List of people from California

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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.
* Steven C. Hackett – economist (Humboldt State University)
* Gene Hackman – actor (*The French Connection*)
* Sammy Hagar – musician (Van Halen)
* Merle Haggard – country music singer
* Joseph Hahn – painter, film director, musician (Linkin Park)
* Jackie Earle Haley – actor (*Bad News Bears*)
* Mark Hamill – actor (*Star Wars*)
* Laird Hamilton – surfer
* Harry Hamlin – actor (*Clash of the Titans*)
* Armie Hammer – actor
* Kirk Hammett – musician (Metallica)
* Daniel Handler – Lemony Snicket
* Colin Hanks – actor (*King Kong*)
* Tom Hanks – film actor, director, producer
* Peter D. Hannaford – political advisor to Ronald W. Reagan, author
* Jeff Hanneman – guitarist (Slayer)
* Dan Haren – professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
* Mariska Hargitay – actress (*Law & Order: SVU*)
* Jeff B. Harmon – film producer, director, actor
* Mark Harmon – actor
* Henry Harrower – endocrinologist
* Kevin Harvick – NASCAR driver
* Teri Hatcher – actress
* Henry Hathaway – film director
* Davey Havok – lead singer of AFI
* Tony Hawk – skateboarder
* Kristy Hawkins – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins – professional skateboarder
* Julie Hayek – Miss USA 1983
* Dennis Haysbert – actor (*24*)
* Jenna Haze – pornographic actress
* Patty Hearst – actress and newspaper heiress (Symbionese Liberation Army)
* William Randolph Hearst – newspaper publisher
* Lacie Heart – pornographic actress and nude model
* Ian Hecox – youtuber
* Simon Helberg – actor, comedian (*The Big Bang Theory*)
* Christy Hemme – professional wrestler and model
* Mariel Hemingway – actress (*Manhattan*)
* Pamela Hensley – actress
* Keith Hernandez – baseball player
* Barbara Hershey – actress
* James Hetfield – musician (Metallica)
* Jonah Hill – actor
* Jason Hirsh – baseball player
* Hit-Boy – rapper, record producer
* Dustin Hoffman – actor
* Trevor Hoffman – professional baseball player (San Diego Padres)
* Dexter Holland – singer, musician (The Offspring)
* Brenda Holloway – singer and songwriter
* Josh Holloway – actor (*Lost*)
* Mike Holmgren – football coach (Seattle Seahawks)
* Mark Hoppus – singer, musician (Blink-182)
* Hopsin – rapper, actor, record producer
* Taylor Horn – singer and actress
* James Horner – composer
* Sam Horrigan – actor (*Little Giants*)
* Nichkhun Horvejkul Thai-American singer and rapper of 2PM
* Bryce Dallas Howard – actress
* C. Thomas Howell – actor (*The Outsiders*, *Red Dawn*, *Southland*)
* Jerry Hsu – skateboarder
* Vanessa Hudgens – actress and singer (*High School Musical*)
* Kate Hudson – actress
* Phil Hughes – baseball player
* Yolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Barry Hunau – illustrator
* William Hung – *American Idol'' contestant
* Helen Hunt – actress
* Terry Huntingdon – Miss USA 1959
* Anjelica Huston – actress
* Nyjah Huston – professional skateboarder
* Timothy Hutton – actor
* Tiffany Hwang – singer (Girls' Generation)

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* Crooked I – rapper
* Ice Cube – musician, actor
* Gabriel Iglesias – comedian
* Danny Im – member of Korean music group 1TYM
* Grant Imahara – electronics and radio control expert (*MythBusters*)
* Don Imus – radio personality
* Allison Iraheta – singer (*American Idol*)
* Kathy Ireland – model
* Chris Isaak – musician, actor
* Yasuhiro Ishimoto – photographer
* Phil Ivey – professional poker player

