List of people from California

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12th Planet – record producer, DJ

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Willie Aames – actor

Paula Abdul – dancer and singer (American Idol)

Ansel Adams – photographer

Jay Adams – skateboarder and surfer

Ben Affleck – Academy award-winning actor and director

Jhene Aiko – singer

Jessica Alba – actress, model

Jesse Aliganga – US Marine

Marcus Allen - football player

A. J. 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

Nahshon Dion Anderson (1978–present) - is an award winning writer, actor and model from Altadena, California

Paul Thomas Anderson – filmmaker

Jennifer Aniston – actress (Friends)

Odette Annable – actress

Steve Aoki – music producer, DJ

Christina Applegate – actress

Jon Appleton – composer

Anne Archer – actress

Eve Arden – actress

Billie Joe Armstrong – musician, vocalist (Green Day)

Lucie Arnaz – actress

Maureen Arthur – actress (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)

Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu – bassist (Korn)

Anastasia Ashman – writer

Sean Astin – actor (The Lord of the Rings)

Jeff Atkinson – distance runner, Olympian

Brad Ausmus – Major League Baseball player, manager

Tracy Austin – tennis player

Dylan Axelrod – baseball player

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Max Baer, Jr. – actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies)

Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. – actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Chauncey Bailey- journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery

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

Max Baucus – politician, former Congressman (1975-1978), longtime U.S. Senator from Montana (1978-2014), and U.S. Ambassador to China since 2014

Michael Bay – film director

Amanda Beard – Olympic swimmer

Beck – musician

Captain Beefheart – musician

Ed Begley, Jr. – actor and activist

Drake Bell - actor, comedian, singer

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

Ashley Benson - actress (Pretty Little Liars)

Beau Bennett - hockey player

Candice Bergen – actress (Murphy Brown)

Carolyn Beug – passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11

Yusuf Bey – Owner Your Black Business Bakerey

B.G. Knocc Out – rapper

Mayim Bialik – Israeli-American actress and neuroscientist (The Big Bang Theory)

Barbara Billingsley – actress

Rachel Bilson – actress (The O.C.)

Troian Bellisario – actress, singer ("Pretty Little Liars")

Thora Birch – actress

Bradford Bishop – indicted murderer and at-large fugitive

Bill Bixby – actor (The Incredible Hulk)

Aloe Blacc – singer, musician

Jack Black – actor (Tenacious D)

Rebecca Black – singer

Hank Blalock – baseball player (Texas Rangers)

Mel Blanc – cartoon voice actor

Rowan Blanchard – actress (Girl Meets World)

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)

Jonathon Blum – hockey player

Brian Boitano − Olympic gold medalist (figure skating)

Barry Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)

Bobby Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)

Aaron Boone – baseball player (Cleveland Indians)

Scott Borchetta – president/CEO and founder of Big Machine Records

Barry Bostwick – actor (Spin City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Kate Bosworth – actress

Lo Bosworth – television personality, author, and entrepreneur

Bruce Bowen – National Basketball Association player (San Antonio Spurs)

Brandon Boyd – singer, musician (Incubus)

Timothy Bradley – boxer

Tom Brady – football quarterback (New England Patriots)

Debbie Bramwell-Washington – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Benjamin Bratt – actor

Ryan Braun – baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)

Eddie Bravo - Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor

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

Alison Brie- actress

Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Beau Bridges – actor (The Fabulous Baker Boys, Stargate SG-1)

Jeff Bridges – actor (The Big Lebowski)

Lloyd Bridges – actor (Sea Hunt, Airplane!)

Lance Briggs – football player

Adam Brody – actor (The O.C.)

