List of people from Orange County, California

The following is a list of **notable Orange County residents**, past and present:

*Scott Aukerman, comedian, writer
*Gene Autry, singer-actor, longtime owner of Angels baseball team (born in Texas)
*Avenged Sevenfold, rock band
*Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
*Jimmy Bennett, actor
*Nate Berkus, designer and TV personality
*Joey Bishop, comedian and actor (born in Pennsylvania)
*Aloe Blacc, singer
*James P. Blaylock, fantasy author
*Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player
*Marlon Brando, film and stage actor (born in Nebraska)
*Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company
*Jackson Browne, musician
*Kobe Bryant, NBA player (born in Pennsylvania)
*Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, musician
*James Cameron, film director (born in Canada)
*Michael Carona, sheriff
*Gary Carter, MLB player, member of Hall of Fame
*Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey)
*Marc Cherry, creator and executive producer of *Desperate Housewives*
* Dongfan Chung, stole space technology for the People's Republic of China,
*Sasha Cohen, figure skater
*Lauren Conrad, TV personality (*The Hills*)
*Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman Jim Morrison
*Kevin Costner, actor, director
*Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman
*Allen Craig, baseball player
*Valorie Curry, actress
*Dick Dale, musician
*Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player
*Phil Dent, professional tennis player
*Kiev (band), indie rock band
*Taylor Dent, professional tennis player
*Philip K. Dick, author and futurist (born in Illinois)
*Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois)
*Susan Egan, actress, singer
*Sean Faircloth, executive director of Secular Coalition for America, former Majority Whip of Maine House
*Jim Fassel, pro football coach
*Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar
*Will Ferrell, comedian and actor
*Julie Foudy, soccer player
*Paul Frank, clothes designer
*Jeremy Gable, playwright
*Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for Al Qaeda, first American charged with treason since 1952
*Jim Gilchrist, politician
*Cuba Gooding Jr, actor
*Bobby Hatfield, singer, the Righteous Brothers (born in Wisconsin)
*Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of Indore from 1926 to 1961 (lived in Santa Ana from 1938–9). http://www.santaanahistory.com/articles/maharajah.html 
*Usha Devi Maharani Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, current ruler of Indore since 1961 (grew up in Santa Ana)
*Dexter Holland, musician and singer (The Offspring)
*Phil Hughes, baseball player
*Kevin Jepsen, baseball player
*Diane Keaton, actress and author (born in Los Angeles)
*Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team
*Dean Koontz, horror author (born in Pennsylvania)
*Mark Kotsay, baseball player
*Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
*Devinn Lane, porn star
*Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of Los Angeles Dodgers (born in Pennsylvania)
*Adam LaRoche,  Washington Nationals first baseman
*Jason Lee, professional skateboarder and actor
*Crystal Lewis, Christian singer
*Dominic Lucero, Actor and dancer
*Penny Marshall, actress and director (born in New York)
*Steve Martin, comedian, actor, author, musician (born in Texas)
*Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
*Scott McGehee, filmmaker
*Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer
*Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach
*Ian Mitchell, of the Bay City Rollers
*Mike Ness, a pioneer in O.C. punk music (Social Distortion)
*Richard Nixon, Vice President and 37th President of the United States
*Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist
*Alex Odeh, murdered Arab-American activist
*Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter
*Donny Osmond, singer and actor (born in Utah)
*Lee Harvey Oswald, presumed assassin of John F. Kennedy (stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9)
*Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
*Jessica Rey, actress
*Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey)
*Jim Rome, sports radio personality
*Gabe Rosales, guitarist, bassist, and rapper
*Keri Russell, actress
*Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player
*Samoa Joe, multi-time world heavyweight professional wrestling champion
*Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback
*Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion.
*Robert Schuller, clergyman, ministry based in Garden Grove (born in Iowa)
*Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP
*Andrew Sims, Harry Potter site, MuggleNet President and MuggleCast host
*Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt
*Jeffree Star, internet celebrity
*Super Dragon, professional wrestler
*Kristy Swanson, actress
*Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer
*Cornelia ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
*Jeff Timmons, founder, singer and producer of 98 Degrees
*Matt Treanor, baseball player
*Lisa Tucker, singer
*Toni Turner, author
*Milo Ventimiglia, actor
*Peter Vidmar, gymnast
*John Wayne, iconic film actor; Orange County airport named for him (born in Iowa)
*C. J. Wilson, baseball player
*Tiger Woods, professional golfer
*Lee Soon-kyu, singer and member of Girls' Generation.

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