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* Shirley Jackson – author
* Etta James – singer
* Jesse James – actor, welder, and chief executive officer of West Coast Choppers
* Gregg Jarrett – lawyer, journalist
* BC Jean – singer
* Richard Jefferson – professional basketball player
* Fran Jeffries – actress (*The Pink Panther*)
* Steve Jobs – computer pioneer, co-founder of Apple Computer
* Anjelah Johnson – actress, comedian
* Dwayne Johnson – professional wrestler best known as "The Rock"; now an actor (*The Scorpion King*)
* Jimmie Johnson – NASCAR driver and champion
* Kevin Johnson – basketball player and politician
* Keyshawn Johnson – football player
* Randy Johnson – baseball player
* Angelina Jolie – actress
* Jerry Jones – owner of the Dallas Cowboys
* Marion Jones – track athlete
* Matt L. Jones – actor, comedian (*Breaking Bad*)
* Rashida Jones – actress
* Tamala Jones – actress
* Ashley Judd – actress
* Jessica Jung – singer (Girls' Generation)
* Krystal Jung – singer (f(x))

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* Pauline Kael – film critic
* Colin Kaepernick – NFL quarterback San Francisco 49ers
* Ryan Kalish – major league baseball outfielder
* Tony Kanal – bassist with No Doubt
* Gabe Kapler – major league baseball outfielder
* Khloé Kardashian socialite and reality-television personality
* Kim Kardashian socialite and reality-television personality
* Kourtney Kardashian socialite and reality-television personality
* Chris Kattan – actor, comedian
* Julie Kavner – actress
* Diane Keaton – film actress, director, producer
* Keb' Mo' – blues singer-songerwriter and guitarist
* Sally Kellerman – actress
* Minka Kelly – actress
* Anthony Kennedy – Supreme Court Justice
* Dom Kennedy – rapper
* Kirk Kerkorian – investor and philanthropist
* Kesha – singer
* Jason Kidd – NBA player and coach
* Val Kilmer – actor
* Elle King – singer, actress
* Kerry King – guitarist (Slayer)
* Regina King – actress
* Maxine Hong Kingston – author
* Thomas Kinkade – artist
* Matthew Knight – actor
* Suge Knight – record producer, music executive (Death Row Records)
* Nathan Kress – actor (*iCarly*)
* Kayden Kross – pornographic actress
* Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher and announcer (San Francisco Giants)
* Lisa Kudrow – actress (*Friends*)
* Greg Kurstin – musician, producer (*The Bird and the Bee*)
* Michelle Kwan – figure skater
* Iris Kyle – 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder

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* Shia LaBeouf – actor
* Remy LaCroix – pornographic actress
* Kendrick Lamar – rapper
* Adam Lambert – singer (*American Idol*)
* Ryan Lavarnway – major-league baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
* Rick Law – illustrator and producer
* Tony Lazzeri – baseball player
* Amy Lee musician (lead singer of Evanescence)
* Bruce Lee – martial artist
* Jason Lee – actor (*My Name is Earl*)
* Cathy LeFrançois – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Janet Leigh – actress
* Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress (*Fast Times at Ridgemont High*)
* Kawhi Leonard – basketball player
* Brad Lesley – baseball player, cast member on ''Takeshi's Castle*
* Adam Levine – musician (lead singer of pop/rock group Maroon 5)
* Monica Lewinsky – White House intern
* Huey Lewis – musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
* Juliette Lewis – actress
* Rob Liefeld – comic book writer
* Seven Lions – musician
* David Lipsky – golfer
* Blake Lively – actress (*Gossip Girl*)
* Heather Locklear – actress
* Jack London – author (*The Call of the Wild*)
* Lauren London – television personality, actress, and model
* Evan Longoria – baseball player
* George Lopez – actor and comedian (*George Lopez*)
* Mario López – actor (*Saved by the Bell*)
* Nancy Lopez – golfer
* Erik Lorig – football player (New Orleans Saints)
* Greg Louganis – Olympic diver
* Courtney Love – musician
* Kevin Love – basketball player
* Jon Lovitz – actor
* George Lucas – filmmaker (*Star Wars*)
* Lorna Luft – singer and actress
* Athena Lundberg – Playmate of the Month (January 2006)
* Ray Lynch – actor
* Cheryl Lynn – singer

