producer of 98 Degrees
Matt Treanor, baseball player
Lisa Tucker, singer
Toni Turner, author
Milo Ventimiglia, actor
Peter Vidmar, gymnast
John Wayne, iconic film actor; Orange County airport named for him (born in Iowa)
C. J. Wilson, baseball player
Tiger Woods, professional golfer
Lee Soon-kyu, singer and member of Girls' Generation.

References

 
Orange County