the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Lisa Loeb, singer/songwriter
Nils Lofgren, solo rock musician and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
Logic, rapper
Benji Madden, guitarist for Good Charlotte
Joel Madden, lead singer for Good Charlotte
Spiro Malas, bass-baritone opera singer
Mario, singer/songwriter
Christina Milian, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer
Mýa, singer/songwriter and dancer
Ric Ocasek, former lead singer of The Cars
Barry Louis Polisar, singer/songwriter of children's music
Greg Puciato, singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan
Gina Schock, drummer of rock band The Go-Go's
Sisqó, lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill
Noel Paul Stookey, singer with Peter, Paul and Mary
Evan Taubenfeld, ex-guitarist and backup singer for pop star Avril Lavigne; singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List Club
Chad Taylor, guitarist for The Gracious Few and Live
Chester Thompson, drummer, frequent collaborator with Genesis
Ultra Naté, house music/dance-pop musician
Chick Webb, jazz and swing drummer and bandleader
Scott "Wino" Weinrich, doom metal guitarist and vocalist
Erica Wheeler, folk singer/songwriter
Erin Willett, The Voice season 2 finalist
Frank Zappa, singer, guitarist and composer
Actors, filmmakers, and entertainers
Cynthia Addai-Robinson, actress
Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor
Lori Alan, voice actress
Karen Allen, actress
Bess Armstrong, actress
Jay Ashley, pornographic film star
John Astin, actor
Noelle Beck, actress
Lewis Black, comedian, actor
Wolfgang Bodison, actor
Edwin Booth, actor
John Wilkes Booth, actor
Julie Bowen, actress
Kimberly J. Brown, actress
Norman "Chubby" Chaney, actor (Little Rascals, Our Gang shorts)
Crystal Chappell, actress
Josh Charles, actor
Josh Clark, actor
Kevin Clash, puppeteer
Gaelan Connell, actor, singer
Hans Conreid, actor
Whitney Cummings, stand-up comedienne
Tommy Davidson, actor, comedian
Wendy Davis, actress
Eddie Deezen, actor
Alexis Denisof, actor
Divine, actor, drag queen
Jack Douglass, Internet personality, comedian
David Drake, playwright, actor, stage director
Mildred Dunnock, actress
Charles Dutton, actor
Michael Ealy, actor
Johnny Eck, actor, circus performer (Tod Browning's Freaks)
Damon Evans, actor
Anna Faris, actress
Evan Farmer, actor, singer
Lauren Faust, animator
Faith Fay, actress
Wayne Federman, comedian, actor, author
Ben Feldman, actor
Mona Freeman, actress
Judah Friedlander, comedian, actor
Daniel Gallant, writer, producer and director of Nuyorican Poets Café
Kathie Lee Gifford, TV personality and singer
Anita Gillette, actress
Larry Gilliard, Jr., actor
Ira Glass, radio personality, producer
John Glover, actor
Duff Goldman, television personality
George O. Gore II, actor
Alfred Gough, screenwriter and producer
Holter Graham, actor
Linda Hamilton, actress
Brandon Hardesty, actor
Ian Harding, actor
Linda Harrison, actress
David Hasselhoff, actor
Shawn Hatosy, actor
Rondo Hatton, actor
Goldie Hawn, actress
Robert Hays, actor
Taraji P. Henson, actress
Russell Hicks, actor
Brendan Hines, actor, singer
Michael Hyatt, actress
Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, actress
Thomas Jane, actor
Rian Johnson, filmmaker
Spike Jonze, music video director, filmmaker, and producer
Kevin Kangas, writer, director of B-horror movies
John Kassir, actor, comedian
Stacy Keibler, actress, model
Kevin Kilner, actor
Judy Kuhn, actress
Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian, director and producer
Barry Levinson, filmmaker
Peyton List, actress, model
Ernie Lively, actor
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
William H. Macy, actor
Paula Marshall, actress
Dale Midkiff, actor
Debra Monk, actress, singer
Garry Moore, television personality
Cookie Mueller, actress, writer
Sean Murray, actor
Mildred Natwick, actress
Devika Parikh, actress
Jameson Parker, actor
Nicole Ari Parker, actress
Mark Pellington, film director
Sam Phillips, actress, model, radio DJ
