List of people from Los Angeles

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or from the city of Los Angeles, California, USA. Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos .
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Jensen Ackles -actor, director
Paula Abdul - singer, choreographer, former Laker Girl
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - basketball player with UCLA and the Los Angeles Lakers (born in New York)
Forrest J Ackerman - collector and influential science fiction fan
Carol Adams - silent movie actress
Ben Affleck - actor and director (born in Berkeley)
Ai - singer-songwriter
Jhene Aiko - singer-songwriter
Mark Anchor Albert - noted attorney, philanthropist, impresario and lay Catholic leader
Anthony Anderson - actor, comedian
Merrill K. Albert - noted trial lawyer and author
Gary Alexander - professional baseball player
Gloria Allred - attorney (born in Pennsylvania)
Francia Almendarez - actress
Herb Alpert - musician, composer, producer
Andrea Anderson - athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Billy Anderson, NFL player
Garret Anderson - professional baseball player
Paul Thomas Anderson - screenwriter, film director
Ariane Andrew - wrestler, valet for World Wrestling Entertainment
Mike Andrews - baseball player
Angelyne - "celebrity"
Jennifer Aniston - actress
Christina Applegate - actress
Anne Archer - actress
Army Archerd - columnist for Variety (born in New York)
Desi Arnaz Jr. - actor, musician
Lucie Arnaz - actress, singer
Emmett Ashford - baseball umpire
Nnamdi Asomugha - professional football player for the Oakland Raiders
Mackenzie Astin - actor
Sean Astin - actor (born in Santa Monica)
Gene Autry - singer, actor, L.A. museum and baseball team owner (born in Texas)
Roy Ayers - funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player
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Judy Baca - muralist
Fay Bainter - actress
Diane Baker - actress
Ireland Baldwin - model
Alex Band - singer, musician
Charles Band - director, producer
Tyra Banks - fashion model (born in Inglewood)
Phineas Banning - founder of Wilmington, Los Angeles
Andrea Barber - actress
Drew Barrymore - actress (born in Culver City)
John Drew Barrymore - actor
Eddie Barth - actor and voiceover artist
Paul L. Bates - commander of the first black tank battalion to fight in World War II
Earl Battey (1935-2003) - major league baseball player
Gordon Bau (1907-1975) - Hollywood make-up artist with Warner Brothers Studios
Michael Bay - film director
Warren Beatty - actor, director (born in Virginia)
Beck - singer
Ed Begley, Jr. - actor
Jim Bellows - editor (born in Michigan)
John Beradino - major league baseball player and actor
Justin Berfield - actor
Candice Bergen - actress
Busby Berkeley - choreographer, film director
Corbin Bernsen - actor
Steve Beuerlein - pro football player
Beyonce - singer
Barbara Billingsley - actress
Camille Billops - artist, film director
Thora Birch - actress
Whitney Blake - actress
Francesca Lia Block - author
David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) - professional basketball player
Betty Blythe - actress
Kyle Boller - football player
William "Big Bill" Bonelli - Los Angeles City Councilman (1927-1929), notably corrupt member of State Board of Equalization, fugitive
Chaz Bono - gay rights activist
Richard Boone - actor
Kate Bosworth - actress
Leigh Brackett - writer
Ray Bradbury - writer
Milton Bradley - professional baseball player
Tom Bradley - 38th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1973 - June 30, 1993)
Tom Brady - professional football player
Ryan Braun - professional baseball player
Tamar Braxton - singer
Toni Braxton - singer
Leo Breithaupt - auto racer
Nicholas Brendon - actor
Eileen Brennan - actress
Brigita Brezovac - IFBB professional bodybuilder
Beau Bridges - actor
Jeff Bridges - actor
Lance Briggs - pro football player
Earl Alonzo Brininstool - cowboy poet
Eli Broad - businessman
James Brolin - actor
Josh Brolin - actor
Albert Brooks - actor, screenwriter, director
Luke Brooks * Janoskians- band, actor, singer, entertainer
Jai Brooks * Janoskians - band, actor, singer, entertainer
Beau Brooks * Janoskians - band, singer, actor, entertainer
