the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Bob Dernier - MLB outfielder
Walt Disney – film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator
James T. Draper, Jr. - president of Southern Baptist Convention 1982-1984; pastor of Red Bridge Baptist Church in Kansas City 1965-1970
Carol Duboc – singer, composer, arranger, and actress
Amelia Earhart - iconic aviator
James E. Edmondson - Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Eminem – rapper
Melissa Etheridge – singer
Harris Faulkner - newscaster
Scott Foley – actor
Lisa Forbes - Miss Kansas and Miss Earth USA 2007
William P. Foster - band director
Thomas Frank – writer, editor
Josh Freeman - NFL quarterback
Matt Freije – NBA player
Friz Freleng – film producer, director, animator, and cartoonist
Caroline Glaser - The Voice contestant
Trent Green – NFL quarterback
Maurice Greene - sprinter, gold-medalist Olympian in track and field
Masten Gregory – auto racing
Eddie Griffin – comedian and actor, Deuce Bigalow, Undercover Brother
Karolyn Grimes – actress, Zu-Zu in the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life, lived in town for many years
Donald J. Hall, Sr. –
Joyce Hall – businessman, founder of Hallmark Cards
Leon Harden – football player for Green Bay Packers
Jean Harlow – actress
Jessica Harp – country music singer-songwriter, former member of The Wreckers with Michelle Branch
Thomas Hayward - leading tenor of  Metropolitan Opera
Robert A. Heinlein – science fiction author; his stories are frequently set in or reference Kansas City
Ernest Hemingway – iconic novelist and short story author
Shauntay Henderson – FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, convicted criminal
Paul Henning – writer, producer of The Beverly Hillbillies TV series
Opal Hill - golfer and LPGA co-founder
Jerry Hines – Emmy Award-winning photographer, voted cutest baby of Kansas City 1975
Ralph F. Hirschmann (1922–2009) - biochemist who led synthesis of first enzyme
Mabel Hite - vaudeville and musical comedy performer, father worked at Owl Drug Store
Bob Holden -  53rd Governor of Missouri
Priest Holmes – professional football player for Kansas City Chiefs
Dick Howser – baseball player and manager of Kansas City Royals
Dorothy B. Hughes - novelist
Jim Humphreys – prominent Texas rancher
Lamar Hunt – owner and founder of Kansas City Chiefs
Ub Iwerks – animator and cartoonist
Pete Johnson – blues and jazz pianist
Elaine Joyce - actress
John Kander - composer
Ewing Kauffman – pharmaceutical magnate, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner
Ellie Kemper - actress, The Office
Vern Kennedy - baseball pitcher
Bill Kenney – politician, ex-Chiefs player
Edward Kerr – actor, Above Suspicion, Confessions of a Sexist Pig, The Astronaut's Wife
Craig Kilborn – actor, sportscaster, talk show host
Philip Klutznick - U.S. Secretary of Commerce to President Jimmy Carter
Evalyn Knapp - actress
Krizz Kaliko (born Samuel Watson, Jr.) - rapper
Sarah Lancaster – actress
Frank Sherman Land - Freemason and founder of Order of DeMolay, international organization for young men
William Least Heat-Moon – author
Muna Lee - 3 time Track and Field Olympic finalist
Jeff Leiding – football player
Lesa Lewis – IFBB professional bodybuilder
Suzanne Lieurance – freelance writer
Ryan Lilja – NFL player for Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School graduate
Bill Maas – NFL player
Arthur Mag – lawyer, legal counsel to Harry S. Truman
Sean Malto - professional skateboarder
Amanda Marsh – first winner of The Bachelor
Denny Matthews – sportscaster, author
John Mayberry, Jr. – baseball outfielder with Philadelphia Phillies
Claire McCaskill – politician and senator
Edie McClurg – actress
Courtney McCool – athlete and Olympian
Glenn McGee – bioethicist and philosopher
Phil McGraw – psychologist and talk show host, lived in the area as a teen
Hal McRae – baseball player and manager with Kansas City Royals
Jay McShann – blues musician
Pat Metheny – jazz guitarist
Frederick H. Michaelis – U.S. Navy Admiral
Janelle Monae – singer
Wendy Moniz – actress
Julia Montgomery - actress in Revenge of the Nerds and One Life to Live
Dennis Moore – Congressman, politician
Logan Morrison - baseball player
Paul Morrison – politician
Tommy Morrison – heavyweight boxer
Bennie Moten – pianist, bandleader
Mancow Muller – radio personality
Richard B. Myers – United States Air Force General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil – professional baseball player for Negro American League with Kansas City Monarchs
Jesse Clyde Nichols – developer of commercial and residential real estate
William F. Nolan – author
Satchel Paige – baseball pitcher
Charlie Parker -  jazz saxophonist and composer
Gordon Parks – screenwriter, director, actor, photographer
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez – American Muslim convert arrested in Jihad Jane plot to kill a Danish artist
Rodney Peete – NFL quarterback, Fox Sports TV host
Tom Pernice, Jr. – professional golfer
Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author
Joe Posnanski - sports writer, author
Albert Pujols – baseball player, lives in Kansas City, plays for Los Angeles Angels
Joe Randa – baseball player
Rob Riggle - actor and comedian
Bullet Rogan – baseball player
Ginger Rogers - dancer, Academy Award-winning actress, Broadway performer
Paul Rudd – actor, Clueless, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969) - Los Angeles City Council member