David Pollock, actor
Parker Posey, actress
Robin Quivers, radio personality
Lance Reddick, actor
Patricia Richardson, actress
Howard Rollins, actor
Mark Rolston, actor
Jessica Lee Rose, actress
John Rothman, actor
Thomas Rothman, film executive
Mike Rowe, TV personality
Lamman Rucker, actor
Johnathon Schaech, actor, writer
Richard Schiff, actor
Dwight Schultz, actor
Teddy Sears, actor
Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright
Jada Pinkett Smith, actress
Daniel Stern, actor
Mink Stole, actress
Wanda Sykes, comedienne, actress
Tracie Thoms, actress
Gil Wadsworth, producer
Barbara Walsh, actress
Jonathan Ward, actor
John Waters, filmmaker
Matthew Weiner, writer, director and producer
Sean Whalen, actor
Montel Williams, TV personality
Frank Zappa, musician, composer
Nick Adenhart, baseball player
Joe Alexander, basketball player
Brady Anderson, baseball player
Carmelo Anthony, basketball player
Lisa Aukland, professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
Tavon Austin, football player
Harold Baines, baseball player
Frank Baker, baseball player
Ken Bannister, basketball player
Lonny Baxter, basketball player
Steve Barber, baseball player
Michael Beasley, basketball player
Bill Belichick, football coach
Len Bias, basketball player
Keith Bogans, basketball player
Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, basketball player
Josh Boone, basketball player
Riddick Bowe, heavyweight champion boxer
NaVorro Bowman, football player
Charles Bradley, basketball player
Dudley Bradley, basketball player
Troy Brohawn, baseball player
Andre Brown, football player
Sam Cassell, basketball player
Brett Cecil, baseball player
Colin Cloherty, football player
Dante Cunningham, basketball player
Quintin Dailey, basketball player
Adrian Dantley, basketball player
Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast
Delino DeShields, Jr., baseball player
Juan Dixon, basketball player
Joey Dorsey, basketball player
Kevin Durant, basketball player
Michel Faulkner, football player
Duane Ferrell, basketball player
Danny Ferry, basketball player
Tony Fiammetta, football player
Gavin Floyd, baseball player
Moise Fokou, football player
Domonique Foxworth, football player
Jimmy Foxx, Hall of Fame baseball player
Steve Francis, basketball player
Corey Fuller, football player
Kyle Fuller, football player
Rudy Gay, basketball player
James Gist, basketball player
Jeff Green, basketball player
Donté Greene, basketball player
Gabe Gross, baseball player
Lefty Grove, Hall of Fame baseball player
Scott Hall, professional wrestler
Jeff Halpern, hockey player
Derrick Harvey, football player
Darrius Heyward-Bey, football player
Roy Hibbert, basketball player
Calvin Hill, football player, father of Grant Hill
Katie Hoff, swimmer
Jarrett Jack, basketball player
Tanard Jackson, football player
Tracy Jackson, basketball player
Bryant Johnson, football player
Larry Johnson, football player
Steve Johnson, baseball player
Al Kaline, Hall of Fame baseball player
Stacy Keibler, professional wrestler
Linas Kleiza, basketball player
Rick Knapp, pitching coach
Aaron Laffey, baseball player
Bucky Lasek, professional skateboarder
Ty Lawson, basketball player
Katie Ledecky, Olympic swimmer
Sugar Ray Leonard, Hall of Fame boxer
Reggie Lewis, basketball player
Sidney Lowe, basketball player, assistant coach
Matt Maloney, basketball player
Roger Mason, basketball player
Justin Maxwell, baseball player
Leo Mazzone, baseball coach
Robert McClain, football player
Rodney McLeod, football player
Sara McMann, MMA fighter
Kimmie Meissner, figure skater
Shawne Merriman, football player
Terence Morris, basketball player
Daniel Muir, football player
Jeff Nelson, baseball player
Quinn Ojinnaka, football player
Travis Pastrana, motorsport athlete
Sam Perlozzo, baseball player and manager
Julian Peterson, football player
Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
Tom Phoebus, baseball player
Billy Ripken, baseball player
Cal Ripken, Jr., Hall of Fame baseball player
Bob Robertson, baseball player
Josh Roenicke, baseball player