James Brolin – actor

Josh Brolin – actor (No Country For Old Men, Gangster Squad)

Albert Brooks – 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

Austin Butler - actor, singer

Paul Butcher – actor

Win Butler – musician, songwriter (Arcade Fire)

Amanda Bynes – actress

Kari Byron – artist and television personality (MythBusters)

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Scott Caan – actor

Herb Caen – newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)

John Cage – composer

Nicolas Cage – actor

Colbie Caillat – singer

Cameron – professional wrestler, dancer

Dolph Camilli – baseball player

Ben Nighthorse Campbell – U.S. Senator from Colorado

Nick Cannon – actor

Mr. Capone-E – rapper

Linda Cardellini – actress (Freaks and Geeks)

Tucker Carlson – television host

Adam Carolla – radio and television personality

David Carr – football player

David Carradine – actor (Kung Fu, Kill Bill)

Ever Carradine – actress, daughter of Robert Carradine

Keith Carradine – actor (Nashville)

Robert Carradine – actor (Revenge of the Nerds)

Pete Carroll – college and NFL football coach

Adam Carson – drummer (AFI)

Chris Carter – producer, director and writer (The X-Files)

Torry Castellano – drummer of The Donnas

C-Bo – rapper

Richard Chamberlain – actor

Chanel West Coast – rapper, actress, model, television personality

Brandi Chastain – soccer player

Jessica Chastain – actress (Zero Dark Thirty)

Cher – actress, entertainer and singer

Joey Chestnut – competitive eater

Julia Child – chef, author and TV personality

Margaret Cho – actress, comedian

Wasel Choi – artist and world traveler

Amy Chow – gymnast

Jamie Chung – actress

Lana Clarkson – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

Les Claypool – bass player (Primus)

Claire Coffee - actress

Sasha Cohen – figure skater

Lillie Hitchcock Coit – firefighter

Keyshia Cole – singer

Natalie Cole – singer

Jerry Coleman – decorated soldier and sportscaster

Chris Colfer – actor (Glee), author (The Land of Stories)

Holly Marie Combs – actress

Maureen Connolly – tennis player

Mike Connors – actor (Mannix)

Lauren Conrad – television personality, fashion designer, and author

Elisha Cook Jr. – actor (The Maltese Falcon)

Coolio – rapper

Miranda Cosgrove – actress, singer (iCarly)

Michael Costello – fashion designer

Kevin Costner – 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

Darren Criss – actor

William H. Crocker – philanthropist and founder of Crocker National Bank

James Cromwell – actor

Joe Cronin – Hall of Fame baseball player, manager

David Crosby – musician

Cameron Crowe – filmmaker

Kaley Cuoco – actress (The Big Bang Theory)

Jamie Lee Curtis – actress (Halloween)

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Carson Daly – television host

Caroline D'Amore – musician, actress, model

Spencer Daniels – actor

Harry Danning – Major League Baseball All Star catcher

Ted Danson – actor (Cheers)

Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) – radio broadcaster during World War II

Lindsay Davenport – tennis player

Baron Davis – professional basketball player

Jonathan Davis – singer,

Terrell Davis – professional football player

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – husband and wife film directors (Little Miss Sunshine)

Oscar De La Hoya – boxer

Zack de la Rocha – activist, singer (Rage Against The Machine)

Jayme Dee – singer, musician

Tom DeLonge – singer, musician (Blink-182)

Brad Delson – musician (Linkin Park)

Deorro - DJ, musician

Bo Derek – actress

Laura Dern – actress

Grey Delisle – voice actress

DeMar DeRozan – professional basketball player

Emily Deschanel – actress

Zooey Deschanel – actress, singer

Dev – singer

Cameron Diaz – actress (There's Something About Mary)

Nate Diaz - professional mixed martial artist

Nick Diaz - professional mixed martial artist

Leonardo DiCaprio – Academy Award-winning actor

Joan Didion – writer

Trent Dilfer – NFL quarterback

Daz Dillinger – rapper

Joe DiMaggio – baseball player

Roy Edward Disney – billionaire, nephew of Walt Disney

DJ Quik – rapper, producer

Canh Thong Do – Vietnamese American activist

Nate Dogg – musician

Snoop Dogg – rapper

Ami Dolenz – actress, daughter of Micky Dolenz

Micky Dolenz – actor, musician, singer (The Monkees)

Jason Dolley - actor

Landon Donovan – soccer player

Dr. Dre – musician, hip-hop producer, record producer

Stacy Dragila – pole vaulter

Mac Dre – rapper

Dresta – rapper

K. Eric Drexler – engineer

Don Drysdale – baseball player

Hilary Duff – actress, singer

Tom Dumont – guitarist (No Doubt)

