List of people from California

California is a state in the western United States. It has more people than any other state in the United States. If California was a separate country, it would have the sixth largest economy in the world. California is probably the state with the most ethnic groups.
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12th Planet - record producer, DJ
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Willie Aames - actor
Paula Abdul - dancer and singer (American Idol)
Ansel Adams - photographer
Jay Adams - skateboarder and surfer
Ben Affleck - film actor and director
Jhene Aiko - singer
Jessica Alba - actress, model
Jesse Aliganga - US Marine
AJ Allmendinger - NASCAR driver
Herb Alpert - trumpeter, music executive
Tony Alva - skateboarder and surfer
Helen Andelin - author (Fascinating Womanhood)
Anthony Anderson - actor
Melissa Sue Anderson - actress
Paul Thomas Anderson - filmmaker
Jennifer Aniston - actress (Friends)
Nicole Aniston - pornographic actress
Odette Annable - actress
Steve Aoki - music producer, DJ
Christina Applegate - actress
Jon Appleton - composer
Anne Archer - actress
Eve Arden - actress
Billie Joe Armstrong - musician, vocalist (Green Day)
Lucie Arnaz - actress
Maureen Arthur - actress (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu - bassist (Korn)
Anastasia Ashman - writer
Sean Astin - actor (The Lord of the Rings)
Jeff Atkinson - distance runner, Olympian
Brad Ausmus - Major League Baseball player, manager
Tracy Austin - tennis player
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Max Baer, Jr. - actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies)
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. - actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
Diane Baker - actress (The Silence of the Lambs)
Dusty Baker - MLB player and manager
Banks - singer
Tyra Banks - model and actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
Adrienne Barbeau - actress (Maude)
Sara Bareilles - singer
Travis Barker - drummer (Blink-182)
Matt Barnes - National Basketball Association player
Drew Barrymore - actress (50 First Dates)
Judith Barsi - actress/voiceover artist
Summer Bartholomew - Miss USA 1975
Earl W. Bascom - rodeo pioneer, Hall of Fame inductee, actor, international artist/sculptor
Baby Bash - rapper
Bassnectar - musician, record producer
Michael Bay - film director
Amanda Beard - Olympic swimmer
Beck - musician
Captain Beefheart - musician
Ed Begley, Jr. - actor and activist
Stephania Bell -- ESPN analyst, physical therapist
Camilla Belle - actress
Tory Belleci - filmmaker and model maker (MythBusters)
Marcus Benjamin (born 1857) early biographer at Smithsonian Institution
Candice Bergen - actress (Murphy Brown)
Carolyn Beug - passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11
B.G. Knocc Out - rapper
Mayim Bialik - actress (The Big Bang Theory)
Barbara Billingsley - actress
Rachel Bilson - actress (The O.C.)
Thora Birch - actress
Bradford Bishop - indicted murderer and at-large fugitive
Bill Bixby - actor (The Incredible Hulk)
Aloe Blacc - singer, musician
Jack Black - actor (Tenacious D)
Rebecca Black - singer
Hank Blalock - baseball player (Texas Rangers)
Mel Blanc - cartoon voice actor
Sheila Bleck - IFBB professional bodybuilder
Ken Block - rally driver, gymkhana driver
Andy Bloom - Olympic shot putter
Betsy Bloomingdale - socialite
David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) - professional basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Jonathan Blum - hockey player
Brian Boitano - Olympic gold medalist (figure skating)
Barry Bonds - baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
Bobby Bonds - baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
Aaron Boone - baseball player (Cleveland Indians)
Scott Borchetta - president/CEO and founder of Big Machine Records
Barry Bostwick - actor (Spin City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Kate Bosworth - actress
Lo Bosworth - television personality, author, and entrepreneur
Bruce Bowen - National Basketball Association player (San Antonio Spurs)
Brandon Boyd - singer, musician (Incubus)
Timothy Bradley - boxer
Tom Brady - football quarterback (New England Patriots)
Debbie Bramwell-Washington - IFBB professional bodybuilder
Benjamin Bratt - actor
Ryan Braun - baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
B-Real - rapper (Cypress Hill)
Nicholas Brendon - actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Jan Brewer - Governor of Arizona
Stephen Breyer - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Brigita Brezovac - IFBB professional bodybuilder
Beau Bridges - actor (The Fabulous Baker Boys, Stargate SG-1)
Jeff Bridges - actor (The Big Lebowski)
Lloyd Bridges - actor (Sea Hunt, Airplane!)
Lance Briggs - football player
Adam Brody - actor (The O.C.)
