List of people from Los Angeles

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or from the city of Los Angeles, California, USA. Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos .

A

 Jensen Ackles -actor, director
 Paula Abdul – singer, choreographer, former Laker Girl
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player with UCLA and the Los Angeles Lakers (born in New York)
 Forrest J Ackerman – collector and influential science fiction fan
 Carol Adams – silent-film actress
 Ben Affleck – actor and director (born in Berkeley)
 Jhené Aiko – singer-songwriter
 Mark Anchor Albert – noted attorney, philanthropist, impresario and lay Catholic leader 
 Anthony Anderson - actor, comedian
 Merrill K. Albert – noted trial lawyer and author
 Gary Alexander – professional baseball player
 Gloria Allred – attorney (born in Pennsylvania)
 Francia Almendárez – actress
 Herb Alpert – musician, composer, producer
 Andrea Anderson – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Billy Anderson, NFL player
 Garret Anderson – professional baseball player
 Paul Thomas Anderson – screenwriter, film director
 Ariane Andrew – wrestler, valet for World Wrestling Entertainment
 Mike Andrews – baseball player
 Angelyne – "celebrity"
 Jennifer Aniston – actress
 Christina Applegate – actress
 Anne Archer – actress
 Army Archerd – columnist for Variety (born in New York)
 Desi Arnaz Jr. – actor, musician
 Lucie Arnaz – actress, singer
 Emmett Ashford – baseball umpire
 Nnamdi Asomugha – professional football player for the Oakland Raiders
 Mackenzie Astin – actor
 Sean Astin – actor (born in Santa Monica)
 Gene Autry – singer, actor, L.A. museum and baseball team owner (born in Texas)
 Roy Ayers – funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player

B

 Judy Baca – muralist
 Fay Bainter – actress
 Diane Baker – actress
 Ireland Baldwin – model
 Alex Band – singer, musician
 Charles Band – director, producer
 Tyra Banks – fashion model (born in Inglewood)
 Phineas Banning – founder of Wilmington, Los Angeles
 Andrea Barber – actress
 Drew Barrymore – actress (born in Culver City)
 John Drew Barrymore – actor
 Eddie Barth – actor and voiceover artist
 Paul L. Bates – commander of the first black tank battalion to fight in World War II
 Earl Battey (1935–2003) – major league baseball player
 Gordon Bau (1907–1975) – Hollywood make-up artist with Warner Brothers Studios
 Michael Bay – film director
 Warren Beatty – actor, director (born in Virginia)
 Beck – singer
 Ed Begley, Jr. – actor
 Jim Bellows – editor (born in Michigan)
 John Beradino – major league baseball player and actor
 Justin Berfield – actor
 Candice Bergen – actress
 Busby Berkeley – choreographer, film director
 Corbin Bernsen – actor
 Steve Beuerlein – pro football player
 Beyoncé – singer
 Barbara Billingsley – actress
 Camille Billops – artist, film director
 Thora Birch – actress
 Whitney Blake – actress
 Francesca Lia Block – author
 David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player
 Betty Blythe – actress
 Kyle Boller – football player
 William "Big Bill" Bonelli – Los Angeles City Councilman (1927–1929), notably corrupt member of State Board of Equalization, fugitive
 Chaz Bono – gay rights activist
 Richard Boone – actor
 Kate Bosworth – actress
 Leigh Brackett – writer
 Ray Bradbury – writer
 Milton Bradley – professional baseball player
 Tom Bradley – 38th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1973 – June 30, 1993)
 Tom Brady - professional football player
 Ryan Braun – professional baseball player
 Tamar Braxton - singer
 Toni Braxton - singer
 Leo Breithaupt – auto racer
 Nicholas Brendon – actor
 Eileen Brennan – actress
 Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 Beau Bridges – actor
 Jeff Bridges – actor
 Lance Briggs – pro football player
 Earl Alonzo Brininstool – cowboy poet
 Eli Broad – businessman
 James Brolin – actor
 Josh Brolin – actor
 Albert Brooks – actor, screenwriter, director
 Luke Brooks  * Janoskians– The Janoskians, Actor,Singer,Entertainer  
 Jai Brooks * Janoskians - band, Actor, Singer, Entertainer
 Beau Brooks * Janoskians - band, Singer, Actor, entertainer  
 Alton Brown – chef, Food Network personality
 Helen Gurley Brown – magazine publisher and author
 Julie Brown – actress
 Marc Brown – television newscaster
 Jackson Browne – musician
 Kobe Bryant – Lakers basketball player (born in Pennsylvania)
 Joan Juliet Buck – magazine writer and editor
 Marilyn Buferd – actress, Miss America 1946
 Charles Bukowski – author
 Tim Burton – film director (born in Burbank)
 Jake Busey – actor
 Jeanie Buss, Lakers executive (born in Santa Monica)
 Jerry Buss – owned Lakers, Kings and Sparks teams, Forum Arena (born in Utah)
 Jim Buss, Lakers executive
 Paul Butcher – actor