Isadora Duncan – dancer

Ann Dunnigan – translator, actor, teacher

Robert Duvall – actor

Jermaine Dye – baseball player (Chicago White Sox)

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Clint Eastwood – film actor and director (Million Dollar Baby)

Eazy-E – rapper

Dennis Eckersley – baseball player

Aaron Eckhart – actor

Anthony Edwards – actor

Zac Efron – film and television actor (High School Musical)

Danny Elfman – musician, composer

Jenna Elfman – actress

Sam Elliott – actor

Anabel Englund – singer

Chris Evans – convicted train robber

Evidence – rapper

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Bill Fagerbakke – actor/voice actor (Patrick Star)

Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton – wife and husband film directors (Little Miss Sunshine)

Heather Fargo – Mayor of Sacramento, California

Mia Farrow – actress

David Faustino – actor (Married... with Children)

Dianne Feinstein – US Senator from California, Mayor of San Francisco (1978–1988)

Roshon Fegan – actor

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 – Honduran-American actress

Sally Field − actress (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart)

Carrie Fisher – actress

Peggy Fleming – figure skater

Abigail Folger – coffee heiress, socialite, and murder victim

Bridget Fonda – actress

Lyndsy Fonseca – actress

Jon Foreman – singer

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 and brother of James

James Franco – actor and brother of Dave

Paulette Frankl – artist, biographer

Bonnie Franklin – actress

Missy Franklin – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (swimming)

Suga Free – rapper

Robert Frost – poet

Del tha Funkee Homosapien – rapper

Edward Furlong – actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

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Becky G – singer

Warren G – rapper

G-Eazy – rapper, producer

Guy Gabaldon – United States Marine Corps

Lynx and Lamb Gaede – white nationalist twin singers and musicians

Richard Gage – 9/11 Truth movement activist

Trace Gallagher – journalist

The Game – rapper

Eric Garcetti – mayor of Los Angeles

Jeff Garcia – football player

Jerry Garcia – musician (Grateful Dead)

Wolfgang Gartner – music producer, DJ

Kyle Gass – musician (Tenacious D)

Dirk Gates – network entrepreneur (Xirrus)

John Gavin – actor, ambassador

Sage the Gemini – rapper

Inara George – singer, musician (The Bird and the Bee)

Jason Giambi – professional baseball player (New York Yankees)

Tyrese Gibson – actor

Frank Gifford – football player and sportscaster

Brad Gilbert – tennis coach

Melissa Gilbert – actress (Little House on the Prairie), producer

Sara Gilbert – actress (Roseanne)

Lillian Moller Gilbreth – engineer (Cheaper by the Dozen)

Danny Glover – actor

Donald Glover – actor, singer

Gnash - rapper, singer

Rube Goldberg – cartoonist

Phillip Gonyea – drummer, percussionist (Against The Will)

Adrian Gonzalez – baseball player

Drew Gooden – professional basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Jeff Gordon – NASCAR driver

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor

Robby Gordon – NASCAR driver

Marjoe Gortner – evangelical minister

Mark-Paul Gosselaar – actor

John Grabow – Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs)

Gloria Grahame – actress

Andy Grammer – singer

Farley Granger – actor

Jennifer Granholm – Canadian-born politician and former Governor of Michigan (2003-2011)

Stephen Girard Whipple – 49er, newspaper editor, Union Army officer, and politician

Brian Grazer – Oscar-winning film and television producer

Beatrice Gray – actress

Billy Gray – actor, motorcyclist

Paul Gray – musician (Slipknot)

Joanie Greggains – radio show host, health and fitness expert

Sasha Grey – pornographic actress

Nash Grier – viner, youtuber and actor

Merv Griffin – talk show host, singer, television producer (Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune)

Florence Griffith-Joyner – track athlete

RL Grime – music producer

Josh Groban – singer

Vince Guaraldi – musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

Kimberly Guilfoyle – television personality

Natalie Gulbis – golfer

Brett Gurewitz – guitarist (Bad Religion)

Tony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball player

Jake Gyllenhaal – actor

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Walter A. Haas, Jr. – chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co.