James Brolin - actor
Josh Brolin actor (No Country For Old Men, Gangster Squad)
Albert Brooks - film actor and director (Lost in America)
Brotha Lynch Hung - rapper
Alton Brown - television host
Jerry Brown - Governor of California (1975-1983; 2011-present), Mayor of Oakland, California
Pat Brown - Governor of California (1959-1967)
Willie Brown - 58th Speaker of the California State Assembly, Mayor of San Francisco
Teddy Bruschi - football player
Lindsey Buckingham - musician (Fleetwood Mac)
Bill Buckner - baseball player
Don Budge - tennis player
Hunter Burgan - bass player for AFI
Bobby Burgess - Mouseketeer, dancer for Lawrence Welk Show
Olivia Burnette - actress
Tim Burton - film director
Reggie Bush - football player
Shoshana Bush - actress
Sophia Bush - activist, spokesperson, and actress (One Tree Hill, Chicago P.D.)
Jeanie Buss - sports executive
Cruz Bustamante - Lieutenant Governor of California
Win Butler - musician, songwriter (Arcade Fire)
Amanda Bynes - actress
Kari Byron - artist and television personality (MythBusters)
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Scott Caan - actor
Herb Caen - newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)
John Cage - composer
Nicolas Cage - actor
Colbie Caillat - singer
Cameron - professional wrestler, dancer
Dolph Camilli - baseball player
Ben Nighthorse Campbell - U.S. Senator from Colorado
Nick Cannon - actor
Mr. Capone-E - rapper
Linda Cardellini - actress (Freaks and Geeks)
Tucker Carlson - television host
Adam Carolla - radio and television personality
David Carr - football player
David Carradine - actor (Kung Fu, Kill Bill)
Ever Carradine - actress, daughter of Robert Carradine
Keith Carradine - actor (Nashville)
Robert Carradine - actor (Revenge of the Nerds)
Pete Carroll - college and NFL football coach
Adam Carson - drummer (AFI)
Chris Carter - film producer, director and writer (The X-Files)
Torry Castellano - drummer of The Donnas
C-Bo - rapper
Richard Chamberlain - actor
Chanel West Coast - rapper, actress, model, television personality
Brandi Chastain - soccer player
Jessica Chastain - actress (Zero Dark Thirty)
Cher - actress, entertainer and singer
Joey Chestnut - competitive eater
Julia Child - chef, author and TV personality
Margaret Cho - actress, comedian
Wasel Choi - artist and world traveler
Amy Chow - gymnast
Jamie Chung - actress
Lana Clarkson - actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Les Claypool - bass player (Primus)
Sasha Cohen - figure skater
Lillie Hitchcock Coit - firefighter
Keyshia Cole - singer
Natalie Cole - singer
Jerry Coleman - decorated soldier and sportscaster
Chris Colfer - actor (Glee), author (The Land of Stories)
Holly Marie Combs - actress
Maureen Connolly - tennis player
Mike Connors - actor (Mannix)
Lauren Conrad - television personality, fashion designer, and author
Elisha Cook Jr. - actor (The Maltese Falcon)
Coolio - rapper
Miranda Cosgrove - actress, singer (iCarly)
Kevin Costner - film actor and director (Field of Dreams)
Natalie Coughlin - Olympic swimmer
Nikki Cox - actress (Las Vegas)
Alan Cranston - U.S. Senator from California
Bryan Cranston - actor
Laura Creavalle - Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
Richard Crenna - actor
William H. Crocker - philanthropist and founder of Crocker National Bank
James Cromwell - actor
Joe Cronin - Hall of Fame baseball player, manager
David Crosby - musician
Cameron Crowe - filmmaker
Kaley Cuoco - actress (The Big Bang Theory)
Jamie Lee Curtis - actress (Halloween)
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Carson Daly - television host
Caroline D'Amore - musician, actress, model
Spencer Daniels - actor
Harry Danning - Major League Baseball All Star catcher
Ted Danson - actor (Cheers)
Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) - radio broadcaster during World War II
Lindsay Davenport - tennis player
Baron Davis - professional basketball player
Jonathan Davis - singer, musician (Korn)
Terrell Davis - professional football player
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - husband and wife film directors (Little Miss Sunshine)
Oscar De La Hoya - boxer
Zack de la Rocha - activist, singer (Rage Against The Machine)
Jayme Dee - singer, musician
Tom DeLonge - singer, musician (Blink-182)
Brad Delson - musician (Linkin Park)
Bo Derek - actress
Laura Dern - actress
DeMar DeRozan - professional basketball player
Emily Deschanel - actress
Zooey Deschanel - actress, singer
Dev - singer
Cameron Diaz - actress (There's Something About Mary)
Leonardo DiCaprio - actor
Joan Didion - writer
Trent Dilfer - NFL quarterback
Daz Dillinger - rapper
Joe DiMaggio - baseball player
Roy Edward Disney - billionaire, nephew of Walt Disney
DJ Quik - rapper, producer
Canh Thong Do - Vietnamese American activist
Nate Dogg - musician
Snoop Dogg - rapper
Ami Dolenz actress, daughter of Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz - actor, musician, singer (The Monkees)
