List of people from California

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
Khloe 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 LeFrancois - 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 Lopez - 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)
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Bob Smale - pianist
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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)
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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
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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)
David Woodard - conductor
John Wooden - college basketball coach
Cynthia Woodhead - swimmer
Shailene Woodley - actress
Tiger Woods - golfer
Steve Wozniak - inventor of the Apple Computer
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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
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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
Motley Crue - 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
Cesar Chavez - labor leader
Juan Bautista de Anza - Spanish explorer
Gaspar de Portola - Spanish explorer
Dr. Dre - rapper and producer
Larry Ellison - co-founder of Oracle Corporation
John C. Fremont - 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