Steven C. Hackett – economist (Humboldt State University)

Gene Hackman – actor (The French Connection)

Gigi Hadid - model

Sammy Hagar – musician (Van Halen)

Merle Haggard – country music singer

Joseph Hahn – painter, director, musician (Linkin Park)

Jackie Earle Haley – actor (Bad News Bears)

Mark Hamill – actor (Star Wars)

Laird Hamilton – surfer

Harry Hamlin – actor (Clash of the Titans)

Armie Hammer – actor

Kirk Hammett – musician (Metallica)

Daniel Handler – Lemony Snicket

Colin Hanks – actor (King Kong)

Tom Hanks – actor, director, producer

Peter D. Hannaford – political advisor to Ronald W. Reagan, author

Jeff Hanneman – guitarist (Slayer)

James Harden - basketball player

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

David Henrie - actor

Keith Hernandez – baseball player

Barbara Hershey – actress

James Hetfield – musician (Metallica)

Jonah Hill – actor

Paris Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, DJ

Jason Hirsh – baseball player

Hit-Boy – rapper, record producer

Dustin Hoffman – actor

Trevor Hoffman – professional baseball player (San Diego Padres)

Dexter Holland – singer, musician (The Offspring)

Brenda Holloway – singer and songwriter

Josh Holloway – actor (Lost)

Mike Holmgren – football coach (Seattle Seahawks)

Dennis Holt – poet, linguist, translator

Hopsin – rapper, actor, record producer

Taylor Horn – singer and actress

James Horner – composer

Sam Horrigan – actor (Little Giants)

Nichkhun Horvejkul – Thai-American singer and rapper of 2PM

Bryce Dallas Howard – actress

C. Thomas Howell – actor (The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Southland)

Jerry Hsu – skateboarder

Vanessa Hudgens – actress and singer (High School Musical)

Kate Hudson – actress

Phil Hughes – baseball player

Yolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Barry Hunau – illustrator

William Hung – American Idol contestant

Helen Hunt – actress

Terry Huntingdon – Miss USA 1959

Anjelica Huston – actress

Nyjah Huston – professional skateboarder

Timothy Hutton – actor

Tiffany Hwang – singer (Girls' Generation)

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Crooked I – rapper

Ice Cube – musician, actor

Gabriel Iglesias – comedian

Danny Im – member of Korean music group 1TYM

Grant Imahara – electronics and radio control expert (MythBusters)

Don Imus – radio personality

Allison Iraheta – singer (American Idol)

Kathy Ireland – model

Chris Isaak – musician, actor

Yasuhiro Ishimoto – photographer

Phil Ivey – professional poker player

Iamsu! - rapper

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Shirley Jackson – author

Etta James – singer

Jesse James – actor, welder, and chief executive officer of West Coast Choppers

Tom Jancar – contemporary art dealer Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery and Jancar Gallery

Gregg Jarrett – lawyer, journalist

BC Jean – singer

Richard Jefferson – professional basketball player**

Fran Jeffries – actress (The Pink Panther)

Kendall Jenner – reality star, model, TV personality, and author.

Kylie Jenner – reality star, model, TV and social media personality, and author.

Steve Jobs – computer pioneer, co-founder of Apple Computer

Anjelah Johnson – actress, comedian

Dwayne Johnson – professional wrestler best known as "The Rock"; now an actor (The Scorpion King)

Jimmie Johnson – NASCAR driver and champion

Kevin Johnson – basketball player and politician

Keyshawn Johnson – football player

Randy Johnson – baseball player

Angelina Jolie – actress

Jerry Jones – owner of the Dallas Cowboys

Marion Jones – track athlete

Matt L. Jones – actor, comedian (Breaking Bad)

Rashida Jones – actress

Tamala Jones – actress

Ashley Judd – actress

Jessica Jung – singer (Girls' Generation)

Krystal Jung – singer (f(x))