Brandon Rush – NBA player
Kareem Rush – NBA player
Pierre Russell - basketball player
Ray Sadecki - Major League Baseball pitcher
Lori Saunders - actress, Petticoat Junction
Rachel Saunders – 2005 Miss Kansas USA
Melana Scantlin – Miss Missouri USA and Average Joe star, co-host of World Series of Blackjack
Wes Scantlin – lead singer and rhythm guitarist of rock band Puddle of Mudd, cousin of Melana Scantlin
Ted Shawn - modern dance pioneer
Columbus Short - choreographer, actor,  singer
Sam Simmons – former NFL  and Arena Football League player
Crystal Smith – model
Jack Sock - professional tennis player
Kate Spade – fashion designer
Alexis Spight – gospel musician
Darren Sproles - NFL running back
Casey Stengel – baseball player and Hall of Fame manager
Jason Sudeikis - actor, Saturday Night Live
Mike Sweeney – baseball player with Oakland Athletics
Justin Swift – football player with NFL's Detroit Lions
Myra Taylor – blues singer, solo career and member of The Wild Women of Kansas City
Tech N9ne, born Aaron Yates - rapper and record label president
Tony Temple – Cleveland Browns football player, leading rusher (281 yards) in Cotton Bowl Classic for Missouri Tigers
Derrick Thomas – football player for Kansas City Chiefs
Bobb'e J. Thompson – child actor
Virgil Thomson– Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
Calvin Trillin – food writer, journalist, humorist
Marion A. Trozzolo – businessman, River Quay
Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United States (from Independence, Missouri)
Lisa Tucker – writer
Big Joe Turner – blues singer
Henry Clay Van Noy – owner of Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company (today known as HMSHost)
Janie Wagstaff – 1992 olympic swimmer
Dee Wallace – actress,  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Earl Watson – basketball player
Orla Watson - inventor
Tom Watson – professional golfer, twice Masters champion, five-time British Open winner, World Golf Hall of Fame
Ben Webster – jazz saxophonist
Jason Whitlock – sports journalist
Charles Wheeler - Kansas City Mayor
Frank White – professional baseball player
Dianne Wiest – two-time Oscar-winning actress
Jason Wiles – actor, played Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli in TV series Third Watch
Barry Winchell – Private First Class, murdered by a fellow soldier for his sexual orientation
Smoky Joe Wood – a.k.a.
The Kansas Cyclone; professional baseball player for Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians
Chely Wright – country music singer
Katie Wright – actress married to Hank Azaria
Jack Wyatt – host of ABC's Confession (1958–1959); Episcopalian priest
Kansas City#
In addition to what follows, a list of more than fifty Sedalia "Old Timers", who had met at the Sedalia Courthouse on the previous evening, was published in the December 12, 1893, issue of the Sedalia Bazoo; the list indicated when they had arrived in Sedalia, and from whence they had come.
Dorothy Dwan (1906–1981) – film actress
Lucille McVey (1890–1925) – film screenwriter and silent film actress; married to Sidney Drew in 1914; often credited under married name of Mrs. Sidney Drew; through marriage, aunt to John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore
Jack Oakie, born Lewis Delaney Offield (1903–1978) – film, stage, radio, and television actor
Russell M. Glenn (born 1951) – artist and designer
LeRoy Daniel MacMorris (1893–1981) – portrait painter, muralist, illustrator, decorator and designer
Will Franken (born 1973) - comedian
Joel Townsley Rogers (1896–1984) – short-story writer; mystery novelist
June Rae Wood (born 1946) – children's and young adult's author
Andrew Berenyi (born 1963) – musician and glam-rock composer
Bill Booth – musician, former member of The Airmen of Note, principal trombone in the Los Angeles Opera Company, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and the Pasadena Symphony; adjunct associate professor (trombone), University of California, Los Angeles
Scott Hayden (1882–1915) – composer of ragtime music
George Thomas Ireland (1866–1963) – ragtime clarinet player; journalist in Sedalia for almost 50 years
Scott Joplin (1867/1868–1917) – musician and composer of ragtime music
Arthur Marshall (1881–1968) – composer and performer of ragtime music
Etilmon Justus Stark (1868–1962) – ragtime composer and arranger
John Stillwell Stark (1841–1927) – piano dealer; publisher of ragtime music; promoter of Scott Joplin
Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born 1929) – country music performer; wrote "The Auctioneer" and recorded "Walk on By"; recorded over 500 songs
Wilson L. Hicks (1897–1970) – photographer; picture editor, Kansas City Star; photographic editor Life magazine (1937–1950); professor of photojournalism at the University of Miami (1955–1970)
T. B. Anderson – founder of the Sedalia Telephone Company in 1880
William E. Franklin – president of Weyerhaeuser Far East, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, International Timber Company of Indonesia, and Kenneday Bay Timber Company (Malaysia)
Allen Percival Green (1875–1956) – engineer; founder, A. P. Green Fire Brick Company; philanthropist (donated A. P. Green Chapel to the University of Missouri)
John W. Hicks, Jr. (1888–1945) – president, Paramount International Films; vice-president, Paramount Pictures
Cyrus N. Johns – president, American Chain and Cable Company