Axl Rotten, professional wrestler
Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player
Pete Sampras, tennis player
Jim Schwartz, football coach
Dennis Scott, basketball player
Josh Selby, basketball player
Kevin Shaffer, football player
Visanthe Shiancoe, football player
Pam Shriver, tennis player
Gene Shue, basketball player
Lawrence Sidbury, football player
Dickey Simpkins, basketball player
Ira Smith, collegiate baseball player
Tubby Smith, basketball coach
Larry Spriggs, basketball player
Mike Sweetney, basketball player
Ron Swoboda, baseball player
Mark Teixeira, baseball player
Greivis Vásquez, basketball player
Marvin Webster, basketball player
Delonte West, basketball player
Brian Westbrook, football player
Byron Westbrook, football player
Derrick Williams, football player
LaQuan Williams, football player
Madieu Williams, football player
Reggie Williams, basketball player
Kennard Winchester, basketball player
David Wingate, basketball player
Danny Wiseman, Hall of Fame bowler
Jay Witasick, baseball player
Sam Young, basketball player
Usama Young, football player
Visual artists
Norman Carlberg, sculptor
Frank Cho, comic book creator, writer and artist
Jane Frank, painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator
Lee Gatch, painter, mixed media artist
Dick Hafer, cartoonist and comics creator
Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal, painter
Morris Louis, painter
Anne Truitt, sculptor
Bernie Wrightson, comic book artist
Individuals of historic significance
John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, first proprietary governor of the Maryland Colony
John Carroll, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the US
Henry De Butts, 18th-century U.S. Army officer, acting Adjutant General and Inspector General
Stephen Decatur, naval hero of the War of 1812
William Hemsley Emory, United States Army officer and surveyor of Texas
Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer
Alger Hiss, UN official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950
Francis Scott Key, composer of the national anthem
Jacob Lumbrozo, first Jew to permanently settle in the New World
Charles A. May, U.S. Army cavalry officer, considered a hero of the Mexican War
Samuel Mudd, physician convicted and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth
Cadwalader Ringgold, U.S. Navy Officer during the Civil War, explorer
Raymond A. Spruance, admiral during World War II, ambassador to the Philippines
Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad
Steve Bisciotti, majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens
Bud Delp, 1979 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer of Spectacular Bid
Michel Faulkner, pastor and NYC politician
Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of Ace of Cakes
Ed Hale, businessman, owner of Baltimore Blast
Michael Hardt, literary theorist and political philosopher
Arlo Hemphill, wilderness advocate
Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist
Mel Kiper, Jr., ESPN football analyst, known for draft coverage
Little Albert, subject of John B. Watson's controversial case study on classical conditioning
Samuel J. Palmisano, president and CEO of IBM
Bronza Parks, boatbuilder
Bob Parsons, CEO and founder of Go Daddy
George Peabody, founder of the Peabody Institute, philanthropist
Frank Perdue, president of Perdue Farms
Kevin Plank, CEO and founder of Under Armour
John Rawls, philosopher
Hilary Rhoda, model
James Rouse, city planner
Christian Siriano, winner of Season 4 of Project Runway
Ben Stein, actor, author, economist, political speechwriter
Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver killed by Hezbollah militants during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847
Matthew VanDyke, freedom fighter and prisoner of war (POW) in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
Bill Wilson, head of Americans for Limited Government
George Young, NFL executive
Lists of Americans
California is a state in the western United States.
