List of people from Long Beach, California

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

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