E. Virgil Neal (1868–1949) – manufacturer
Samuel Lee Stedman (1916–1961) – MBA Harvard Business School (1937); New York merchant banker, Wall Street financial analyst
Winona Cargile Alexander (1893–1894) – founder, Delta Sigma Theta sorority; high-school teacher; social worker
James V. Mehl PhD (1941–1998) – historian; professor of humanities, Missouri Western State College
Sedalia School Superintendents
1867–1872: George O. Brown
1872–1876 – G. W. Ready
1876–1884 – D. R. Cully
1884–1888 – William Richardson
1888–1893 – A. J. Smith
1893–1908 – G. V. Buchanan
1908–1920 – John P. Gass
1920–1924 – C. A. Greene
1924–1927 – John N. Crocker
1927–1958 – Heber U. Hunt (1897- )
1958–1973 – T. J. Norris
1973–1974 – A Henningson
Daniel C. Jackling (1869–1956) – mining and metallurgical engineer; founder, Utah Copper Company; known as "the father of open-pit mining"
Walter Rautenstrauch (1880–1951) – mechanical engineer; first chairman of Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering; adviser to the Mexican Government; co-founder of Committee on Technocracy (1932)
Clay Allison (1840–1887) – gunfighter, American Old West
Raymond Peter Brandt (1896–1974) – Rhodes Scholar; O.I.C. Office of Finances, American Relief Administration, Vienna, Austria, 1920; District Supervisor, American Relief Administration, Vitebsk, Russia, (1922–1923); reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1917–1919), and Washington, D.C. correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923–1967)
Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove (1878–1975), journalist; writer; poet
Elizabeth Jane Dugan (?
1848–1911) – also known as "Rosa Pearle"; poet; journalist (started with the Sedalia Bazoo; founder and editor of the Saturday-evening society weekly Rosa Pearle's Paper (1894–1911)
Mary Frances "Murry" Engle (1930–2005) – journalist, Sedalia Democrat (1950–1966), Boeing News and Boeing Magazine (1967–1970); Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1970–1993)
Charles Grandison Finney (1905–1984) – journalist; writer; part-time night club owner; author, The Circus of Dr. Lao, which adapted as the film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
J. West Goodwin – editor of Sedalia Bazoo; president of Missouri Press Association (1891); organizer of the Sedalia Citizen’s Alliance (1902)
Hazel Norinne Lang (1903–1996) – journalist, reporter and feature writer with the Sedalia Democrat (1925–1970); poet; historian (author of Only Human; Poems of Everyday Life, Exposition Press, (New York), 1955, and the 1,112-page Life in Pettis County, 1815–1873, published in Sedalia, in 1975)
Casper Salathiel Yost (1863–1941) – editor of St. Louis Globe-Democrat; founder of American Society of Newspaper Editors (1922)
Walter Edward Dandy (1886–1946) – scientist and neurosurgeon
Willis P. King – president, Missouri State Medical Association (1881)
Thomas J. Montgomery – vice-president, Missouri State Medical Association (1874)
John W. Trader – president, Missouri State Medical Association (1876)
Richard D. Dean (born 1929) – United States Army Brigadier General and Deputy Director of the Army National Guard
Rufus Estes Longan (1879–1936) – Brigadier General, United States Army
John C. McLaughlin (1903–1967) – Major General, United States Army, 35th Infantry Division
John Henry Parker – Brigadier General, United States Army; West Point Graduate; war hero; first to recognize the tactical advantages of machine guns to continuously support advancing infantry and protect artillery trains (carriages pulled by draft animals); awarded the Distinguished Service Cross four times, for valor displayed on four separate occasions, during 1918
Edgar Frank Thelen (born 1906) – University of Missouri graduate; associate of Harry S. Truman in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (1930–1940); US Army officer (1942–1961); staff member, University of Missouri
William S. Triplet (1900–1994) – Colonel United States Army; professional soldier; West Point graduate (1924); served in both World War I and World War II
Floyd Ewing Hall (1920–1945) – naval aviator shot down over the island of Chichi Jima in the Pacific theater of World War II on February 18, 1945; after a month spent captured on the island, was executed and cannibalized by Japanese commanders; his capture and execution is one of the subjects of James Bradley's 2003 novel Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
John James Housel (1911–1941) – SK1c USN; killed in action on December 7, 1941, on the U.S.S. Arizona in the first wave of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
James Phillip Fleming (born 1943) – United States Air Force pilot in the Vietnam War; awarded Medal of Honor for bravery
Arthur G. Salisbury (1916–2005) – Major General, USAF
George Allison Whiteman – first USAF airman killed in World War II; killed when attempting to get his plane off the ground at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; in 1955, Sedalia Air Force Base was renamed Whiteman Air Force Base in his honor
David Thomson (1775–1861) – General, third-division Kentucky militia (1814); politician; father-in-law of General George R. Smith; thought by many to be the killer of Tecumseh
William Gentry (1818–1890) – Major in the 40th Enrolled Missouri Militia; livestock farmer; railroad executive; candidate for Governor (1874)
Heads of state and heads of government
Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866–1954) – journalist; politician; Governor of Puerto Rico (1921–1923)
Charles Emmett Yeater (1861–1943) – graduate of the University of Missouri; acting Governor-General of the Philippines (March 5, 1921 – October 14, 1921)
John Flournoy Montgomery (1878–1954) – U.S Ambassador to Hungary (1933–1941)
John Homer Bothwell (1849–1929) – lawyer; politician; member of the 35th and 38th General Assemblies of the Missouri legislature (1889 and 1895)
John Morgan Evans (1863–1946) – U.S. Congressman (1913–1921; 1923–1933)
Thomas Jefferson Halsey (1863–1951) – teacher; businessman; U.S. Congressman (1929–1931)
Judith K. Moriarty (born 1942) – politician; Missouri Secretary of State (1993–1994)
John William Palmer (1866–1958) – physician; lawyer; U.S. Congressman (1929–1931)
John Berchmans Sullivan (1897–1951) – lawyer; politician; U.S. Congressman (1941–1943; 1945–1947; 1949–1951)
George Graham Vest (1830–1904) – orator; lawyer; politician; at his death, the last living Confederate States Senator; known for his "Eulogy on the Dog"
Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871–1931) – teacher; lawyer; U.S. Senator (1918); president, Missouri Bar Association (1925)
Walter Henry Bohling (1888–1968) – Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1934–1963)
Brown Harris (1876–1948) – Jackson County circuit court judge for 24 years
Henry Lamm (1846–1926) – lawyer; jurist; poet; Associate and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1905–1916)
Hazel Palmer – first female assistant prosecuting attorney in Sedalia, the first female county collector, and the first female magistrate judge of Pettis County; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1958; president, National Federation of Business and Professional Women (1956–1958)
John Finis Philips (1834–1919) – lawyer; politician; colonel 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry; president, Missouri Press Association (1891); US Congressman; federal judge
Mayors of Sedalia
1864 – George Rappeen Smith (1804–1879)
1865 – E.W. Warsburn (resigned)
1865 – F.L. Parker
1866 – John Finis Philips (1834–1919)
1867 – Henry Suess (1837–1891)
1868 – General Bacon Montgomery (1840–1888)
1869 – Albert Parker
1870 – William P. Jackson
1871 – Thomas J. Montgomery
1872 – George W. Cummings
1873 – Dr. R. T. Miller
1874 – William H. H. Hill
1875 – Norman Maltby (1841–1876)
1876 – David Blocher
1877 – Logan Clark
1878–1879 – George L. Faulgaber (1838-)
1880 – E. C. Evans
1881 – Frank Cravcroft
1882–1883 – Charles E.Messerly
1884–1885 – John B. Rickman
1886–1887 – E. W.Stevens
1888–1889 – John D. Crawford
1890–1893 – E. W.Stevens
1894–1898 – Pleasant Dawson Hastain (1854-)
1898–1899 – W. C. Overstreet
1900–1901 – Samuel K. Crawford
1902–1905 – J. L. Babcock (?–
1906–1907 – John A. Collins
1908–1910 – J. L. Babcock (?–
1910–1911 – J. W. Mellor
1912–1913 – F. L. Ludemann
1914–1917 – J. L. Babcock (?–
1918–1919 – A. L. Baumgartner
1920–1923 – Frank F. Hatton
1924–1927 – J. L. Babcock (?–
1928–1929 – O. B. Poundstone
1930–1931 – S. B. Kennon
1932–1933 – Wilmer Steeples (1891–1946)
1934–1935: O. B. Poundstone; Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
1936–1941 – Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
1942–1945 – Alonzo H. Wilks
1946–1949 – Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
1950–1953 – Herbert E. Studer
1954–1957 – Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
1958–1961 – Abe Silverman (1899–1990)
1970–1976 – Jerry N. Jones
1976–1982 – Allen L. Hawkins
1982–1989 – Larry Foster
1989–1992 – Steven J. Dust
1994–2001 – Jane Gray
2002–2009 – Bob Wasson (1933–2009)
since 2009 – Elaine Horn
Allen Howard "Red" Conkwright (1896–1991) – fourth cousin of Oakland Raiders' coach Red Conkright; pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1920 season
Bill Drake (1895–1977) – pitcher in various Negro league baseball teams (1914–1927)
John Tillman "Bud" Thomas (born 1929) – baseballer; infielder for the St. Louis Browns for the 1951 season
Clarence LeRoy "Roy" Vaughn (born 1911) – baseballer; pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics for the 1934 season
Kim Anderson (born 1955) – basketball player and coach
Johnny Layton (1896–1956) – billiards champion; known as the "Diamond King"; won National Three-Cushion Championship 12 times (1919–1925); world champion (1928–1930); member of the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame (inducted 1974)
Richard William "Dick" Barker, Jr. (1897-) – American footballer; attended Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; played in the American Professional Football Association; played two games for the Chicago Staleys and two games for the Rock Island Independents in 1921
Douglas Claydon Van Horn (born 1944) – football offensive lineman in the National Football League (1966–1979)
Joey Rich (born 1956) – softballer, softball umpire, Amateur Softball Association Commissioner for the state of Missouri; president, American Amateur Softball Association (since 2007
Douglas A. "Ox" Baker (born 1934) – professional wrestler
Bernard Adolphus McFadden (later Macfadden) (1868–1955) – promoter of physical culture; advocate of fasting
Francis Asbury Sampson (1842–1918) – author; Missouriana collector
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Sedalia
The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.