It has more people than any other state in the United States.
12th Planet – record producer, DJ
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
Jon Appleton – composer
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
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
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)
Rachel Bilson – actress (The O.C.)
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)
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
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.)
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)
Herb Caen – newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)
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
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)
Lillie Hitchcock Coit – firefighter
Keyshia 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
Joe Cronin – Hall of Fame baseball player, manager
Cameron Crowe – filmmaker
Kaley Cuoco – actress (The Big Bang Theory)
Jamie Lee Curtis – actress (Halloween)
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)
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
DeMar DeRozan – professional basketball player
Zooey Deschanel – actress, singer
Dev – singer
Cameron Diaz – actress (There's Something About Mary)
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)
Clint Eastwood – film actor and director (Million Dollar Baby)
Dennis Eckersley – baseball player
Aaron Eckhart – actor
Anthony Edwards – actor
Zac Efron – film and television actor (High School Musical)
Danny Elfman – musician, composer
Sam Elliott – actor
Anabel Englund – singer
Chris Evans – convicted train robber
Evidence – rapper
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
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)
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)
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
Vince Guaraldi – musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Kimberly Guilfoyle – television personality
Natalie Gulbis – golfer
Brett Gurewitz – guitarist (Bad Religion)
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)
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
James Hetfield – musician (Metallica)
Jason Hirsh – baseball player
Hit-Boy – rapper, record producer
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
Sam Horrigan – actor (Little Giants)
Nichkhun Horvejkul Thai-American singer and rapper of 2PM
C. Thomas Howell – actor (The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Southland)
Jerry Hsu – skateboarder
Vanessa Hudgens – actress and singer (High School Musical)
Phil Hughes – baseball player
Yolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilder
Barry Hunau – illustrator
Helen Hunt – actress
Terry Huntingdon – Miss USA 1959
Anjelica Huston – actress
Nyjah Huston – professional skateboarder
Timothy Hutton – actor
Tiffany Hwang – singer (Girls' Generation)
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
Shirley Jackson – author
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
Jerry Jones – owner of the Dallas Cowboys
Marion Jones – track athlete
Matt L. Jones – actor, comedian (Breaking Bad)
Tamala Jones – actress
Ashley Judd – actress
Jessica Jung – singer (Girls' Generation)
Krystal Jung – singer (f(x))
Pauline Kael – film critic
Colin Kaepernick – NFL quarterback San Francisco 49ers
Ryan Kalish – major league baseball outfielder
Tony Kanal – bassist with No Doubt
Gabe Kapler – major league baseball outfielder
Khloé Kardashian socialite and reality-television personality
Kim Kardashian socialite and reality-television personality
Kourtney Kardashian socialite and reality-television personality
Julie Kavner – actress
Diane Keaton – film actress, director, producer
Keb' Mo' – blues singer-songerwriter and guitarist
Sally Kellerman – actress
Anthony Kennedy – Supreme Court Justice
Dom Kennedy – rapper
Kirk Kerkorian – investor and philanthropist
Kesha – singer
Jason Kidd – NBA player and coach
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
Remy LaCroix – pornographic actress
Adam Lambert – singer (American Idol)
Ryan Lavarnway – major-league baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Rick Law – illustrator and producer