Alton Brown - chef, Food Network personality
Helen Gurley Brown - magazine publisher and author
Julie Brown - actress
Marc Brown - television newscaster
Jackson Browne - musician
Kobe Bryant - Lakers basketball player (born in Pennsylvania)
Joan Juliet Buck - magazine writer and editor
Marilyn Buferd - actress, Miss America 1946
Charles Bukowski - author
Tim Burton - movie director (born in Burbank)
Jake Busey - actor
Jeanie Buss, Lakers executive (born in Santa Monica)
Jerry Buss - owned Lakers, Kings and Sparks teams, Forum Arena (born in Utah)
Jim Buss, Lakers executive
Paul Butcher - actor
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Scott Caan - actor
John Cage - composer
Rory Calhoun - actor
Stephen J. Cannell - television director, writer, producer
Lizzy Caplan - actress
Belinda Carlisle - singer
Kim Carnes - singer
Adam Carolla - comedian, actor, entertainer
David Carradine - actor
Robert Carradine - actor
Leo Carrillo - actor
Johnny Carson - television personality (born in Iowa)
Matt Cassel - pro football player
Katie Cassidy - actress
Patrick Cassidy - actor
Shaun Cassidy - singer, actor, television producer
Richard Chamberlain - actor
Stan Chambers - television news reporter
Marge Champion - actress, dancer
Dorothy Buffum Chandler - cultural leader
Harry Chandler - chief executive of Los Angeles Times
Norman Chandler - publisher and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Times
Otis Chandler - transformative publisher of Los Angeles Times
Raymond Chandler - author
Rosalind Chao - actress (born in Anaheim)
Charlie Chaplin - iconic actor and director, Los Angeles film industry pioneer (born in England)
Charles Chaplin Jr. - actor
Sydney Chaplin - actor
Antonio Chatman - NFL wide receiver
Eric Chavez - baseball player
Dorothy Cheney - tennis player
Jack Chick - evangelist and cartoonist
Bikram Choudhury - inventor of Bikram Yoga
Rajashree Choudhury - founder of USA Yoga Federation
Warren Christopher - diplomat
Chyna - professional wrestler, model, actress, author
Liz Claman - CNBC anchor
Greg Clark - NFL player
Eldridge Cleaver - writer, activist (born in Arkansas)
Johnnie Cochran - attorney
Mickey Cohen - mobster (born in New York)
Sasha Cohen - figure skater
Tiffany Cohen - Olympic swimmer (born in Culver City)
Mindy Cohn - actress
Natalie Cole - singer
Fritz Coleman - television meteorologist
John Ery Coleman - Los Angeles-based painter
Keo Coleman - NFL player
Wanda Coleman - poet and writer
Dorothy Comingore - actress
Curtis Conway - pro football player
Ry Cooder - musician, composer
Jackie Coogan - actor
Coolio - rapper
Dewey Cooper - kickboxer
Jackie Cooper - actor and director
Gia Coppola - actress
Pat Corrales (born 1941) - baseball player
Miranda Cosgrove actress, singer
John Cossette - theater and television producer
Kevin Costner - actor
Al Cowens (born 1951) - baseball player
Aaron Cox (born 1965) - football wide receiver
Nikki Cox - actress
Robert Crais - novelist (born in Louisiana)
Johnny Crawford - actor
Willie Crawford - baseball player
Richard Crenna - actor, movie director
Coco Crisp - baseball player
James Cromwell - actor
David Crosby - musician
Denise Crosby - actress
Gary Crosby - actor
Mary Crosby - actress
Andrae Crouch - musician
Jamie Lee Curtis - actress
Shannon Curtis - musician, singer-songwriter
Miley Cyrus - singer, actress
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Elizabeth Daily - actress
Harry Danning - major league baseball player
Frank Darabont - director (born in France)
Kim Darby - actress
Ben Davidson - football player
Baron Davis - basketball player
Eric Davis - professional baseball player
Jeff Davis - actor, comedian, singer
Julienne Davis - actress/singer/model
Mike Davis - urban theorist and author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear
Patti Davis - actress, daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan
Roxann Dawson - actress
Frances Dee - actress
Rick Dees - radio personality (born in Florida)
Gloria DeHaven - actress
Oscar De La Hoya - boxer
Milton DeLugg - composer, bandleader
John Densmore - musician
John Derek - actor and director
Laura Dern - actress
DeMar DeRozan - basketball player (born in Compton)
Emily Deschanel - actress
Zooey Deschanel - actress and singer