Partial list of notable people from or near Long Beach
Russell Allen: vocalist for the progressive metal band Symphony X
Chris Andersen: NBA player
D. James Baker: scientist
James Robert Baker: author
Brice Beckham: actor, ABC's Mr. Belvedere
James Blaylock: fantasy and science-fiction author
Barbara Britton: actress
Bobby Burgess: dancer, The Lawrence Welk Show, one of the original Mouseketeers
Jeff Burroughs: MLB player, 1974 American League MVP and coach of Little League World Series champions
Nicolas Cage: Oscar-winning actor
Eva LaRue Callahan: actress, ABC's All My Children,  CBS' CSI: Miami
Jeff Carlson: former NFL quarterback
Antoine Cason: NFL player
Lana Clarkson: actress, homicide victim in case involving Phil Spector
Robert Colbert: actor, ABC's The Time Tunnel
Milton William Cooper: author, radio broadcaster
Don Coscarelli: film director
Crooked I: hip-hop artist
Percy Daggs III: actor, UPN's Veronica Mars
William E. Dannemeyer: Orange County politician
Dick Davis: MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Pittsburgh Pirates
Shane Dawson: internet celebrity
Zach de la Rocha: lead singer of Rage Against the Machine, 1991–2000, 2007–present
Bo Derek: actress
Cameron Diaz: actress
Daz Dillinger: hip-hop artist
Fannie Charles Dillon: composer
Nate Dogg: hip-hop artist
Snoop Dogg: hip-hop artist
John Dykstra: 1978 Academy Award winner in Visual Effects (for Star Wars)
Emerson Etem: NHL player
Kathy Garver: actress, Family Affair
Floyd "Bud" Gaugh: drummer for bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Eyes Adrift
Earl C. Gay, Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–1945
Frances Gifford: actress
Bob Goen: television personality, game show host, TV anchor and reporter for Entertainment Tonight
Gary Graham: actor, Alien Nation
Jack Grisham: founder and vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty)
Tony Gwynn: baseball Hall of Famer, raised in Long Beach
Tony Gwynn, Jr.: MLB player
Dave Hansen: MLB player
Matthew Harper, California State Assemblyman, 74th District, and the 59th Mayor of Huntington Beach (2013-2014)
Aaron Hicks: MLB Player for the Minnesota Twins
Ronnie Hillman: NFL player
Tyler Houston: MLB player
Todd Husak: NFL player
DeSean Jackson: NFL player
Spike Jones: bandleader and comedian
Winston Justice: NFL player
Sally Kellerman: actress
Terry Kennedy: pro skateboarder
Billie Jean King: tennis Hall of Famer
Vania King: tennis player
Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
William Joseph Levada: Pro-Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Catholic Church
Lil ½ Dead: hip-hop artist
Andrea Lowell: model
Dan Lungren: Republican politician
Craig MacIntosh: artist of syndicated comic strip Sally Forth
Jim Matheny: gridiron football player
Jennette McCurdy: child actress and singer
James McDonald: MLB pitcher
Willie McGinest: NFL player
John Merrick: professional golfer
Bradley Nowell: founder and vocalist of the band Sublime
Frank Ocean: R&B artist and rapper
Arthur Okamura: artist and screen printer associated with the San Francisco Renaissance movement
Luana Patten: actress
Michelle Phillips: singer and actress, The Mamas and the Papas
Sheldon Rampton: editor of PR Watch
Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Banda music artist
Tim Salmon: Major League Baseball player, 1993 Rookie of the Year
Brian Scalabrine: NBA player
Kate Schmidt: track-and-field world record holder and Olympian
Jim Slaton: MLB player
Don Slaught: MLB catcher
Sarah Bixby Smith: writer
Vince Staples: hip-hop artist
Billy Strange: musician, The Wrecking Crew
Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
Chuck Terry: NBA player
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen: actress
George Timberlake: NFL player
Justin Turner: MLB player
Twinz: hip-hop artists
Julieta Venegas: Mexican pop singer
Donovan Warren: NFL player
Warren G.: hip-hop artist
Matt Welch: journalist
Ron Welty: musician, ex-drummer with The Offspring
Sandy West: musician, drummer The Runaways
Russell Westbrook: NBA player
Eric Wilson: bassist of the bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Long Beach Shortbus
Adrian Young: drummer of band No Doubt
Anthony Zerbe: actor
Partial list of notable residents of Long Beach
Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry
Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
Fatty Arbuckle: actor
Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Bad Azz: hip hop artist
Theda Bara: actress
Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group
Milton Bradley: baseball player
Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist
Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)
Dan Castellaneta: actor and voice actor
Mary Castle: actress
George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist, wife of Norman Chandler (publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
William John Cox:  public interest attorney, author and political activist
Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
Tray Deee: rapper
George Deukmejian: Governor of California, 1983–1991
Don Dixon: astronomical artist
Domino: rapper
Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
Walt Faulkner: race car driver
Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
Bobby Grich: baseball player
Chris Gwynn: baseball player
Tony Gwynn: baseball player
Donna Hilbert: poet
James Hilton: author, wrote the 1937 novel Lost Horizon
John Lee Hooker: blues singer
Marilyn Horne: opera singer
Thelma Houston: R&B singer
Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian
Robert Irwin: artist
Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage
DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor
Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
Doug Krikorian: sportswriter, author of Between the Bylines: The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles's Most Colorful Sports Journalist
Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
Bob Lemon: baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
Ed Lytle: baseball player
Joe Maddon: Major League Baseball manager
Bill Maher: actor, comedian, talk show host
Camryn Manheim: actress
McKayla Maroney: artistic gymnast
Misty May-Treanor: professional beach volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist
James McDonald: baseball player
Willie McGinest: football player, three-time Super Bowl champion
Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
Frank Merriam: Governor of California, 1934–1939
Robert Mitchum: actor
Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta
Marquez Pope: National Football League figure
William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
Nick Pugh: artist and designer
Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim in notorious case
Upton Sinclair: author
Dylan and Cole Sprouse: teen actors, The Suite Life on Deck
Matt Treanor: baseball player
Brendon Urie: musician, Panic At The Disco
Chase Utley: baseball player
Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician Black Flag
John Wayne: iconic actor
Carl Weathers: football player and actor
Wheely Willy: celebrity dog, featured in children's books
Lists of alumni
California State University, Long Beach#Notable faculty
California State University, Long Beach#Notable alumni
The following notable people were born in, residents of, attended an education institution in, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Chula Vista, California.