C

 Scott Caan – actor
 John Cage – composer
 Rory Calhoun – actor
 Stephen J. Cannell – television director, writer, producer
 Lizzy Caplan – actress
 Belinda Carlisle – singer
 Kim Carnes – singer
 Adam Carolla – comedian, actor, entertainer
 David Carradine – actor
 Robert Carradine – actor
 Leo Carrillo – actor
 Johnny Carson – television personality (born in Iowa)
 Matt Cassel – pro football player
 Katie Cassidy – actress
 Patrick Cassidy – actor
 Shaun Cassidy – singer, actor, television producer
 Richard Chamberlain – actor
 Stan Chambers – television news reporter
 Marge Champion – actress, dancer
 Dorothy Buffum Chandler – cultural leader
 Harry Chandler – chief executive of Los Angeles Times
 Norman Chandler – publisher and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Times
 Otis Chandler – transformative publisher of Los Angeles Times 
 Raymond Chandler – author
 Rosalind Chao – actress (born in Anaheim)
 Charlie Chaplin – iconic actor and director, Los Angeles film industry pioneer (born in England)
 Charles Chaplin Jr. – actor
 Sydney Chaplin – actor
 Antonio Chatman – NFL wide receiver
 Eric Chavez – baseball player
 Dorothy Cheney – tennis player
 Jack Chick – evangelist and cartoonist
 Bikram Choudhury – inventor of Bikram Yoga
 Rajashree Choudhury – founder of USA Yoga Federation
 Warren Christopher – diplomat
 Chyna – professional wrestler, model, actress, author
 Liz Claman – CNBC anchor
 Greg Clark – NFL player
 Eldridge Cleaver – writer, activist (born in Arkansas)
 Johnnie Cochran – attorney
 Mickey Cohen – mobster (born in New York)
 Sasha Cohen – figure skater
 Tiffany Cohen – Olympic swimmer (born in Culver City)
 Mindy Cohn – actress
 Natalie Cole – singer
 Fritz Coleman – television meteorologist
 John Ery Coleman – Los Angeles-based painter
 Keo Coleman – NFL player
 Wanda Coleman – poet and writer
 Dorothy Comingore – actress
 Curtis Conway – pro football player
 Ry Cooder – musician, composer
 Jackie Coogan – actor
 Coolio – rap artist
 Dewey Cooper – kickboxer
 Jackie Cooper – actor and director
 Gia Coppola – actress
 Pat Corrales (born 1941) – baseball player
 Miranda Cosgrove actress, singer
 John Cossette – theater and television producer
 Kevin Costner – actor
 Al Cowens (born 1951) – baseball player
 Aaron Cox (born 1965) – football wide receiver
 Nikki Cox – actress
 Robert Crais – novelist (born in Louisiana)
 Johnny Crawford – actor
 Willie Crawford – baseball player
 Richard Crenna – actor, film director
 Coco Crisp – baseball player
 James Cromwell – actor
 David Crosby – musician
 Denise Crosby – actress
 Gary Crosby – actor
 Mary Crosby – actress
 Andraé Crouch – musician
 Jamie Lee Curtis – actress
 Shannon Curtis – musician, singer/songwriter
 Miley Cyrus – singer, actress

D

 Elizabeth Daily – actress
 Harry Danning – major league baseball player
 Frank Darabont – director (born in France)
 Kim Darby – actress
 Ben Davidson – football player
 Baron Davis – basketball player
 Eric Davis – professional baseball player
 Jeff Davis – actor, comedian, singer
 Julienne Davis – actress/singer/model
 Mike Davis – urban theorist and author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear
 Patti Davis – actress, daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan 
 Roxann Dawson – actress
 Frances Dee – actress
 Rick Dees – radio personality (born in Florida)
 Gloria DeHaven – actress
 Oscar De La Hoya – boxer
 Milton DeLugg – composer, bandleader
 John Densmore – musician
 John Derek – actor and director
 Laura Dern – actress
 DeMar DeRozan – basketball player (born in Compton)
 Emily Deschanel – actress
 Zooey Deschanel – actress and singer
 Deuce – singer and rapper
 Leonardo DiCaprio – actor
 Larry Dierker – baseball player and manager
 Roy Edward Disney – television producer
 Walt Disney – animator, film studio and theme park founder (born in Illinois)
 Bobby Doerr (born 1918) – baseball player
 Micky Dolenz – actor and musician
 Eric Dolphy – musician
 Terry Donahue – football coach
 Susan Miller Dorsey – educator
 Kirk Douglas – actor and L.A. philanthropist (born in New York)
 Tony Dow – actor
 Morton Downey Jr. – talk show host
 Robert Downey, Jr. – actor (born in New York)
 Brian Downing – major league baseball player
 Dr. Dre – musician, composer
 Jack Dragna – organized crime figure (born in Sicily)
 Daryl Dragon – musician
 Don Drysdale – Hall of Fame baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
 Teala Dunn  – actress and comedian 
 Jerry Dunphy – television news reporter (born in Wisconsin)
 Tony Duquette – designer
 Clea DuVall – actress
 Jakob Dylan – musician