Tony Lazzeri – baseball player
Amy Lee musician (lead singer of Evanescence)
Bruce Lee – martial artist
Jason Lee – actor (My Name is Earl)
Cathy LeFrançois – IFBB professional bodybuilder
Janet Leigh – actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
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)
Rob Liefeld – comic book writer
Seven Lions – musician
Blake Lively – actress (Gossip Girl)
Jack London – author (The Call of the Wild)
Lauren London – television personality, actress, and model
Evan Longoria – baseball player
George Lopez – actor and comedian (George Lopez)
Mario López – actor (Saved by the Bell)
Nancy Lopez – golfer
Erik Lorig – football player (New Orleans Saints)
Greg Louganis – Olympic diver
Courtney Love – musician
Kevin Love – basketball player
George Lucas – filmmaker (Star Wars)
Lorna Luft – singer and actress
Athena Lundberg – Playmate of the Month (January 2006)
Ray Lynch – actor
Cheryl Lynn – singer
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
Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist (Dallas)
Pete McCloskey – politician
Willie McCool – astronaut, killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
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
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
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
Bethany Mota – youtuber
Jason Mraz – singer, musician
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)
Anna Nalick – singer-songwriter
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)
Bradley Nowell – singer, musician (Sublime)
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
Heather O'Rourke – actress
Emily Osment – actress, singer
Jimmy Osmond − singer
Carson Palmer – football quarterback
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
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
Katy Perry – singer
Michelle Pfeiffer – actress
Paul Pierce – professional basketball player
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
Tristan Prettyman – singer, musician
Tayshaun Prince – professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons)
Freddie Prinze, Jr. – actor
Jade Puget – musician (AFI)
Kathleen Quinlan – actress
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
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)
Bob Smale - pianist
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
Kenneth Tobey – actor
Alessandra Torresani – actress
Alan Trammell – baseball player
Danny Trejo - actor
Lisa Tucker – singer
Aisha Tyler – actress
Tyler, The Creator – rapper, record producer (Odd Future)
Chase Utley – baseball player
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
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
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
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
Kristi Yamaguchi – professional figure skater
"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
Frank J. Zamboni – inventor
Zendaya – actress, singer
Anthony Zerbe – actor
Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. – Chief of Naval Operations
Daphne Zuniga – actress
AFI – rock band
As I Lay Dying – metal band
Audioslave – rock band
Bad Religion – punk band
The Bangles – pop band
The Beach Boys – pop band
The Bird and the Bee – indie duo
Black Flag – hardcore band
Blink-182 – pop/punk band
The Byrds – folk rock band
Circle Jerks – punk band
Concrete Blonde – alternative band
Counting Crows – rock band
Creedence Clearwater Revival – rock band
Cypress Hill – hip hop band
The Donnas – rock band
The Doors – rock band
Eels – alternative band
Faith no More – alternative band
Fishbone – alternative band
Flogging Molly – Celtic punk band
Geraldine Fibbers – alternative band
The Germs – punk band
The Go-Go's – pop band
The Grateful Dead – folk rock band
Green Day – rock band
Guns N' Roses – hard rock band
Hollywood Undead – rap/metal band
Hoobastank – rock band
In Fear And Faith – metal band
Incubus – rock band
Jane's Addiction – alternative band
Jefferson Airplane – rock band
Julien-K – synth band
Linkin Park – alternative rock band
Mad at the World – Christian rock band
Maroon 5 – rock band
Megadeth – metal band
Metallica – metal band
Minutemen – punk band
The Monkees – pop band