Notation next to name is not what they are notable for, but how they are connected to the city.
Corky McMillin - resided in Chula Vista in 1944 prior to moving to Bonita
Brent R. Wilkes - grew up in Chula Vista; entrepreneur, defense contractor, civic leader and philanthropist
Andrew Cunanan - murderer of Gianni Versace; attended Bonita Vista Middle School
Robert Alton Harris - murderer who was executed by gas; resided in Chula Vista with his father during his late teen years
Actors and actresses
Charisma Carpenter - attended Bonita Vista High School, graduated from Chula Vista High School, class of 1988
Rita Hayworth - lived in Chula Vista in the 1930s
Walter Emanuel Jones - attended Chula Vista High School
Mario Lopez - graduated from Chula Vista High School, class of 1991
Sean Murray - graduated from Bonita Vista Middle School
Jenna Presley - graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 2005
Adriana Sage - resides in Chula Vista
Carmen Serano - born in Chula Vista
Johnny Sheffield - lived and died in Chula Vista
Stephanie Swift - graduated from Bonita Vista High School
The Zeros - formed in Chula Vista
Mary Castillo - graduated from Chula Vista High School, class of 1992
Gabriel Iglesias - spent early childhood in Chula Vista
Raquel Pomplun - Playboy's 2013 Playmate of the Year, Chula Vista native and Southwestern College alum
Matt Cameron - drummer for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, attended Bonita Vista High School
Marcos Curiel - guitarist for P.O.D. and The Accident Experiment, graduated from Bonita Vista High School, class of 1992
Gonjasufi - Chula Vista native
Robert Lopez - guitarist for The Zeros, man behind stage persona of El Vez, attended Chula Vista High School
Ilan Rubin - drummer for Nine Inch Nails and former drummer for Lostprophets, attended Bonita Vista High School
Jessica Sanchez- second place on American Idol, season 11
Julieta Venegas - attended Southwestern College
Tom Waits - graduated from Hilltop High School
Konnan - resides in Eastlake, Chula Vista
Rey Mysterio, Jr. - born in Chula Vista
Costa Dillon - graduated from Bonita Vista High School
J. Michael Straczynski - attended Southwestern College
Joan D. Vinge - graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 1965
John William Finn - Medal of Honor recipient, lived in the Veterans Home of Chula Vista for a short period of time before his death
John J. McGinty - Medal of Honor recipient, resides in Chula Vista
Brian Bilbray - attended Southwestern College, 1970–1974
Cheryl Cox - graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 1966; Mayor of Chula Vista
Bob Filner - former Representative of California's 51st congressional district, 35th Mayor of San Diego
Kyle Foggo - graduated from Hilltop High School, former executive director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Chris Hazel - worked as Border Patrol agent at Chula Vista Station
Shirley Horton - attended Bonita Vista High School
Nick Popaditch - Chula Vista resident; Congressional candidate
Mary Salas - Chula Vista Mayor (2013-present), Chula Vista City Council Member (1996–2004 and 2012–2013), and former California State Assembly representative for the 79th District (2006–2010)
Brian Barden - infielder, MLB and for Hiroshima Toyo Carp,  attended St. Pius Elementary School
Marshall Boze - retired pitcher for Milwaukee Brewers, attended Southwestern College
Benji Gil - shortstop, graduated from Castle Park High School, class of 1991
Adrian Gonzalez - first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, graduated from Eastlake High School, class of 2000
Tommy Hinzo - retired second baseman for Cleveland Indians, graduated from Hilltop High School(class of 1982) and Southwestern College
Mike Jacobs - signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks to a minor league contract, born and raised in Chula Vista, graduated from Hilltop High School
John Jaso - catcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, born in Chula Vista
Kevin Mitchell- former Major League Baseball outfielder, San Diego native that lived in Chula Vista for a period of time
Bob Natal - catcher, graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 1983
Todd Pratt - catcher, attended Hilltop High School
Carlos Quentin - outfielder for the San Diego Padres, raised in Chula Vista, attended St. Pius Elementary School
Alex Sanabia - pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, graduated from Castle Park High School