Deuce - singer and rapper
Leonardo DiCaprio - actor
Larry Dierker - baseball player and manager
Roy Edward Disney - television producer
Walt Disney - animator, film studio and theme park founder (born in Illinois)
Bobby Doerr (born 1918) - baseball player
Micky Dolenz - actor and musician
Eric Dolphy - musician
Terry Donahue - football coach
Susan Miller Dorsey - educator
Kirk Douglas - actor and L.A. philanthropist (born in New York)
Tony Dow - actor
Morton Downey Jr. - talk show host
Robert Downey, Jr. - actor (born in New York)
Brian Downing - major league baseball player
Dr. Dre - musician, composer
Jack Dragna - organized crime figure (born in Sicily)
Daryl Dragon - musician
Don Drysdale - Hall of Fame baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
Teala Dunn - actress and comedian
Jerry Dunphy - television news reporter (born in Wisconsin)
Tony Duquette - designer
Clea DuVall - actress
Jakob Dylan - musician
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Kyle Eastwood - musician
Eazy-E - rapper
J. W. Eddy - railway engineer, builder of Angels Flight (born in New York)
Mark Edward - mentalist and psychic entertainer
India Eisley - actress
Larry Elder - radio personality
Danny Elfman - musician and composer
Jenna Elfman - actress
John C. Elliott - 39th Governor of American Samoa
Bret Easton Ellis - novelist
Dock Ellis - major league baseball player
John R. Ellis - filmmaker and special effects artist
Harlan Ellison - science fiction author
James Ellroy - author
John Elway - Hall of Fame football player
Jaime Escalante - educator
Briana Evigan - actress
Roger Ewing - actor on Gunsmoke
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Shelley Fabares - actress (born in Santa Monica)
John Fante - author
Jordan Farmar - basketball player for Los Angeles Clippers
Richard Farnsworth - actor
Mia Farrow - actress and activist
David Faustino - actor
Raymond E. Feist - author
Allyson Felix - athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Robert Fellows - film producer
Miguel Ferrer - actor (born in Santa Monica)
Sally Field - actress (born in Pasadena)
Cecil Fielder - baseball player
Danielle Fishel - actress
Carrie Fisher - actress, writer, producer (born in Beverly Hills)
Jeff Fisher - NFL coach (born in Culver City)
Rhonda Fleming - actress
Dann Florek - actor
Sean Flynn - actor
Sean Flynn - journalist
Nick Folk - NFL kicker (born in Hollywood)
Bridget Fonda - actress
Kai Forbath - NFL kicker (born in Santa Monica)
Harrison Ford - actor (born in Illinois)
Mary Alice Ford - politician
Jodie Foster - actress, director and producer
Sara Foster - actress
Allen Fox - tennis player and coach
Bonnie Franklin - actress (born in Santa Monica)
Linda Fratianne - figure skater
Stan Freberg - voice actor and comedian
Jennifer Freeman - actress
Sherwood Fries - football player for Green Bay Packers
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Louis Galen - philanthropist (born in Ohio)
Harry Gamboa, Jr. - artist
The Game - rapper and actor
Eric Garcetti - Mayor of Los Angeles
Gil Garcetti - district attorney
Andrew Garfield - actor
Judy Garland - singer and actress (born in Minnesota)
Tay Garnett - film director
Leif Garrett - singer and actor
Mike Garrett - football player, athletic director
John Gavin - actor and ambassador
Frank Gehry - architect
Sarah Michelle Gellar - actress (born New York City)
Genie - feral child
James Georgopoulos - visual artist
Mark Geragos - criminal defense attorney
Gina Gershon - actress
Balthazar Getty - actor
Tyrese Gibson - singer-songwriter, actor
Melissa Gilbert - actress, film director, labor union president
Glasses Malone - rapper
Troy Glaus - baseball player (born in Tarzana)
Sharon Gless - actress
Joe Gold - founder of Gold's Gym
Jonathan Gold - Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic for L.A. Weekly and Los Angeles Times
Tony Goldwyn - actor
Pancho Gonzales - tennis star
Dexter Gordon - composer
Joe Gordon - baseball player and manager
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - actor
Gloria Grahame - actress
Ariana Grande - actress and singer
Katherine Grant - actress
Paul Gray - bassist of Slipknot
Brian Grazer - film and television producer
David Gregory - television journalist