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Pauline Kael – film critic

Colin Kaepernick – NFL quarterback San Francisco 49ers

Ryan Kalish – major league baseball outfielder

Tony Kanal – bassist with No Doubt

Gabe Kapler – major league baseball outfielder

Khloé Kardashian – socialite and reality-television personality

Kim Kardashian – socialite and reality-television personality

Kourtney Kardashian – socialite and reality-television personality

Chris Kattan – actor, comedian

Julie Kavner – actress

Diane Keaton – actress, director, producer

Keb' Mo' – blues singer-songerwriter and guitarist

Sally Kellerman – actress

Minka Kelly – actress

Anthony Kennedy – Supreme Court Justice

Dom Kennedy – rapper

Kirk Kerkorian – investor and philanthropist

Kesha – singer

Jason Kidd – NBA player and coach

Val Kilmer – actor

Billie Jean King - tennis player

Elle King – singer, actress

Kerry King – guitarist (Slayer)

Regina King – actress

Rodney King -police brutality victim

Maxine Hong Kingston – author

Thomas Kinkade – artist

Matthew Knight – actor

Suge Knight – record producer, music executive (Death Row Records)

Kyle Korver - basketball player

Dean Kremer - Israeli-American baseball pitcher

Nathan Kress – actor (iCarly)

Kayden Kross – pornographic actress

Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher and announcer (San Francisco Giants)

Lisa Kudrow – actress (Friends)

Greg Kurstin – musician, producer (The Bird and the Bee)

Michelle Kwan – figure skater

Iris Kyle – 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder

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Shia LaBeouf – actor

Phil LaMarr – voice artist

Remy LaCroix – pornographic actress

Kendrick Lamar – rapper

Adam Lambert – singer (American Idol)

Michelle Lambert – singer

Greg Laswell - singer, musician

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)

Kawhi Leonard – basketball player

Brad Lesley – baseball player, cast member on Takeshi's Castle

Adam Levine – musician (lead singer of pop/rock group Maroon 5)

Monica Lewinsky – White House intern

Huey Lewis – musician (Huey Lewis and the News)

Juliette Lewis – actress

Rob Liefeld – comic book writer

Jeremy Lin - basketball player

Seven Lions – musician

David Lipsky – golfer

Blake Lively – actress (Gossip Girl)

Heather Locklear – actress

Alison Lohman - actress

Jack London – author (The Call of the Wild)

Lauren London – television personality, actress, and model

Evan Longoria – baseball player

George Lopez – actor and comedian (George Lopez)

Mario 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

Jon Lovitz – actor

George Lucas – filmmaker (Star Wars)

Lorna Luft – singer and actress

Athena Lundberg – Playmate of the Month (January 2006)

Ray Lynch – actor

Cheryl Lynn – singer

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Mack 10 – rapper (Westside Connection)

Madlib - rapper, producer

Theodore Harold Maiman – inventor of Ruby Laser Systems Laser

Daron Malakian – musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist (System of a Down)

Mia Malkova – pornographic actress

Ricky Manning, Jr. – football player

Josie Maran – actress and model

Teena Marie – singer

Cheech Marin – actor

Shannon Marketic – Miss USA 1992

McKayla Maroney – 2012 Olympic gold and silver medalist (artistic gymnastics)

Dean Paul Martin – actor and musician

Margaret Martin – professional bodybuilder

Bobby Martinez – professional surfer

Chris Masters – wrestler

Tim Matheson – actor

Bob Mathias – decathlete

Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player

Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist (Dallas)

Pete McCloskey – politician

Willie McCool – astronaut, killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Maureen McCormick – actress

Jennette McCurdy – actress, singer

Audra McDonald – actress and singer

Willie McGee – baseball player

Ted McGinley – actor

Jeremy McGrath – supercross racer

Mark McGwire – baseball player

Robert McNamara – former United States Secretary of Defense

Katharine McPhee – singer, actress

MC Eiht – actor, rapper

MC Hammer – musician

MC Ren – rapper

Casey Mears – NASCAR driver

Edwin Meese – United States Attorney General (1985–1988)