Jose Silva - pitcher, MLB and for Dorados de Chihuahua, graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 1991
Ty Wigginton - third baseman for the Colorado Rockies, graduated from Chula Vista High School, class of 1995
Joel Zumaya - retired relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins, born and raised in Chula Vista, graduated from Bonita Vista High School
Adrian Garcia Marquez - play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers, raised in Chula Vista and attended Southwestern College
Donnie Edwards - linebacker, Chula Vista native, graduated from Chula Vista High School, class of 1991
John Fox - Denver Broncos coach, graduated from Castle Park High School and attended Southwestern College
Jerome Haywood - defensive tackle in the CFL (currently a free agent), attended Castle Park High School
Tony Jefferson - safety for the University of Oklahoma, graduated from Eastlake High School, class of 2010
Moses Moreno - quarterback, Chula Vista native, graduated from Castle Park High School
Zeke Moreno - linebacker, Chula Vista native, graduated from Castle Park High School
Ogemdi Nwagbuo -  defensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers, attended Southwestern College
Steve Riley - offensive tackle, born and raised in Chula Vista, attended Castle Park High School
Scott Shields - safety, graduated from Bonita Vista High School
Billy Casper - graduated from Chula Vista High School, class of 1950
Craig Coxe - born in Chula Vista
Charles Adair - forward, graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 1989
Jennifer Lalor - midfielder, born in Chula Vista, graduated from Bonita Vista High School
Cesar Romero - forward for Chivas USA, graduated from Otay Ranch High School
Track and field
Tim Danielson - attended Chula Vista High School
Desiree Davila - attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista
Charles E. Whittingham - Hall of Fame trainer, born in Chula Vista
Dominick Cruz - resides in Chula Vista
Shannon Gugerty - Chula Vista native, graduated from Hilltop High School
Dean Lister - graduated from Hilltop High School, class of 1994
Waachiim Spiritwolf - attended Hilltop High School
Brandon Vera - resides in Chula Vista
M. Brian Maple - physicist at UCSD, born in Chula Vista
John Rojas, Jr. -  historian, founded Chula Vista Historical Society (which later merged with Chula Vista Heritage Museum)
Wolfman Jack - radio personality who broadcast out of XERB in Chula Vista during the 1960s
Soledad Mexia - oldest Mexican-born person in the world, died in Chula Vista
Hector X. Delgado (codename: Shipwreck) - born in Chula Vista; a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line, cartoon series, and comic books.
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).
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.
This is a list of famous people who were born, spent a majority of their life, or currently live in San Diego, California, USA.
Marcus Allen, professional football player, CBS Sports analyst
Concetta Antico, artist
David Bailey, professional motocross racer
Dr. Charlotte Johnson Baker, San Diego's first practicing woman physician
Dr. Fred Baker, physician, founder of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Khalif Barnes, professional football player
Joshua Bassett , actor and singer
Arlene Baxter, model and actress
Billy Beane, general manager of Oakland Athletics, portrayed by Brad Pitt in Moneyball
The Bella Twins, WWE Divas and former Divas champions
Belle Benchley, director of San Diego Zoo
Annette Bening, actress
Kurt Benirschke, pathologist and geneticist
Rolf Benirschke, professional football player
Doug Benson, professional comedian
Noah "Wuv" Bernardo, drummer for P.O.D.
Mayim Bialik, actress
Tony Bill, actor, director, and Academy Award-winning producer
Stephen Bishop, musician
Ron Blair, musician, original bassist of band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Hank Blalock, professional baseball player
Jolene Blalock, actress, Star Trek
blink-182, rock band
Kim Bokamper, professional football player
Bob Boone, MLB catcher
Tim Bradstreet, artist and illustrator
Debbie Bramwell-Washington, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Charles Brandes, investment manager, billionaire
Madge Bradley, attorney and judge; first woman appointed to San Diego County bench
Allison Bradshaw, professional tennis player
Lucille Bremer, actress
Drew Brees, professional football player, San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints
Adam Brody, actor, The O.C.