Paulina Gretzky - model
Virginia Grey - actress
Nash Grier - Vine star
Griffith J. Griffith -- philanthropist, donor of the land for Griffith Park
Sandi Griffiths - singer
Josh Groban - singer
Chris Gwynn - baseball player
Tony Gwynn - Hall of Fame baseball player
Jake Gyllenhaal - actor
Maggie Gyllenhaal - actress
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James Hahn - mayor of Los Angeles 2001-05
Randa Haines - director, movie producer
H. R. Haldeman - Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff
Alan Hale Jr. - actor
Jack Haley Jr. - actor, movie director, writer, producer
Chico Hamilton - jazz drummer
Armie Hammer - actor
George Allan Hancock - oilman, real estate developer, donated the La Brea Tarpits to the county of Los Angeles
Alex Hannum - NBA player and coach
Darlene Hard - tennis player
Lula Mae Hardaway - mother and collaborator of Stevie Wonder
James Harden - professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets
Mariska Hargitay - actress (born in Santa Monica)
Mark Harmon - actor (born in Burbank)
Ray Harryhausen - special effects director
Noah Hathaway - actor
Harry Hay - founder of the Mattachine Society
Julia Sampson Hayward - tennis player
Chick Hearn - Lakers basketball broadcaster (born in Illinois)
Hugh Hefner - magazine publisher (born in Illinois)
Jon Heidenreich - professional wrestler
George Hendrick - baseball player
Chuck Henry - television newscaster
Danny Herrera - drummer
John S. Herrington - cabinet member in Reagan administration
Barbara Hershey - actress
Bernardo J. Herzer - founder of LEHR
Darryl Hickman - actor and studio executive
Dwayne Hickman - actor
Robert Hilburn - pop music critic for Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005
Jonah Hill - actor
Roy W. Hill - auto mogul and philanthropist
Carla Anderson Hills - cabinet member in Reagan administration
Paris Hilton - celebrity, model, actress, DJ (born in New York City)
Jerome Hines - actor
Gaynel Hodge - songwriter
Dustin Hoffman - actor
Jennifer Holt - actress
Tim Holt - actor
Bob Hope - comedian and actor, Toluca Lake resident (born in England)
James Horner - composer
Richard Steven Horvitz - voice actor
Marques Houston - singer
Bryce Dallas Howard - actress
Clint Howard - actor (born in Burbank)
Ron Howard - director and actor (born in Oklahoma)
C. Thomas Howell - actor
Kate Hudson - actress
Howard Hughes - aviation pioneer and film producer (born in Iowa)
D.L. Hughley - actor, comedian
Bob Humphreys - football player
William Hung - American Idol contestant
Helen Hunt - actress (born in Culver City)
Anjelica Huston - actress (born in Santa Monica)
Timothy Hutton - actor (born in Malibu)
Aldous Huxley - author (born in England, died in Los Angeles)
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Ice Cube - musician, composer, actor
Grant Imahara - MythBusters
Joe Inoue - singer
Lance Ito - judge (presided over the O.J. Simpson Trial)
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Hue Jackson - NFL coach
Melvin Jackson - football player
Michael Jackson - singer (born in Indiana)
Michael Jackson - L.A. radio personality (born in England)
Edmund Jaeger - naturalist
Etta James - singer
Jan and Dean - 1960s singing duo
Jay-Z - rapper
Kendall Jenner - television star, model, celebrity
Kylie Jenner - television star, model, celebrity
Kermit Johnson - football player
Keyshawn Johnson - football player and TV commentator
Magic Johnson - Lakers basketball star, Dodgers co-owner (born in Michigan)
Nora Johnson - author
Angelina Jolie - actress
Wesley Jonathan - actor, played Jamal Grant on City Guys
Jack Jones - singer
Jerome Jones (aka Young Rome) - rapper, singer, actor
Jerry Jones - football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
Jimmie Jones - American football player
Marion Jones - athlete, winner of five medals at 2000 Summer Olympics
Rashida Jones - actress
Florence Griffith Joyner - athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Ashley Judd - actress (born in Granada Hills)
Nicole Jung - member of South Korean girl group KARA
Bob Jury - NFL player
Victoria Justice - actress, singer
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Ryan Kalish - baseball player
Diop Kamau - civil rights activist