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* Mack 10 – rapper (*Westside Connection*)
* Theodore Harold Maiman – inventor of Ruby Laser Systems Laser
* Daron Malakian – musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist (System of a Down)
* Mia Malkova – pornographic actress
* Ricky Manning, Jr. – football player
* Josie Maran – actress and model
* Teena Marie – singer
* Cheech Marin – actor
* Shannon Marketic – Miss USA 1992
* McKayla Maroney – 2012 Olympic gold and silver medalist (artistic gymnastics)
* Dean Paul Martin – actor and musician
* Margaret Martin – professional bodybuilder
* Bobby Martinez – professional surfer
* Chris Masters – wrestler
* Tim Matheson – actor
* Bob Mathias – decathlete
* Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player
* Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist (*Dallas*)
* Pete McCloskey – politician
* Willie McCool – astronaut, killed in Space Shuttle *Columbia* disaster
* Maureen McCormick – actress
* Jennette McCurdy – actress, singer
* Audra McDonald – actress and singer
* Willie McGee – baseball player
* Ted McGinley – actor
* Jeremy McGrath – supercross racer
* Mark McGwire – baseball player
* Robert McNamara – former United States Secretary of Defense
* Katharine McPhee – singer, actress
* MC Eiht – actor, rapper
* MC Hammer – musician
* MC Ren – rapper
* Casey Mears – NASCAR driver
* Edwin Meese – United States Attorney General (1985–1988)
* Rodney Melville – judge
* Mike Mentzer, professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion
* Lee Meriwether – actress and Miss America
* Casey Merrill – football running back
* AJ Michalka – actress, musician
* Aly Michalka – actress, singer
* Phil Mickelson – golfer
* Miguel – singer, producer
* Johnny Miller – golfer and TV commentator
* Jon Miller – sportscaster
* Marisa Miller – supermodel
* Penelope Ann Miller – actress
* Reggie Miller – basketball player (Indiana Pacers)
* Stanley Miller – chemist
* Norm Mineta – U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Transportation
* Liza Minnelli – singer and actress (*Cabaret*)
* Marilyn Monroe – sex symbol, actress (*Some Like It Hot*)
* Elizabeth Montgomery – actress (*Bewitched*)
* Shemar Moore – actor
* Terry Moore – actress (*Mighty Joe Young'')
* Alex Morgan – United States national women's soccer team striker
* John Morrison – wrestler
* George Moscone – Mayor of San Francisco
* Shane Mosley – boxer
* Elisabeth Moss – actress
* Bethany Mota – youtuber
* Jason Mraz – singer, musician
* Megan Mullally – actress
* Marcus Mumford – singer, musician (Mumford & Sons)
* Bill Mumy – child actor (*Lost in Space*)
* Noah Munck – actor (*iCarly*)
* Eddie Murray – baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)
* Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder (Los Angeles)
* Dave Mustaine – musician (*Megadeth*)

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* Anna Nalick – singer-songwriter
* Randy Newman – composer, musician
* Gavin Newsom – Mayor of San Francisco (2004–present)
* Joanna Newsom – singer, harpist
* Lorenzo Neal – Pro Bowl football player
* Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United States
* Lyn Nofziger – author, journalist and White House Press Secretary (under Ronald Reagan)
* Isamu Noguchi – artist
* Bradley Nowell – singer, musician (Sublime)

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* Willis O'Brien – film special-effects artist
* Dagmar Oakland – stage and screen actress
* Frank Ocean – singer (*Odd Future*)
* Lefty O'Doul – baseball player
* Larisa Oleynik – actress
* Edward James Olmos – actor
* Elizabeth Olsen – actress
* Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and entrepreneurs
* Omarion – musician, singer
* Ryan O'Neal – actor
* Tatum O'Neal – actress
* Heather O'Rourke – actress
* Emily Osment – actress, singer
* Haley Joel Osment – actor
* Jimmy Osmond − singer