Landon Donovan - soccer player
Dr. Dre - musician, hip-hop producer, record producer
Stacy Dragila - pole vaulter
Mac Dre - rapper
Dresta - rapper
K. Eric Drexler - engineer
Don Drysdale - baseball player
Hilary Duff - actress, singer
Tom Dumont - guitarist (No Doubt)
Isadora Duncan - dancer
Ann Dunnigan - translator, actor, teacher
Robert Duvall - actor
Jermaine Dye - baseball player (Chicago White Sox)
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Clint Eastwood - film actor and director (Million Dollar Baby)
Eazy-E - rapper
Dennis Eckersley - baseball player
Aaron Eckhart - actor
Anthony Edwards - actor
Zac Efron - film and television actor (High School Musical)
Danny Elfman - musician, composer
Jenna Elfman - actress
Sam Elliott - actor
Anabel Englund - singer
Chris Evans - convicted train robber
Evidence - rapper
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Bill Fagerbakke - actor/voice actor (Patrick Star)
Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton - wife and husband film directors (Little Miss Sunshine)
Heather Fargo - Mayor of Sacramento, California
Mia Farrow - actress
David Faustino - actor (Married... with Children)
Dianne Feinstein - US Senator from California, Mayor of San Francisco (1978-1988)
Stacy Ferguson (Fergie) - singer, actress, composer (The Dutchess, Charlie Brown, Fergalicious)
Shiloh Fernandez - actor
Sky Ferreira - singer, model, actress
Will Ferrell - actor
Miguel Ferrer - actor (RoboCop)
America Ferrera - actress
Sally Field - actress (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart)
Carrie Fisher - actress
Peggy Fleming - figure skater
Abigail Folger - coffee heiress, socialite, and murder victim
Bridget Fonda - actress
Lyndsy Fonseca - actress
Jon Foreman - singer
John Forker - actor
Dian Fossey - zoologist
Jodie Foster - actress (The Silence of the Lambs)
Rickie Fowler - professional golfer
Allen Fox - tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach
Dillon Francis - music producer, DJ
Dave Franco - actor
James Franco - actor
Paulette Frankl - artist, biographer
Bonnie Franklin - actress
Missy Franklin - 2012 Olympic gold medalist (swimming)
Suga Free - rapper
Robert Frost - poet
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - rapper
Edward Furlong - actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
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Becky G - singer
Warren G - rapper
G-Eazy - rapper, producer
Guy Gabaldon - United States Marine Corps
Lynx and Lamb Gaede - white nationalist twin singers and musicians
Richard Gage - 9/11 Truth movement activist
Trace Gallagher - journalist
The Game - rapper
Eric Garcetti - mayor of Los Angeles
Jeff Garcia - football player
Jerry Garcia - musician (Grateful Dead)
Wolfgang Gartner - music producer, DJ
Kyle Gass - musician (Tenacious D)
Dirk Gates - network entrepreneur (Xirrus)
John Gavin - actor, ambassador
Sage the Gemini - rapper
Inara George - singer, musician (The Bird and the Bee)
Jason Giambi - professional baseball player (New York Yankees)
Tyrese Gibson - actor
Frank Gifford - football player and sportscaster
Brad Gilbert - tennis coach
Melissa Gilbert - actress (Little House on the Prairie), producer
Sara Gilbert - actress (Roseanne)
Lillian Moller Gilbreth - engineer (Cheaper by the Dozen)
Danny Glover - actor
Donald Glover - actor, singer
Rube Goldberg - cartoonist
Phillip Gonyea - drummer, percussionist (Against The Will)
Adrian Gonzalez - baseball player
Drew Gooden - professional basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Jeff Gordon - NASCAR driver
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - actor
Robby Gordon - NASCAR driver
Marjoe Gortner - evangelical minister
Mark-Paul Gosselaar - actor
John Grabow - Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Gloria Grahame - actress
Andy Grammer - singer
Farley Granger - actor
Ulysses S. Grant - 18th President of the United States of America
Stephen Girard Whipple, 49er, newspaper editor, Union Army officer, and politician
Brian Grazer - Oscar-winning film and television producer
Beatrice Gray - actress
Billy Gray - actor, motorcyclist
Paul Gray - musician (Slipknot)
Joanie Greggains - radio show host, health and fitness expert
Sasha Grey - pornographic actress
Nash Grier - viner, youtuber and actor
Merv Griffin - talk show host, singer, television producer (Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune)
Florence Griffith-Joyner track athlete
RL Grime - music producer
Josh Groban - singer
Vince Guaraldi - musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Kimberly Guilfoyle - television personality
Natalie Gulbis - golfer
Brett Gurewitz - guitarist (Bad Religion)
Tony Gwynn - Hall of Fame baseball player
Jake Gyllenhaal - actor
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Walter A. Haas, Jr. - chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co.