Gabe Kapler - baseball player
Khloe Kardashian - socialite, model, actress, television star and businessperson
Kim Kardashian - socialite, model, actress, television star and businessperson
Kourtney Kardashian - socialite, model, television star, actress, and businessperson
William Katt - actor
Chris Kattan - actor, comedian
Julie Kavner - actress, voice actor
Zoe Kazan - actress
Diane Keaton - actress
Michael Keaton - actor (born in Pennsylvania)
Keb' Mo' - blues singer, guitarist, songwriter
Val Keckin - football player
Minka Kelly - actress
Jack Kemp - football player, politician
Asa Keyes - LA County district attorney and criminal
Val Kilmer - actor
Holly King - actress
Kerry King - guitarist of Slayer
Abbot Kinney - founder of Venice, California
Jack Kirby - football player
Jimmy Knepper - jazz musician
Suge Knight - record producer
Ty Knott - football coach
Sandy Koufax - baseball pitcher with Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (born in New York)
Dave Koz - composer, musician (born in Encino)
Zoe Kravitz - actress
Robby Krieger - musician
Mike Krukow - baseball pitcher (born in San Gabriel)
Candi Kubeck - captain of ValuJet Flight 592
Lisa Kudrow - actress
Sheila Kuehl - actress and politician
Henry Kuttner - writer
Kamran Razmdjoo - fashion stylists
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Shia LaBeouf - actor
Matthew Laborteaux - actor
Patrick Labyorteaux - actor
Marcel Lachemann - baseball player and manager
Rene Lachemann - baseball player and manager
Alan Ladd Jr. - movie director and producer
John Lahr - critic
Kendrick Lamar - rapper, songwriter
Bill Lancaster - screenwriter
Juliet Landau - actress
Christopher B. Landon - screenwriter
Ken Landreaux - baseball player
Tom Lasorda - Hall of Fame Dodgers manager (born in Pennsylvania)
Barry Latman - baseball player
Jason Scott Lee - actor
Michele Lee - actress
Janet Leigh - actress (born in Merced)
Jennifer Jason Leigh - actress
Chris Lemmon - actor
The Lennon Sisters - singing group
Kay Lenz - actress
Kawhi Leonard - basketball player
Logan Lerman - actor
Lisa Leslie - USC and Sparks basketball player
Jared Leto - actor and musician
Shannon Leto - musician
Harvey Levin - founder of TMZ
Adam Levine - lead singer of Maroon 5
Gary Lewis - musician
Harry Lewis - actor, restaurateur
Juliette Lewis - actress
Allan Linder - visual artist
Audra Lindley - actress
Roger Linn - inventor of the digital drum machine
Alex D. Linz - actor
David Lipsky - golfer
Amber Liu - member of South Korean girl group F(x)
Blake Lively - actress
Heather Locklear - actress
Gary Lockwood - actor (born in Van Nuys)
John "Juke" Logan - harmonica player and songwriter
Julie London - singer and actress
Lauren London - actress
Jennifer Lopez - singer
Steve Lopez - columnist for the Los Angeles Times
Demi Lovato - singer and actress
Kevin Love - basketball player (born in Santa Monica)
Mike Love - singer for the Beach Boys
Jon Lovitz - actor
Charles Herbert Lowe - biologist
Steve Lukather - musician
Diana Lynn - actress
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James MacArthur - actor
Roger Mahony - Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles
Daron Malakian - musician
Cheech Marin - comedian, musician, actor
Scott Marlowe - actor
Dean Paul Martin - actor (born in Santa Monica)
Elizabeth Marvel - actress
Biddy Mason - pioneer African-American businesswoman
Chris Masters - professional wrestler
Tim Matheson - actor (born in Glendale)
Greg Mathews - MLB pitcher
Clay Matthews - pro football player
Louis B. Mayer - movie mogul (born in Russia)
A. J. Mayers - Paramount Pictures marketing coordinator; science fiction and crime novelist
Misty May-Treanor - volleyball player
Thom Mayne - architect
Leo McCarey - actor, composer, movie director, writer, producer
Leigh McCloskey - actor, artist
Gary McCord - golfer, TV commentator (born in San Gabriel)
Kent McCord - actor
Maureen McCormick - actress
Hugh McElhenny - pro football player
Ron McGovney - bassist of Metallica
Kristy McNichol - actress
Katharine McPhee - singer and actress
Aimee Semple McPherson - pioneering radio evangelist
Carey McWilliams - writer, editor
Wendy Melvoin - musician
Mike Mentzer, professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion
Lee Meriwether - actress and 1955 Miss America
Russell Metty - cinematographer
Jillian Michaels - trainer, TV personality
Miguel - recording artist
Tomo Milicevic - musician
Michael Milken - financier and philanthropist
Kevin Millar - baseball player
Bob Miller - Kings hockey broadcaster (born in Massachusetts)
Diane Disney Miller - winery owner, daughter of Walt Disney
Inger Miller - world and Olympic champion sprinter
Penelope Ann Miller - actress
Leon Milo - composer, percussionist and sound artist
Yvette Mimieux - actress
Liza Minnelli - actress, singer
Andrew Mishkin - commander of the Mars rover
Tyrone Mitchell - murderer
Christopher Mitchum - actor, writer, film director
James Mitchum - actor
Ron Mix - football player
Mike Moffitt - football player
Peggy Moffitt - model
Dick Moje - football player
Dianna Molzan - painter
Marilyn Monroe - actress
Elizabeth Montgomery - actress
Ray Montgomery - actor
Warren Moon - football player
Lisa Moretti - professional wrestler
Irving J. Moore - television director
Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) - DJ, producer
Terry Moore - actress
Anthony Mora - publicist, playwright
John Morrison - professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment
Patt Morrison - newspaper and radio journalist
William R. Moses - actor
Walter Mosley - novelist
Elisabeth Moss - actress
Paul Moyer - television newscaster
William Mulholland - engineer, DWP pioneer (born in Ireland)
Megan Mullally - actress
Bill Mumy - singer and actor
Keith Munyan - photographer
Michael Murphy - actor
Don Murray - actor
Eddie Murray - professional baseball player
Jim Murray - Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter (born in Connecticut)
Lenda Murray - IFBB professional bodybuilder
Murs - rapper
Elon Musk - entrepreneur
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Jordan Nagai - child actor
Stu Nahan - sportscaster
Audrey Napoleon - record producer and DJ
Ricky Nelson - singer and actor (born in New Jersey)
Laraine Newman - actress
Randy Newman - composer, musician
Thomas Newman - composer
Julie Newmar - actress
Jack Nicholson - actor (born in New Jersey)
Jane Nigh - actress
Larry Niven - science-fiction writer
Isamu Noguchi - artist
Jeanette Nolan - actress
Sheree North - actress
Diana Nyad - long distance swimmer
Christian Nyby - movie producer, editor, director
Bill Nye - scientist and TV personality (born in Washington D.C., resides in L.A.)
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Rockne S. O'Bannon - movie director, writer, producer
Derrick Oden - football player
Bob Ojeda - baseball player
Masi Oka - actor
Daniel Olivas - author, book critic, attorney
Barret Oliver - actor and photographer
Kevin Ollie - basketball coach
Edward James Olmos - actor, writer, producer, director
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - actresses
Griffin O'Neal - actor
Ryan O'Neal - actor
Tatum O'Neal - actress
Emily Osment - actress
Haley Joel Osment - actor
Harrison Gray Otis - owner and publisher of Los Angeles Times
Olivia Hastings Holt - actress, singer
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David Paich - musician
Gwyneth Paltrow - actress
T. Jefferson Parker - novelist
William H. Parker - police chief
Ann Patchett - author
Audrina Patridge - television personality
Paula Patton - actress
Terry Pendleton - baseball player
Melina Perez - professional wrestler
Michelle Perry - athlete, world champion hurdler
Chuck Philips - Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative music journalist
Chynna Phillips - singer
Mary Pickford -- actress, co-founder of United Artists and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (born in Toronto)
Joy Picus - L.A. City Councilwoman and Ms. Magazine woman of the year in 1985
Chris Pine - actor
Eve Plumb - actress (born in Burbank)
Lillian Powell - dancer, L.A. teacher and television actress
Tyrone Power, Jr. - actor
Stefanie Powers - actress
Bob Prince - Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster
Tayshaun Prince - basketball player (born in Compton)
Freddie Prinze Jr. - actor
Rain Pryor - actress
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Anthony Quinn - actor