E

 Kyle Eastwood – musician
 Eazy-E – rapper
 J. W. Eddy – railway engineer, builder of Angels Flight (born in New York)
 Mark Edward – mentalist and psychic entertainer
 India Eisley – actress
 Larry Elder – radio personality
 Danny Elfman – musician and composer
 Jenna Elfman – actress
 John C. Elliott – 39th Governor of American Samoa
 Bret Easton Ellis – novelist
 Dock Ellis – major league baseball player
 John R. Ellis – filmmaker and special effects artist
 Harlan Ellison – science fiction author
 James Ellroy – author
 John Elway – Hall of Fame football player
 Jaime Escalante – educator
 Briana Evigan – actress
 Roger Ewing – actor on Gunsmoke

F

 Shelley Fabares – actress (born in Santa Monica)
 John Fante – author
 Jordan Farmar – basketball player for Los Angeles Clippers
 Richard Farnsworth – actor
 Mia Farrow – actress and activist
 David Faustino – actor
 Raymond E. Feist – author
 Allyson Felix – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
 Robert Fellows – film producer
 Miguel Ferrer – actor (born in Santa Monica)
 Sally Field – actress (born in Pasadena)
 Cecil Fielder – baseball player
 Danielle Fishel – actress 
 Carrie Fisher – actress, writer, producer (born in Beverly Hills)
 Jeff Fisher – NFL coach (born in Culver City)
 Rhonda Fleming – actress
 Dann Florek – actor
 Sean Flynn – actor
 Sean Flynn – journalist
 Nick Folk – NFL kicker (born in Hollywood)
 Bridget Fonda – actress
 Kai Forbath – NFL kicker (born in Santa Monica)
 Harrison Ford – actor (born in Illinois)
 Mary Alice Ford – politician
 Jodie Foster – actress, director and producer
 Sara Foster – actress
 Allen Fox – tennis player and coach
 Bonnie Franklin – actress (born in Santa Monica)
 Linda Fratianne – figure skater
 Stan Freberg – voice actor and comedian
 Jennifer Freeman – actress
 Sherwood Fries – football player for Green Bay Packers

G

 Louis Galen – philanthropist (born in Ohio)
 Harry Gamboa, Jr. – artist
 The Game – rapper and actor
 Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles
 Gil Garcetti – district attorney
 Andrew Garfield – actor
 Judy Garland – singer and actress (born in Minnesota)
 Tay Garnett – film director
 Leif Garrett – singer and actor
 Mike Garrett – football player, athletic director
 John Gavin – actor and ambassador
 Frank Gehry – architect
 Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress (born New York City)
 Genie – feral child
 James Georgopoulos – visual artist
 Mark Geragos – criminal defense attorney
 Gina Gershon – actress
 Balthazar Getty – actor
 Tyrese Gibson – singer-songwriter, actor
 Melissa Gilbert – actress, film director, labor union president
 Glasses Malone – rapper
 Troy Glaus – baseball player (born in Tarzana)
 Sharon Gless – actress
 Joe Gold – founder of Gold's Gym
 Jonathan Gold – Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic for L.A. Weekly and Los Angeles Times
 Tony Goldwyn – actor
 Pancho Gonzales – tennis star
 Dexter Gordon – composer
 Joe Gordon – baseball player and manager
 Joseph Gordon–Levitt – actor
 Gloria Grahame – actress
 Ariana Grande – actress and singer
 Katherine Grant – actress
 Paul Gray – bassist of Slipknot
 Brian Grazer – film and television producer
 David Gregory – television journalist
 Paulina Gretzky – model
 Virginia Grey – actress
 Nash Grier – Vine star
 Griffith J. Griffith — philanthropist, donor of the land for Griffith Park
 Sandi Griffiths – singer
 Josh Groban – singer
 Chris Gwynn – baseball player
 Tony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball player
 Jake Gyllenhaal – actor
 Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress