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* Carson Palmer – football quarterback
* Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
* Cathey Palyo – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Leon Panetta – White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense
* Jerry Paris – film director and actor (*The Dick Van Dyke Show*)
* Grace Park – actress (*Battlestar Galactica*, *Hawaii Five-0*)
* Richard Park – ice hockey forward, New York Islanders
* Harry Partch – composer
* Audrina Patridge – television personality, television presenter, actress, and model
* George S. Patton – military commander
* Paula Patton – actress
* Corey Pavin – golfer
* Sara Paxton – actress, singer
* Gary Payton – professional basketball player
* Gregory Peck – actor
* Sam Peckinpah – film director
* Dustin Pedroia – baseball player
* Chris Penn – actor
* Sean Penn – actor
* Stacy Peralta- skateboarder, surfer and film director
* Melina Perez – professional wrestler
* Katy Perry – singer
* Michelle Pfeiffer – actress
* Paul Pierce – professional basketball player
* Chris Pine – actor
* Drew Pinsky – radio and television personality, physician, addiction medicine specialist
* Jim Plunkett – football quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
* Whitney Port – television personality, fashion designer, and author
* Chad Power – martial artist
* Stefanie Powers – actress
* Tristan Prettyman – singer, musician
* Tayshaun Prince – professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons)
* Freddie Prinze, Jr. – actor
* Jade Puget – musician (AFI)

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* Kathleen Quinlan – actress

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* Frances Rafferty actress
* Max Rafferty former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, author and columnist
* Taylor Rain – pornographic actress and nude model
* Robert Redford – film actor and director
* Mason Reese – child actor
* Autumn Reeser - actress (*The O.C.*)
* Andy Reid – football coach
* Maria Remenyi – Miss USA 1966
* Jeremy Renner – actor
* Dane Reynolds – professional surfer (*Quiksilver*)
* Christina Ricci – actress (*The Addams Family*)
* Ariana Richards – actress
* Michael Richards – actor (*Seinfeld*)
* Nicole Richie – actress
* Sally Ride – astronaut (STS-7 and STS-41-G)
* Isiah Rider – basketball player
* Cathy Rigby – gymnast and actress (*Peter Pan*)
* Molly Ringwald – actress
* Jason Ritter – actor (son of John Ritter; grandson of Tex Ritter)
* Jenni Rivera – singer
* Naya Rivera – actress and singer
* Tim Robbins – actor
* Tony Robbins – life coach
* Jackie Robinson – first African-American player in Major League Baseball in the modern era
* Julia Robinson – mathematician
* Aaron Rodgers – NFL quarterback Green Bay Packers
* Dana Rohrabacher – member of the United States House of Representatives
* Jimmy Rollins – baseball player
* Jim Rome – sports radio host
* Rebecca Romijn – model, actress
* Tony Romo – football quarterback
* Kyla Ross – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (artistic gymnastics)
* Alexander Rossi – Formula One driver
* Josiah Royce – philosopher
* Pete Rozelle – NFL commissioner
* Keri Russell – actress
* Rene Russo – actress
* Marla Ruzicka – activist (Green Party)

## S
* Bob Smale - pianist

## T
* George Takei – actor (*Star Trek*)
* Amber Tamblyn – actress (*Joan of Arcadia*)
* Russ Tamblyn – actor (*West Side Story*)
* Amy Tan – writer (*The Joy Luck Club*)
* Tess Taylor – reality-television personality and *Playboy* Cyber Girl of the Year (2010)
* Scout Taylor-Compton – actress (*Halloween*)
* TeeFlii – rapper, producer
* Aimee Teegarden – actress, model
* Shirley Temple – child film star, former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia
* Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach
* Robin Thicke – singer
* Joanna Thomas – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Pat Tillman – football player and soldier
* Jennifer Tilly – actress
* Kenneth Tobey – actor
* Alessandra Torresani – actress
* Alan Trammell – baseball player
* Danny Trejo - actor
* Lisa Tucker – singer
* Tyga – rapper
* Aisha Tyler – actress
* Tyler, The Creator – rapper, record producer (*Odd Future*)