Bill Brown, music composer
Victor Buono, actor
Charles F. Buddy, first bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, University of San Diego founder
Chase Budinger, professional basketball player
Ron Burgundy, anchorman (fictional character)
Eileen Rose Busby, author, antiques expert
Reggie Bush, professional football player
Chad Butler, drummer for band Switchfoot
Darryl Byrd, professional football player
Matt Cameron, drummer of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
John Castellanos, stage, film and television actor, film producer
Donna Campbell, physician and member of the Texas Senate, born in San Diego in 1954
Charlie Cannon, singer, theater performer and co-founder of Starlight Opera
Nick Cannon, actor, rapper, occasional TV host
Francesca Capaldi, actress
Billy Casper, golfer, Masters and U.S. Open champion
Mark Cerney, founder of Next of Kin Registry (NOKR)
Eric Chavez, professional baseball player
Steve Cherundolo, professional soccer player
Judy Clarke, criminal defense attorney
Eric Close, actor
D. C. Collier, real estate developer, director of the 1915–16 Panama California Exposition
Aukai Collins, Chechen mujahideen, spent his childhood in Ocean Beach, and part of his early adulthood in City Heights
Marshall Colt, psychologist and former actor
Holly Marie Combs, actress
Dennis Conner, America's Cup yachtsman
Maureen Connolly, professional tennis player, 1953 tennis Grand Slam champion
Derrike Cope, NASCAR driver
Salvatore J. Cordileone, Roman Catholic archbishop
Jorge Cordova, professional football player
Alana Cordy-Collins, anthropologist
William P. Cronan, naval officer and 19th Naval Governor of Guam
Robbin Crosby, musician
Rob Crow, musician
Cameron Crowe, screenwriter, director, and producer
Andrew Cunanan, spree killer who murdered Gianni Versace
Austin da Luz, professional soccer player
John D'Acquisto, professional baseball player
Ted Danson, Emmy Award-winning actor
Mike Davis, professional baseball player
Terrell Davis, professional football player
William Heath Davis, early San Diego developer
Tom Delonge, singer and musician
Warren DeMartini, musician
Amir Derakh, musician
Cameron Diaz, actress
Johnny Downs, vaudevillian, dancer, actor, TV personality
Gerry Driscol, yacht racer and businessperson
Dinesh D'Souza, author
Jared Dudley, professional basketball player
Momčilo Đujić, WW2 Chetnik guerilla commander
Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor
Jason Earles, actor
Donnie Edwards, professional football player
Lindsay Ellingson, model
Joan Embery, animal and environmental advocate
Hayden Epstein, professional football player
Gary Erwin, TV personality
Marshall Faulk, professional football player, Hall of Famer
Raymond E. Feist, author
Amy Finley, cook, author
John William Finn, Medal of Honor recipient
Reuben H. Fleet, aviation pioneer, industrialist, army officer
Jon Foreman, lead vocalist and guitarist for band Switchfoot
Tim Foreman, bassist and backing vocalist for band Switchfoot
Arian Foster, professional football player
Julie Foudy, professional soccer player
Dan Fouts, professional football player, TV commentator
Frankie J, singer
Ace Frehley, lead guitarist for band KISS
Mike Fuentes, musician, drummer for band Pierce the Veil
Vic Fuentes, musician, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for band Pierce the Veil
Diamanda Galás, composer, vocalist, and keyboard artist
Major Garrett, reporter
Steve Garvey, professional baseball player, businessman
Theodor Geisel, children's author (Dr. Seuss)
Brian Giles, professional baseball player
Marcus Giles, professional baseball player
Jared S. Gilmore, child actor
Francoise Gilot, painter, author
Broc Glover, motocross national champion
La'Roi Glover, professional football player
Susan Golding, businesswoman, politician
Adrian Gonzalez, professional baseball player
Megan Goode, actress
Edgar Gott, aviation industry executive
Robert Klark Graham, businessman and eugenicist
Cecil H. Green, geophysicist, philanthropist
Harold Greene, television journalist
Oscar Gutierrez, aka Rey Mysterio, Jr., former WWE wrestler
Tony Gwynn, professional baseball player, Hall of Famer, coach
Tony Gwynn Jr., professional baseball player, son of Tony Gwynn
Leon Hall, professional football player
Cole Hamels, professional baseball player
Rosie Hamlin, singer
Aaron Harang, professional baseball player, attended San Diego State
Charles Mallory Hatfield, rainmaker
Riley Hawk, professional skateboarder, son of Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk, professional skateboarder
Le Ly Hayslip, memoirist and humanitarian
Roger Hedgecock, mayor and radio personality
Arthur Hobbs, defensive back for CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats
James Eagan Holmes, convicted gunman of  2012 Aurora shooting
Dennis Hopper, actor and director
Mark Hoppus, singer and musician
Alonzo Horton, early San Diego developer, created "New Town San Diego", later Downtown
James Oliver Huberty, perpetrator of San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre
Kimberly Hunt, news anchor
Joe Hutshing, film editor
Gabriel Iglesias, stand-up comedian
Christofer Drew Ingle, musician
Doug Ingle, founder of band Iron Butterfly, primary creator of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, first platinum record
JANO,Prince of death
JabbaWockeeZ, dance crew
Prince Michael ″Blanket″ Jackson, youngest son of Michael Jackson
Father Luís Jayme, California's first Christian martyr
Jayo Felony, rapper
Kris Jenner, television personality
Johnny Jeter, professional wrestler
Deron Johnson, professional baseball player
Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR driver, six-time champion
Katrina Johnson, actress
Adam Jones, professional baseball player
Dhani Jones, professional football player
Jacque Jones, professional baseball player
Lonnie Jordan, musician, War
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (born 1934), architect
Sean Kelly, the auctioneer on Tru TV's Storage Hunters
Dan Kemp, actor
Kerri Kendall, model
David Kennedy, musician
Jewel Kilcher, singer
Tawny Kitaen, model and actress
Laurence Monroe Klauber, herpetologist
Ken Kocher, professional football player
Raph Koster, author and game designer
Joan Kroc, philanthropist