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Mike Ragan - actor
Jacki Randall - artist
Dennis Rasmussen - professional baseball player
Johnnie Ray -- singer, songwriter, and pianist
Maureen Reagan - actress, daughter of Ronald Reagan
Michael Reagan - radio personality, son of Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan - actress, First Lady (born in New York)
Ron Reagan - television host, ballet dancer, son of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan - actor and President of the United States (born in Illinois)
Robert Redford - actor and director (born in Santa Monica)
Cornelius Redick - NFL player
Nikki Reed - actress
Andy Reid - NFL coach
Debbie Reynolds - actress (raised in Burbank)
Rhett and Link - YouTube entertainers on shows "Rhett and Link" and "Good Mythical Morning"
Harold Rhodes - inventor of the Rhodes piano
Giovanni Ribisi - actor
Kyle Richards - television personality
Sally Ride - astronaut
Bobby Riggs - tennis player
Amber Riley - actress
Richard Riordan - former L.A. mayor
John Ritter - actor (born in Burbank)
Herb Ritts - photographer
Naya Rivera - actress and singer
Clete Roberts - radio-TV journalist (born in Oregon)
Jackie Robinson - iconic baseball player (raised in Pasadena)
Jo Ann Robinson - civil rights activist
Rachel Robinson - wife of baseball's Jackie Robinson
Adam Rodriguez - actor and director
Paul Rodriguez - comedian and actor (born in Compton)
Paul Rodriguez Jr. - professional skateboarder
Kay Rohrer - AAGPBL player
Mickey Rooney - actor (born in New York)
Gary Ross - movie director
Katharine Ross - actress
Tracee E. Ross - actress
Edward R. Roybal - politician
Pete Rozelle - longtime NFL commissioner
John Rubinstein - actor
Angel Rubio - football player
Charles Ruggles - actor
Patrice Rushen - singer, musician
Andy Russell - singer
Rene Russo - actress (born in Burbank)
Brendan Ryan - baseball player
Gary Ryerson - baseball player
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Jose Saenz - 492nd on the list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Katey Sagal - actress
Halston Sage - actress
Mort Sahl - comedian
Albert Saijo - poet
Susan Saint James - actress
Jill St. John - actress
Adela Rogers St. Johns - journalist, screenwriter
Ruben Salazar - L.A. Times reporter killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during Chicano Moratorium
Jim Salsbury - professional football player
Catherine Sandoval - public utilities commissioner, law professor, Rhodes scholar
Jay Sandrich - movie director, producer
Donald Sanford - American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
Dick Sargent - actor
Ben Savage - actor, director, producer
Fred Savage - actor, director (born in Illinois)
William Schallert - actor
Ezra Schochet - rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary
Emily Schulman - actress
Geoff Schwartz - NFL football player
Jason Schwartzman - actor, musician
Byron Scott - basketball player and coach (born in Utah)
Melody Thomas Scott - actress
Vin Scully - Dodgers baseball broadcaster (born in New York)
Jason Segel - actor
William Nicholas Selig -- movie producer and zookeeper
David O. Selznick - movie producer (born in Pennsylvania)
Eugene Selznick - Hall of Fame volleyball player
Serio - rapper
Karen Sharpe - actress, wife of director/producer Stanley Kramer
Vinessa Shaw - actress
Harry Shearer - actor, comedian, musician, composer
Brad Sherman - congressman
Richard Sherman - NFL player (born in Compton)
Larry Sherry - baseball player, 1959 World Series MVP
Mike Shinoda - musician
Pauly Shore - comedian and actor
Elizabeth Short - the "Black Dahlia," victim of the city's most famous unsolved murder
Robert "Fighting Bob" Shuler - Methodist radio evangelist and political player
Joel Siegel - movie critic
James Sikking - actor
Jonathan Silverman - actor
O.J. Simpson - USC and NFL football player, murder suspect (born in San Francisco)
Tina Sinatra - producer
John Singleton - movie director, writer, producer (died 2019)
Slash - Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist
Leonard Slatkin - conductor
Erika Slezak - actress
Alexis Smith - actress (born in Canada)
Steve Smith, Sr. - NFL wide receiver
Willow Smith - singer
Smothers Brothers - entertainers (raised in L.A.)