H

 James Hahn – mayor of Los Angeles 2001–05
 Randa Haines – director, film producer
 H. R. Haldeman – Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff
 Alan Hale Jr. – actor
 Jack Haley Jr. – actor, film director, writer, producer
 Chico Hamilton – jazz drummer
 Armie Hammer – actor
 George Allan Hancock – oilman, real estate developer, donated the La Brea Tarpits to the county of Los Angeles
 Alex Hannum – NBA player and coach
 Darlene Hard – tennis player
 Lula Mae Hardaway – mother and collaborator of Stevie Wonder
 James Harden – professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets
 Mariska Hargitay – actress (born in Santa Monica)
 Mark Harmon – actor (born in Burbank)
 Ray Harryhausen – special effects director
 Noah Hathaway – actor
 Harry Hay – founder of the Mattachine Society
 Julia Sampson Hayward – tennis player
 Chick Hearn – Lakers basketball broadcaster (born in Illinois)
 Hugh Hefner – magazine publisher (born in Illinois)
 Jon Heidenreich – professional wrestler
 George Hendrick – baseball player
 Chuck Henry – television newscaster
Danny Herrera – drummer
 John S. Herrington – cabinet member in Reagan administration
 Barbara Hershey – actress
 Bernardo J. Herzer – founder of LEHR
 Darryl Hickman – actor and studio executive
 Dwayne Hickman – actor
 Robert Hilburn – pop music critic for Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005
 Jonah Hill – actor
 Roy W. Hill – auto mogul and philanthropist
 Carla Anderson Hills – cabinet member in Reagan administration
 Paris Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, DJ (born in New York City)
 Jerome Hines – actor
 Gaynel Hodge – songwriter
 Dustin Hoffman – actor
 Jennifer Holt - actress
 Tim Holt - actor
 Bob Hope – comedian and actor, Toluca Lake resident (born in England)
 James Horner – composer
 Richard Steven Horvitz – voice actor
 Marques Houston – singer
 Bryce Dallas Howard – actress
 Clint Howard – actor (born in Burbank)
 Ron Howard – director and actor (born in Oklahoma)
 C. Thomas Howell – actor
 Kate Hudson – actress
 Howard Hughes – aviation pioneer and film producer (born in Iowa)
 D.L. Hughley – actor, comedian
 Bob Humphreys – football player
 William Hung – American Idol contestant
 Helen Hunt – actress (born in Culver City)
 Anjelica Huston – actress (born in Santa Monica)
 Timothy Hutton – actor (born in Malibu)
 Aldous Huxley – author (born in England, died in Los Angeles)

I
 Ice Cube – musician, composer, actor
 Grant Imahara – MythBusters
 Joe Inoue – singer
 Lance Ito – judge (presided over the O.J. Simpson Trial)

J

 Hue Jackson – NFL coach
 Melvin Jackson – football player
 Michael Jackson – singer (born in Indiana)
 Michael Jackson – L.A. radio personality (born in England)
 Edmund Jaeger – naturalist
 Etta James – singer
 Jan and Dean – 1960s singing duo
 Jay Z – rapper
 Kendall Jenner – television star, model, celebrity
 Kylie Jenner – television star, model, celebrity
 Kermit Johnson – football player
 Keyshawn Johnson – football player and TV commentator
 Magic Johnson – Lakers basketball star, Dodgers co-owner (born in Michigan)
 Nora Johnson – author
 Angelina Jolie – actress
 Wesley Jonathan – actor, played Jamal Grant on City Guys
 Jack Jones – singer
 Jerome Jones – hip-hop artist
 Jerry Jones – football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
 Jimmie Jones – American football player
 Marion Jones – athlete, winner of five medals at 2000 Summer Olympics
 Rashida Jones – actress
 Florence Griffith Joyner – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
 Ashley Judd – actress (born in Granada Hills)
 Nicole Jung – member of South Korean girl group KARA
 Bob Jury – NFL player
 Victoria Justice – actress, singer

