page_title: List of people from Long Beach, California
section_title: Partial list of notable people from or near Long Beach
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Long Beach, California / Partial list of notable people from or near Long Beach
caption_attribution_description: Jonathon Blum with the Vancouver Giants in 2007.
context_page_description: The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.
context_section_description: Russell Allen: vocalist for the progressive metal band Symphony X
  Chris Andersen: NBA player
  D. James Baker: scientist
  James Robert Baker: author
  Charlie Beck: Retired LAPD Chief
  Jordan Bell: NBA player
  Brice Beckham: actor, ABC's Mr. Belvedere
  James Blaylock: fantasy and science-fiction author
  Jonathon Blum: National Hockey League player, 2018 Winter Olympian
  Barbara Britton: actress
  Jason Brown: baseball coach
  Jayon Brown: NFL player
  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: Academy Award-winning actor
  Eva LaRue Callahan: actress, ABC's All My Children, CBS' CSI: Miami
  Patrick Cantlay: professional golfer
  Jeff Carlson: former NFL quarterback
  Jurrell Casey: NFL player
  Antoine Cason: NFL player
  Ernie Cheatham: NFL player and USMC Lieutenant General
  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
  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)
  Scott Erickson: MLB pitcher
  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
  O.T. Genasis: hip-hop artist
  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)
  Samuel Grodin: award-winning pianist who attended Polytechnic High School and Bob Cole Conservatory
  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
  Walter Hill: film director
  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 and singer
  Terry Kennedy: pro skateboarder
  Billie Jean King: tennis Hall of Famer
  Vania King: tennis player
  Randy Kraft:  American serial killer
  Greg Laurie: Televangelist
  Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
  Cliff Lett: radio-controlled racer and president of Associated Electrics
  William Joseph Levada: Pro-Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Catholic Church
  Andrea Lowell: model
  Dan Lungren: Republican politician
  Craig MacIntosh: artist of 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
  Manny Montana: actor
  Matt Nieto: NHL player
  Bradley Nowell: founder and vocalist of band Sublime
  Frank Ocean: R&B artist and rapper
  Arthur Okamura: artist and screen printer associated with the San Francisco Renaissance movement
  Jae Park: singer based in Korea
  Luana Patten: actress
  Michelle Phillips: singer and actress, The Mamas and the Papas
  Sheldon Rampton: editor of PR Watch
  Alex Redmond: NFL player
  Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Banda music artist
  John Ross: NFL Bengals
  Peggy Ryan: actress
  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 Slau
caption: Jonathon Blum
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