## U
* Chase Utley – baseball player

## V
* Jasmine V – singer
* Karen Valentine – actress
* Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo – Mexican general, American politician
* Elle Varner – singer
* Jhonen Vasquez – comic-book writer and artist
* Casey Veggies – rapper
* Stephen Venard – lawman
* Julieta Venegas – singer, musician
* Ken Venturi – golfer
* Gwen Verdon – actress
* Victoria Vetri – model and actress
* Robert M. Viale – U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
* Antonio Villaraigosa – 51st Mayor of Los Angeles
* Roy Marlin Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels

## W
* Lindsay Wagner – actress
* Bill Walsh – football coach
* Laurie Walters – actress (*Eight Is Enough*)
* Bill Walton – Hall of Fame basketball player
* Luke Walton – basketball player
* Andre Ward – 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal-winning boxer
* Earl Warren – 30th Governor of California, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969)
* Jered Weaver – baseball player
* Ryn Weaver – singer
* Caspar Weinberger – United States Secretary of Defense
* Bob Weir – musician (Grateful Dead)
* Brian Welch – musician, guitarist (Korn)
* Russell Westbrook – basketball player
* Jill Whelan – actress (*Airplane!*)
* Shaun White – snowboarder
* Brandon Whitt – NASCAR driver
* Sidney Wicks – basketball player
* will.i.am – rapper, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur (The Black Eyed Peas)
* Emily Williams – early-20th-century architect
* Esther Williams – actress
* John Williams – composer
* Paul Williams – architect
* Serena Williams – tennis player
* Venus Williams – tennis player
* Ted Williams – Hall of Fame baseball player
* Dontrelle Willis – baseball player (Florida Marlins)
* Helen Wills – tennis player
* Brian Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)
* Carl Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)
* Rita Wilson – actress
* Ariel Winter – actress, model (*Modern Family*)
* Tamara Witmer – model
* Zachary Wohlman – boxer
* Victor Wong – actor (*Big Trouble in Little China*)
* Victor Wong – actor (*King Kong*)
* Kevin Woo – singer, television personality (U-Kiss)
* Beatrice Wood – artist
* Natalie Wood – actress (*This Property Is Condemned*)
* John Wooden – college basketball coach
* Cynthia Woodhead – swimmer
* Shailene Woodley – actress
* Tiger Woods – golfer
* Steve Wozniak – inventor of the Apple Computer

## Y
* Kristi Yamaguchi – professional figure skater
* Elliott Yamin – singer
* "Weird Al" Yankovic – parodist, musician
* YG – rapper
* Charlyne Yi – actress, comedian
* Tina Yothers – actress (*Family Ties*)
* Adrian Young – No Doubt's drummer
* Emily Mae Young – actress
* Nick Young – professional basketball player
* Young Noble – rapper
* Joon Yun – radiologist

## Z
* Frank J. Zamboni – inventor
* Zendaya – actress, singer
* Anthony Zerbe – actor
* Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. – Chief of Naval Operations
* Daphne Zuniga – actress