K

 Ryan Kalish – baseball player
 Diop Kamau – civil rights activist
 Gabe Kapler – baseball player
 Khloé Kardashian – socialite, model, actress, television star and businessperson
 Kim Kardashian – socialite, model, actress, television star and businessperson
 Kourtney Kardashian – socialite, model, television star, actress, and businessperson
 William Katt – actor
 Chris Kattan – actor, comedian
 Julie Kavner – actress, voice actor
 Zoe Kazan – actress
 Diane Keaton – actress
 Michael Keaton – actor (born in Pennsylvania)
 Keb' Mo' – blues singer, guitarist, songwriter
 Val Keckin – football player
 Minka Kelly – actress
 Jack Kemp – football player, politician
 Asa Keyes – LA County district attorney and criminal
 Val Kilmer – actor
 Holly King – actress
 Kerry King – guitarist of Slayer
 Abbot Kinney – founder of Venice, California
 Jack Kirby – football player
 Jimmy Knepper – jazz musician
 Suge Knight – record producer
 Ty Knott – football coach
 Sandy Koufax – baseball pitcher with Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (born in New York)
 Dave Koz – composer, musician (born in Encino)
 Zoe Kravitz – actress
 Robby Krieger – musician
 Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher (born in San Gabriel)
 Candi Kubeck – captain of ValuJet Flight 592
 Lisa Kudrow – actress
 Sheila Kuehl – actress and politician
 Henry Kuttner – writer
Kamran Razmdjoo – fashion stylists

L

 Shia LaBeouf – actor
 Matthew Laborteaux – actor
 Patrick Labyorteaux – actor
 Marcel Lachemann – baseball player and manager
 Rene Lachemann – baseball player and manager
 Alan Ladd, Jr. – film director, film producer
 John Lahr – critic
 Kendrick Lamar – rapper
 Bill Lancaster – screenwriter
 Juliet Landau – actress
 Christopher B. Landon – screenwriter
 Ken Landreaux – baseball player
 Tom Lasorda – Hall of Fame Dodgers manager (born in Pennsylvania)
 Barry Latman – baseball player
 Jason Scott Lee – actor
 Michele Lee – actress
 Janet Leigh – actress (born in Merced)
 Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress
 Chris Lemmon – actor
 The Lennon Sisters – singing group
 Kay Lenz – actress
 Kawhi Leonard – basketball player
 Logan Lerman – actor
 Lisa Leslie – USC and Sparks basketball player
 Jared Leto – actor and musician
 Shannon Leto – musician
 Harvey Levin – founder of TMZ
 Adam Levine – lead singer of Maroon 5
 Gary Lewis – musician
 Harry Lewis – actor, restaurateur 
 Juliette Lewis – actress
 Allan Linder – visual artist
 Audra Lindley – actress
 Roger Linn – inventor of the digital drum machine
 Alex D. Linz – actor
 David Lipsky – golfer
 Amber Liu – member of South Korean girl group F(x)
 Blake Lively – actress
 Heather Locklear – actress
 Gary Lockwood – actor (born in Van Nuys)
 John "Juke" Logan – harmonica player and songwriter
 Julie London – singer and actress
 Lauren London – actress
 Jennifer Lopez – singer
 Steve Lopez – columnist for the Los Angeles Times
 Demi Lovato –  singer and actress
 Kevin Love – basketball player (born in Santa Monica)
 Mike Love – singer for the Beach Boys
 Jon Lovitz – actor
 Charles Herbert Lowe – biologist
 Steve Lukather – musician
 Diana Lynn – actress

M

 James MacArthur – actor
 Roger Mahony – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles
 Daron Malakian – musician
 Cheech Marin – comedian, musician, actor
 Scott Marlowe – actor
 Dean Paul Martin – actor (born in Santa Monica)
 Elizabeth Marvel – actress
 Biddy Mason – pioneer African–American businesswoman
 Chris Masters – professional wrestler
 Tim Matheson – actor (born in Glendale)
 Greg Mathews – MLB pitcher
 Clay Matthews – pro football player
 Louis B. Mayer – film mogul (born in Russia)
 A. J. Mayers – Paramount Pictures marketing coordinator; science fiction and crime novelist
 Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player
 Thom Mayne – architect
 Leo McCarey – actor, composer, film director, writer, producer
 Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist
 Gary McCord – golfer, TV commentator (born in San Gabriel)
 Kent McCord – actor
 Maureen McCormick – actress
 Hugh McElhenny – pro football player
 Ron McGovney – bassist of Metallica
 Kristy McNichol – actress
 Katharine McPhee – singer and actress
 Aimee Semple McPherson – pioneering radio evangelist
 Carey McWilliams – writer, editor
 Wendy Melvoin – musician
 Mike Mentzer, professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion
 Lee Meriwether – actress and 1955 Miss America
 Russell Metty – cinematographer
 Jillian Michaels – trainer, TV personality
 Miguel – recording artist
 Tomo Miličević – musician
 Michael Milken – financier and philanthropist
 Kevin Millar – baseball player
 Bob Miller – Kings hockey broadcaster (born in Massachusetts)
 Diane Disney Miller – winery owner, daughter of Walt Disney
 Inger Miller – world and Olympic champion sprinter
 Penelope Ann Miller – actress
 Leon Milo – composer, percussionist and sound artist
 Yvette Mimieux – actress
 Liza Minnelli – actress, singer
 Andrew Mishkin – commander of the Mars rover
 Tyrone Mitchell – murderer
 Christopher Mitchum – actor, writer, film director
 James Mitchum – actor
 Ron Mix – football player
 Mike Moffitt – football player
 Peggy Moffitt – model
 Dick Moje – football player
 Dianna Molzan – painter
 Marilyn Monroe – actress
 Elizabeth Montgomery – actress
 Ray Montgomery – actor
 Warren Moon – football player
 Lisa Moretti – professional wrestler
 Irving J. Moore – television director
 Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) - DJ, producer
 Terry Moore – actress
 Anthony Mora – publicist, playwright
 John Morrison – professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment
 Patt Morrison – newspaper and radio journalist
 William R. Moses – actor
 Walter Mosley – novelist
 Elisabeth Moss – actress
 Paul Moyer – television newscaster
 William Mulholland – engineer, DWP pioneer (born in Ireland)
 Megan Mullally – actress
 Bill Mumy – singer and actor
 Keith Munyan – photographer
 Michael Murphy – actor
 Don Murray – actor
 Eddie Murray – professional baseball player
 Jim Murray – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter (born in Connecticut)
 Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 Murs – rapper
 Elon Musk – entrepreneur