Duke Snider - Hall of Fame baseball player
Snoop Dogg - rapper
Hilda Solis - politician, Secretary of Labor in the Barack Obama administration
Ron Spears - professional football player
Tori Spelling - actress
Steven Spielberg - filmmaker
Robert Stack - actor
Giancarlo Stanton - baseball player (born in Panorama City)
Hailee Steinfeld - actress (born in Tarzana)
Brett Sterling - NHL hockey player
Donald Sterling - longtime owner of Los Angeles Clippers
Tisha Sterling - actress
Adlai Stevenson II - politician
Kristen Stewart - actress
Michelle Stith - president, Church of Scientology in Los Angeles
Dean Stockwell - actor
Peter Stone - screenwriter
Madeleine Stowe - actress
Darryl Strawberry - baseball player
Woody Strode - actor
Rider Strong - actor, director
Jeff Stryker - pornographic movie actor
Burt Sugarman - movie and TV producer
Frank Sullivan - MLB pitcher
Cree Summer - actress
Dale Swann - character actor
Earl Sweatshirt - musician, member of OFWGKTA
T
Miiko Taka - actress
George Takei - actor
Amber Tamblyn - actress
Russ Tamblyn - actor, dancer
Jeffrey Tambor - actor
Buck Taylor - actor
Elizabeth Taylor - actress (UK-born but grew up in Los Angeles)
Shirley Temple - actress (born in Santa Monica)
Tere Tereba - fashion designer, writer, actress
Reggie Theus - basketball player and coach (born in Inglewood)
Robin Thicke - singer-songwriter
Lavale Thomas - NFL player
Bart Thompson - publisher
Klay Thompson - NBA player
Kevin Tighe - actor
Jennifer Tilly - actress
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor
Tone Loc - musician
Dean Torrence - musician
Dara Torres - Olympic swimmer (born in Beverly Hills)
Robert Totten - Gunsmoke television director
Tamara Toumanova - actress, dancer
Robert Towne - screenwriter, director, producer
Helle Trevino - IFBB professional bodybuilder
Larry Tripplett - football player
Charlie Tuna - radio personality, unofficial mayor of Tarzana (born in Nebraska)
Tyga - rapper
Tyler, The Creator - rapper, producer, director, member of OFWGKTA
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Terdema Ussery - CEO of NBA's Dallas Mavericks
V
Ritchie Valens - musician, composer
Leslie Van Houten - Charles Manson acolyte
Gwen Verdon - actress, dancer (born in Culver City)
Victoria - professional wrestler
Antonio Villaraigosa - former Mayor of Los Angeles
Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris - World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels
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Lindsay Wagner - actress
Natasha Gregson Wagner - actress
Robert Wagner - actor (born in Detroit)
Duffy Waldorf - professional golfer
Tyler Walker - NASCAR driver
Dylan Walsh - actor
Joseph Wambaugh - LA police officer, novelist
Burt Ward - actor
Rick Ware - NASCAR driver
Earl Warren - Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States
Casey Wasserman - sports and entertainment figure
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins - singer, member of TLC
Bob Watson - Major League Baseball player and executive
Henry Waxman - politician
Patrick Wayne - actor
Doodles Weaver - comedian
Jeff Weaver - baseball player (born in Northridge)
Jered Weaver - baseball player (born in Northridge)
Ryn Weaver - singer (born in Salta)
Jack Webb - actor, television producer (born in Santa Monica)
Michael Welch - actor
Jerry West - Lakers basketball player and executive (born in West Virginia)
Nathanael West - author
Edward Weston - photographer
Kitty White - jazz singer
Sidney Wicks - basketball player
Jane Wiedlin - rhythm guitarist of The Go-Go's, actress
Louis J. Wilde - 17th Mayor of San Diego, resident (died in Los Angeles)
William R. Wilkerson - founder of Ciro's, The Hollywood Reporter, Flamingo Hotel (born in Tennessee)
will.i.am - rapper, producer
Anson Williams - actor
Anthony A. Williams - mayor of Washington, D.C.
Cindy Williams - actress
Colleen Williams - television newscaster (born in North Carolina)
Esther Williams - actress, swimmer (born in Inglewood)
Guy Williams - basketball player
Serena Williams - tennis player (born in Michigan)
Venus Williams - tennis player
Larry Wilmore - television personality
Brian Wilson - singer, composer (born in Inglewood)
Rita Wilson - actress, producer
Paul Winfield - actor
Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman - professional boxer
Anna May Wong - actress
John Wooden - Hall of Fame basketball UCLA coach (born in Indiana)
Shailene Woodley - actress (born in Simi Valley)
Ilene Woods - actress
Cal Worthington - auto dealer (born in Oklahoma)
James Worthy - Lakers basketball player and broadcaster (born in North Carolina)
Dorell Wright - NBA small forward for Golden State Warriors
Noah Wyle - actor
Y
Elliott Yamin - singer
Zev Yaroslavsky - politician
Sam Yorty - 37th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1961 - July 1, 1973)
Ace Young - singer
Nick Young - basketball player
Robert Clark Young - novelist and Wikipedia "revenge editor"
Tony Young - actor
Z
Louis Zamperini - Olympian and war hero (raised in Torrance)
Richard D. Zanuck - movie producer
Ahmet Zappa - musician
Dweezil Zappa - musician
Todd Zeile - baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
Lance Zeno - NFL player
Stephanie Zimbalist - actress (raised in L.A.)
Valerie Zimring, rhythmic gymnast
References
California-related lists
Los Angeles