## Musical groups
* AFI – rock band
* As I Lay Dying – metal band
* Audioslave – rock band
* Bad Religion – punk band
* The Bangles – pop band
* The Beach Boys – pop band
* The Bird and the Bee – indie duo
* Black Flag – hardcore band
* Blink-182 – pop/punk band
* The Byrds – folk rock band
* Circle Jerks – punk band
* Concrete Blonde – alternative band
* Counting Crows – rock band
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – rock band
* Cypress Hill – hip hop band
* The Donnas – rock band
* The Doors – rock band
* Eels – alternative band
* Faith no More – alternative band
* Fishbone – alternative band
* Flogging Molly – Celtic punk band
* Geraldine Fibbers – alternative band
* The Germs – punk band
* The Go-Go's – pop band
* The Grateful Dead – folk rock band
* Green Day – rock band
* Guns N' Roses – hard rock band
* Hollywood Undead – rap/metal band
* Hoobastank – rock band
* In Fear And Faith – metal band
* Incubus – rock band
* Jane's Addiction – alternative band
* Jefferson Airplane – rock band
* Julien-K – synth band
* Linkin Park – alternative rock band
* Mad at the World – Christian rock band
* Maroon 5 – rock band
* Megadeth – metal band
* Metallica – metal band
* Minutemen – punk band
* The Monkees – pop band
* Mötley Crüe – hard rock band
* N.W.A. – hip hop band
* No Doubt – ska-punk band
* The O.C. Supertones – ska band
* The Offspring – rock band
* Oingo Boingo – new wave band
* Orgy – synth band
* P.O.D. – rock band
* Rage Against the Machine – rap/metal band
* Ratt – hard rock band
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – rock band
* Slayer – metal band
* Stone Temple Pilots – hard rock band
* Sublime – ska-punk, dub band
* Suicidal Tendencies – punk/metal band
* Suicide Silence – metal band
* Switchfoot – rock band
* System of a Down – metal band
* Tesla – hard rock band
* Third Eye Blind – rock band
* Thrice – rock band
* Van Halen – hard rock band
* The Wallflowers – rock band
* X – alternative/punk band

## California transplants
* Samuel Brannan –  newspaper publisher
* Ashlynn Brooke – pornographic actress
* Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo – Spanish explorer
* César Chávez – labor leader
* Juan Bautista de Anza – Spanish explorer
* Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorer
* Dr. Dre – rapper and producer
* Larry Ellison – co-founder of Oracle Corporation
* John C. Frémont – Military Governor of California
* Domingo Ghirardelli – chocolateer (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company)
* Chick Hearn – National Basketball Association announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
* William Redington Hewlett – co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
* Bob Hope – actor, singer, comedian
* Steve Jurvetson – venture capitalist (a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
* James Lick – real estate baron
* Steve Martin – actor, author, comedian and film director
* Johnny Mathis singer ("Chances Are")
* Fritz Maytag –  former owner of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco and is Chairman of the Board of the Maytag Dairy Farms* Thomas Mesereau – criminal defense lawyer
* Joe Montana – National Football League quarterback
* John Muir – naturalist
* Joshua A. Norton – British self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"
* Buck Owens – country music performer
* Ronald Reagan – actor and 40th President of the United States
* Jackie Robinson – Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Major League Baseball's 20th-century color line
* Carlos Santana – Mexican musician
* Michael Savage – author, political commentator and radio host
* Charles M. Schulz – cartoonist
* Vin Scully – announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
* Glenn T. Seaborg – chemist
* Junipero Serra – Spanish missionary
* Steven Spielberg – film director
* Leland Stanford – railroad baron, Governor of California, founder of Stanford University
* Ken Starr – lawyer, university law dean
* Levi Strauss – Bavarian clothing manufacturer
* John Sutter – Swiss real estate baron
* Marjorie Thompson – British peace activist
* Mark Twain – humorist and author
* Sarah Winchester – heiress, eccentric, builder of the Winchester Mystery House
* Charles Wood – musical theatre performer (original Hortensio in Cole Porter's 1948 Broadway musical *Kiss Me, Kate*)
* Chuck Yeager – US Air Force test pilot
* Ace Young – singer
* Steve Young – National Football League quarterback
* Lars Ulrich – musician (Metallica)

## Related pages
* List of people associated with San Francisco
* List of people from Chula Vista, California
* List of people from Long Beach, California
* List of people from Los Angeles
* List of people from Orange County, California
* List of people from San Diego, California

## References