N

 Jordan Nagai – child actor
 Stu Nahan – sportscaster
 Audrey Napoleon – record producer and DJ
 Ricky Nelson – singer and actor (born in New Jersey)
 Laraine Newman – actress
 Randy Newman – composer, musician
 Thomas Newman – composer
 Julie Newmar – actress
 Jack Nicholson – actor (born in New Jersey)
 Jane Nigh – actress
 Larry Niven – science-fiction writer
 Isamu Noguchi – artist
 Jeanette Nolan – actress
 Sheree North – actress
 Diana Nyad – long distance swimmer
 Christian Nyby – film producer, editor, director
 Bill Nye – scientist and TV personality (born in Washington D.C., resides in L.A.)

O

 Rockne S. O'Bannon – film director, writer, producer
 John O'Brien – football player
 Derrick Oden – football player
 Bob Ojeda – baseball player
 Masi Oka – actor
 Daniel Olivas – author, book critic, attorney
 Barret Oliver – actor and photographer
 Kevin Ollie – basketball coach
 Edward James Olmos – actor, writer, producer, director
 Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses
 Griffin O'Neal – actor
 Ryan O'Neal – actor
 Tatum O'Neal – actress
 Emily Osment – actress
 Haley Joel Osment – actor
 Harrison Gray Otis – owner and publisher of Los Angeles Times
 Olivia Hastings Holt - actress, singer

P

 David Paich – musician
 Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
 T. Jefferson Parker – novelist
 William H. Parker – police chief
 Ann Patchett – author
 Audrina Patridge – television personality
 Paula Patton – actress
 Terry Pendleton – baseball player
 Melina Perez – professional wrestler
 Michelle Perry – athlete, world champion hurdler
 Chuck Philips – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative music journalist
 Chynna Phillips – singer
 Mary Pickford — actress, co-founder of United Artists and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (born in Toronto)
 Joy Picus – L.A. City Councilwoman and Ms. Magazine woman of the year in 1985 
 Chris Pine – actor
 Eve Plumb – actress (born in Burbank)
 Lillian Powell – dancer, L.A. teacher and television actress
 Tyrone Power, Jr. – actor
 Stefanie Powers – actress
 Bob Prince – Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster
 Tayshaun Prince – basketball player (born in Compton)
 Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor
 Rain Pryor – actress