Mötley Crüe – hard rock band
N.W.A. – hip hop band
No Doubt – ska-punk band
The O.C. Supertones – ska band
The Offspring – rock band
Oingo Boingo – new wave band
Orgy – synth band
P.O.D. – rock band
Rage Against the Machine – rap/metal band
Ratt – hard rock band
Red Hot Chili Peppers – rock band
Slayer – metal band
Stone Temple Pilots – hard rock band
Sublime – ska-punk, dub band
Suicidal Tendencies – punk/metal band
Suicide Silence – metal band
Switchfoot – rock band
System of a Down – metal band
Tesla – hard rock band
Third Eye Blind – rock band
Thrice – rock band
Van Halen – hard rock band
The Wallflowers – rock band
X – alternative/punk band
California transplants
Samuel Brannan –  newspaper publisher
Ashlynn Brooke – pornographic actress
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo – Spanish explorer
César Chávez – labor leader
Juan Bautista de Anza – Spanish explorer
Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorer
Dr. Dre – rapper and producer
Larry Ellison – co-founder of Oracle Corporation
John C. Frémont – Military Governor of California
Domingo Ghirardelli – chocolateer (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company)
Chick Hearn – National Basketball Association announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
William Redington Hewlett – co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
Bob Hope – actor, singer, comedian
Steve Jurvetson – venture capitalist (a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
James Lick – real estate baron
Steve Martin – actor, author, comedian and film director
Johnny Mathis singer ("Chances Are")
Fritz Maytag –  former owner of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco and is Chairman of the Board of the Maytag Dairy Farms* Thomas Mesereau – criminal defense lawyer
Joe Montana – National Football League quarterback
John Muir – naturalist
Joshua A. Norton – British self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"
Buck Owens – country music performer
Ronald Reagan – actor and 40th President of the United States
Jackie Robinson – Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Major League Baseball's 20th-century color line
Carlos Santana – Mexican musician
Michael Savage – author, political commentator and radio host
Charles M. Schulz – cartoonist
Vin Scully – announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
Glenn T. Seaborg – chemist
Junipero Serra – Spanish missionary
Steven Spielberg – film director
Leland Stanford – railroad baron, Governor of California, founder of Stanford University
Ken Starr – lawyer, university law dean
Levi Strauss – Bavarian clothing manufacturer
John Sutter – Swiss real estate baron
Marjorie Thompson – British peace activist
Mark Twain – humorist and author
Sarah Winchester – heiress, eccentric, builder of the Winchester Mystery House
Charles Wood – musical theatre performer (original Hortensio in Cole Porter's 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate)
Chuck Yeager – US Air Force test pilot
Steve Young – National Football League quarterback
Lars Ulrich – musician (Metallica)
People by field
Ansel Adams (1902–1984), photographer
Arthur Adams (b. 1963), comic book artist known for his work on Longshot and Monkeyman and O'Brien.
Ruth Asawa (1926-2013), sculptor
Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter
Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano (1890–1970), sculptor
Lenore Chinn (b. 1949), painter
Larry Gonick (b. 1946), cartoonist
Jo Hanson (1918-2007), environmental artist and activist
Ester Hernandez (b. 1944), Chicana artist
Charles Dorman Robinson (1847–1933), painter
Richard Serra (b. 1939), minimalist sculptor and video artist
William Ware Theiss (1930–1992), costume designer
Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), ceramicist
Isadora Duncan (1877–1927), "mother" of modern dance
Directors/filmmakers
David Butler (1894–1979), film director, actor, writer and producer
Francis Coppola, film director, writer, producer, winery owner, San Francisco restaurateur
Sofia Coppola (b. 1971), director
Delmer Daves (1904-1977), director
Clint Eastwood (b. 1930), director, actor, producer
David Fincher (b. 1962), director
Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), director, producer, actor
George Lucas (b. 1944), director and producer
Andy Luckey (b. 1965), TV writer, producer, director
Walter Shenson (1919-2000), film producer
Jay Ward (1920–1989), creator and producer of animated TV series
Dianna Agron (b. 1986), actress
Gracie Allen (1895–1964), comedian
Bill Bixby (1934–1993), actor
Joan Blackman (b. 1938), actress
Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voiceover actor
Lisa Bonet (b. 1967), actress
Benjamin Bratt (b. 1963), actor
Todd Bridges (b. 1965), actor
Kari Byron (b. 1974), television personality
Carol Channing (b. 1921), actress
Kevin Cheng (b. 1969), actor
Mandy Cho (b. 1982), actress
Margaret Cho (b. 1968), comedian
Jamie Chung (b. 1983), actress
Darren Criss (b. 1987), actor
Eric Dane (b. 1972), actor
Dimitri Diatchenko (b. 1968), actor and musician
Minnie Dupree (1875–1947), actress
Barbara Eden (b. 1934), actress
Kathy Gori (b. 1951), actress
Danny Glover (b. 1946), actor
Tom Hanks (b. 1956), actor
China Kantner (b. 1971), actress
Bruce Lee (1940–1973)
Marjorie Lord (b. 1917), actress
Leslie Mann (b. 1972), actress
Edna McClure (b. c. 1888), Broadway actress
Bridgit Mendler, actress and singer
Vera Michelena (1885-1961), actress, dancer and singer
Melissa Ng (b. 1972), actress
Larisa Oleynik (b. 1981), actress
Rob Schneider (b. 1963), actor
Liev Schreiber (b. 1967), actor
Harry Shum, Jr. (b. 1982), actor
Alicia Silverstone (b. 1976), actress
David Strathairn (b. 1949), actor
Isis Taylor (b. 1989), pornographic actress
Phillip Terry (1909–1993), actor
Aisha Tyler (b. 1970), actress and TV personality
Stuart Whitman (b. 1928), actor
B.D. Wong (b. 1960), actor
Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress
Tony Bennett (b. 1926), singer, signature song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
Mike Bordin (b. 1962), drummer for Faith No More and Ozzy Osbourne
Paul Bostaph (b. 1964), heavy metal drummer
Cliff Burton (1962-1986), bass guitarist for thrash metal band Metallica
Craig Chaquico (b. 1954), rock, jazz and new age guitarist
Todd Tamanend Clark (b. 1952), poet and composer
Greg Errico (b. 1946), drummer for many bands, most notably Sly & the Family Stone
Maude Fay (1878–1964), operatic dramatic soprano
Lars Frederiksen, member of band Rancid
Jerry Garcia (1942–1995), psychedelic and folk-rock guitarist and singer
Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), jazz musician and pianist
Kirk Hammett (b. 1962), lead guitarist for thrash metal band Metallica
Cindy Herron (b. 1961), R&B singer
Gary Holt (b. 1964), thrash metal guitarist for Exodus
Tiffany Hwang (b. 1989), member of pop group Girls' Generation
Chris Isaak (b. 1956), singer and musician
Jessica Jung (b. 1989), former member of pop group Girls' Generation
Krystal Jung (b. 1994), member of pop group f(x)
Paul Kantner (b. 1941), rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
Huey Lewis (b. 1950), rock singer, raised in Marin County.
Courtney Love (b. 1964), singer and actress
Dmitri Matheny (b. 1965), jazz flugelhornist
Johnny Mathis (b. 1935), pop singer
Chante Moore (b. 1967), R&B and jazz singer
Kristina Olsen (b. 1957), folk singer-songwriter
Tim Pagnotta (b. 1977), guitarist
Rappin' 4-Tay (Anthony Forte) (b. 1968), rapper
Carlos Santana (b. 1947), rock, blues, and salsa guitarist and singer
Tupac Shakur (1971-1996), rapping legend, lived in Bay Area
Deke Sharon (b. 1967), a cappella singer The House Jacks
Ross Valory (b. 1949), bass player for many bands, most notably Journey
Martha Wash (b. 1953), R&B, Soul, and pop singer
Kevin Woo (b. 1991), member of Korean boygroup U-Kiss
David Belasco (1853–1931), playwright
Greg Downs (b. 1971), short-story writer
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b, 1919), poet, co-founder of City Lights Bookstore
Robert Frost (1874–1963), iconic poet
Adam Gidwitz (born 1982), children's book author
Clay Meredith Greene (1850-1933), playwright, theatre director, actor
Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), author of hard-boiled detective novels
Daniel Handler (b. 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
Alan Kaufman (b. 1952), author, poet, editor
Gus Lee (b. 1946), Asian-American author