Q

 Anthony Quinn – actor

R

 Mike Ragan – actor
 Jacki Randall – artist
 Dennis Rasmussen – professional baseball player
 Johnnie Ray — singer, songwriter, and pianist
 Maureen Reagan – actress, daughter of Ronald Reagan
 Michael Reagan – radio personality, son of Ronald Reagan
 Nancy Reagan – actress, First Lady (born in New York)
 Ron Reagan – television host, ballet dancer, son of Ronald Reagan
 Ronald Reagan – actor and President of the United States (born in Illinois)
 Robert Redford – actor and director (born in Santa Monica)
 Cornelius Redick – NFL player
 Nikki Reed – actress
 Andy Reid – NFL coach
 Debbie Reynolds – actress (raised in Burbank)
 Rhett and Link – YouTube entertainers on shows "Rhett and Link" and "Good Mythical Morning"
 Harold Rhodes – inventor of the Rhodes piano
 Giovanni Ribisi – actor
 Kyle Richards – television personality
 Sally Ride – astronaut
 Bobby Riggs – tennis player
 Amber Riley – actress
 Richard Riordan – former L.A. mayor
 John Ritter – actor (born in Burbank)
 Herb Ritts – photographer
 Naya Rivera – actress and singer
 Clete Roberts – radio-TV journalist (born in Oregon)
 Jackie Robinson – iconic baseball player (raised in Pasadena)
 Jo Ann Robinson – civil rights activist 
 Rachel Robinson – wife of baseball's Jackie Robinson
 Adam Rodríguez – actor and director
 Paul Rodriguez – comedian and actor (born in Compton)
 Paul Rodriguez, Jr. – professional skateboarder
 Kay Rohrer – AAGPBL player
 Mickey Rooney – actor (born in New York)
 Gary Ross – film director
 Katharine Ross – actress
 Tracee E. Ross – actress
 Edward R. Roybal – politician
 Pete Rozelle – longtime NFL commissioner
 John Rubinstein – actor
 Angel Rubio – football player
 Charles Ruggles – actor
 Patrice Rushen – singer, musician
 Andy Russell – singer
 Rene Russo – actress (born in Burbank)
 Brendan Ryan – baseball player
 Gary Ryerson – baseball player

S

 José Saenz – 492nd on the list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
 Katey Sagal – actress
 Halston Sage – actress
 Mort Sahl – comedian
 Albert Saijo – poet
 Susan Saint James – actress
 Jill St. John – actress
 Adela Rogers St. Johns – journalist, screenwriter
 Rubén Salazar – L.A. Times reporter killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during Chicano Moratorium
 Jim Salsbury – professional football player
 Catherine Sandoval – public utilities commissioner, law professor, Rhodes scholar
 Jay Sandrich – film director, film producer
 Donald Sanford – American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
 Dick Sargent – actor
 Ben Savage – actor, director, producer 
 Fred Savage – actor, director (born in Illinois)
 William Schallert – actor
 Ezra Schochet – rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary
 Emily Schulman – actress
 Geoff Schwartz – NFL football player
 Jason Schwartzman – actor, musician
 Byron Scott – basketball player and coach (born in Utah)
 Melody Thomas Scott – actress
 Vin Scully – Dodgers baseball broadcaster (born in New York)
 Jason Segel – actor
 William Nicholas Selig — movie producer and zookeeper 
 David O. Selznick – film producer (born in Pennsylvania)
 Eugene Selznick – Hall of Fame volleyball player
 Serio – rapper
 Karen Sharpe – actress, wife of director/producer Stanley Kramer
 Vinessa Shaw – actress
 Harry Shearer – actor, comedian, musician, composer
 Brad Sherman – congressman
 Richard Sherman – NFL player (born in Compton)
 Larry Sherry – baseball player, 1959 World Series MVP
 Mike Shinoda – musician
 Pauly Shore – comedian and actor
 Elizabeth Short – the "Black Dahlia," victim of the city's most famous unsolved murder
 Robert "Fighting Bob" Shuler – Methodist radio evangelist and political player
 Joel Siegel – film critic
 James Sikking – actor
 Jonathan Silverman – actor
 O.J. Simpson – USC and NFL football player, murder suspect (born in San Francisco)
 Tina Sinatra – producer
 John Singleton – film director, writer, producer
 Slash – Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist
 Leonard Slatkin – conductor
 Erika Slezak – actress
 Alexis Smith – actress (born in Canada)
 Steve Smith, Sr. – NFL wide receiver
 Willow Smith – singer
 Smothers Brothers – entertainers (raised in L.A.)
 Duke Snider – Hall of Fame baseball player
 Snoop Dogg – rap artist
 Hilda Solis – politician, Secretary of Labor in the Barack Obama administration
 Ron Spears – professional football player
 Tori Spelling – actress
 Steven Spielberg – filmmaker
 Robert Stack – actor
 Giancarlo Stanton – baseball player (born in Panorama City)
 Hailee Steinfeld – actress (born in Tarzana)
 Brett Sterling – NHL hockey player
 Donald Sterling – longtime owner of Los Angeles Clippers
 Tisha Sterling – actress
 Adlai Stevenson II – politician
 Kristen Stewart – actress
 Michelle Stith – president, Church of Scientology in Los Angeles
 Dean Stockwell – actor
 Peter Stone – screenwriter
 Madeleine Stowe – actress
 Darryl Strawberry – baseball player
 Woody Strode – actor
 Rider Strong – actor, director 
 Jeff Stryker – pornographic film actor
 Burt Sugarman – film and TV producer
 Frank Sullivan – MLB pitcher
 Cree Summer – actress
 Dale Swann – character actor
 Earl Sweatshirt – rapper, member of OFWGKTA

T

 Miiko Taka – actress
 George Takei – actor
 Amber Tamblyn – actress
 Russ Tamblyn – actor, dancer
 Jeffrey Tambor - actor
 Buck Taylor – actor
 Elizabeth Taylor – actress (UK–born but grew up in Los Angeles)
 Shirley Temple – actress (born in Santa Monica)
 Tere Tereba – fashion designer, writer, actress
 Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach (born in Inglewood)
 Robin Thicke – singer-songwriter
 Lavale Thomas – NFL player
 Bart Thompson – publisher
 Klay Thompson – NBA player
 Kevin Tighe – actor
 Jennifer Tilly – actress
 Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor
 Tone Loc – musician
 Dean Torrence – musician
 Dara Torres – Olympic swimmer (born in Beverly Hills)
 Robert Totten – Gunsmoke television director
 Tamara Toumanova – actress, dancer
 Robert Towne – screenwriter, director, producer
 Helle Trevino – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 Larry Tripplett – football player
 Charlie Tuna – radio personality, unofficial mayor of Tarzana (born in Nebraska)
 Tyga – rapper
 Tyler, The Creator – rapper, producer, director, member of OFWGKTA

U
 Terdema Ussery – CEO of NBA's Dallas Mavericks

V

 Ritchie Valens – musician, composer
 Leslie Van Houten – Charles Manson acolyte
 Gwen Verdon – actress, dancer (born in Culver City)
 Victoria – professional wrestler
 Antonio Villaraigosa – former Mayor of Los Angeles
 Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels

W

 Lindsay Wagner – actress
 Natasha Gregson Wagner – actress
 Robert Wagner – actor (born in Detroit)
 Duffy Waldorf  – professional golfer
 Tyler Walker – NASCAR driver
 Dylan Walsh – actor
 Joseph Wambaugh – LA police officer, novelist
 Burt Ward – actor
 Rick Ware – NASCAR driver
 Earl Warren – Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States
 Casey Wasserman – sports and entertainment figure
 Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins -singer
 Bob Watson – Major League Baseball player and executive
 Henry Waxman – politician
 Patrick Wayne – actor
 Doodles Weaver – comedian
 Jeff Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)
 Jered Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)
Ryn Weaver – singer (born in Salta)
 Jack Webb – actor, television producer (born in Santa Monica)
 Michael Welch – actor
 Jerry West – Lakers basketball player and executive (born in West Virginia)
 Nathanael West – author
 Edward Weston – photographer
 Kitty White – jazz singer
 Sidney Wicks – basketball player
 Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitarist of The Go–Go's, actress
 Louis J. Wilde – 17th Mayor of San Diego, resident (died in Los Angeles)
 William R. Wilkerson – founder of Ciro's, The Hollywood Reporter, Flamingo Hotel (born in Tennessee)
 will.i.am – rapper, producer
 Anson Williams – actor
 Anthony A. Williams – mayor of Washington, D.C.
 Cindy Williams – actress
 Colleen Williams – television newscaster (born in North Carolina)
 Esther Williams – actress, swimmer (born in Inglewood)
 Guy Williams – basketball player
 Serena Williams – tennis player (born in Michigan)
 Venus Williams – tennis player
 Larry Wilmore – television personality
 Brian Wilson – singer, composer (born in Inglewood)
 Rita Wilson – actress, producer
 Paul Winfield – actor
 Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman – professional boxer 
 Anna May Wong – actress
 John Wooden – Hall of Fame basketball UCLA coach (born in Indiana)
 Shailene Woodley – actress (born in Simi Valley)
 Ilene Woods – actress
 Cal Worthington – auto dealer (born in Oklahoma)
 James Worthy – Lakers basketball player and broadcaster (born in North Carolina)
 Dorell Wright – NBA small forward for Golden State Warriors
 Noah Wyle – actor

Y

 Elliott Yamin – singer
 Zev Yaroslavsky – politician
 Sam Yorty – 37th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1961 – July 1, 1973)
 Ace Young – singer
 Nick Young – basketball player
 Robert Clark Young – novelist and Wikipedia "revenge editor"
 Tony Young – actor

Z
 Louis Zamperini – Olympian and war hero (raised in Torrance)
 Richard D. Zanuck – film producer
 Ahmet Zappa – musician
 Dweezil Zappa – musician
 Todd Zeile – baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
 Lance Zeno – NFL player
 Stephanie Zimbalist – actress (raised in L.A.)
Valerie Zimring, rhythmic gymnast

References

California-related lists
Los Angeles