Rodney Melville – judge

Bridgit Mendler - actress, singer

Mike Mentzer – professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion

Lee Meriwether – actress and Miss America

Casey Merrill – football running back

AJ Michalka – actress, musician

Aly Michalka – actress, singer

Phil Mickelson – golfer

Miguel – singer, producer

Johnny Miller – golfer and TV commentator

Jon Miller – sportscaster

Marisa Miller – supermodel

Penelope Ann Miller – actress

Reggie Miller – basketball player (Indiana Pacers)

Stanley Miller – chemist

Norm Mineta – U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Transportation

Liza Minnelli – singer and actress (Cabaret)

Marilyn Monroe – sex symbol, actress (Some Like It Hot)

Elizabeth Montgomery – actress (Bewitched)

Shemar Moore – actor

Terry Moore – actress (Mighty Joe Young)

Alex Morgan – United States women's national soccer team striker

John Morrison – wrestler

George Moscone – Mayor of San Francisco

Shane Mosley – boxer

Elisabeth Moss – actress

Bethany Mota – youtuber

Jason Mraz – singer, musician

Megan Mullally – actress

Marcus Mumford – singer, musician (Mumford & Sons)

Bill Mumy – child actor (Lost in Space)

Noah Munck – actor (iCarly)

Eddie Murray – baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)

Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder (Los Angeles)

Dave Mustaine – musician (Megadeth)

Tobey Maguire – actor, producer

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Anna Nalick – singer-songwriter

Randy Newman – composer, musician

Laraine Newman – comedian, actress, voice artist

Gavin Newsom – Mayor of San Francisco (2004–2011)

Joanna Newsom – singer, harpist

Lorenzo Neal – Pro Bowl football player

Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United States

Lyn Nofziger – author, journalist and White House Press Secretary (under Ronald Reagan)

Isamu Noguchi – artist

Bradley Nowell – singer, musician (Sublime)

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Willis O'Brien – film special-effects artist

Dagmar Oakland – stage and screen actress

Frank Ocean – singer (Odd Future)

Lefty O'Doul – baseball player

Larisa Oleynik – actress

Edward James Olmos – actor

Elizabeth Olsen – actress

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and entrepreneurs

Omarion – musician, singer

Ryan O'Neal – actor

Tatum O'Neal – actress

Heather O'Rourke – actress

Emily Osment – actress, singer

Haley Joel Osment – actor

Jimmy Osmond − singer

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Carson Palmer – football quarterback

Gwyneth Paltrow – actress

Cathey Palyo – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Leon Panetta – White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense

Jerry Paris – director and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show)

Grace Park – actress (Battlestar Galactica, Hawaii Five-0)

Richard Park – ice hockey forward, New York Islanders

Harry Partch – composer

Audrina Patridge – television personality, television presenter, actress, and model

George S. Patton – military commander

Paula Patton – actress

Corey Pavin – golfer

Sara Paxton – actress, singer

Gary Payton – professional basketball player

Gregory Peck – actor

Sam Peckinpah – film director

Joc Pederson – baseball player

Dustin Pedroia – baseball player

Chris Penn – actor

Sean Penn – actor

Stacy Peralta – Skateboarder, Surfer and movie director

Melina Perez – professional wrestler

Bradley Steven Perry – Actor

Katy Perry – singer

Michelle Pfeiffer – actress

Paul Pierce – professional basketball player

Chris Pine – actor

Drew Pinsky – radio and television personality, physician, addiction medicine specialist

Jim Plunkett – football quarterback (Oakland Raiders)

Whitney Port – television personality, fashion designer, and author

Chad Power – martial artist

Stefanie Powers – actress

Tristan Prettyman – singer, musician

Tayshaun Prince – professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons)

Freddie Prinze, Jr. – actor

Jade Puget – musician (AFI)

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Kathleen Quinlan – actress

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Frances Rafferty – actress

Max Rafferty – former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, author and columnist

Taylor Rain – pornographic actress and nude model

Ronald Reagan – Governor of California (1967-1975), former actor, and 40th President of the United States

Robert Redford – 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)

Robert Ri'chard – actor

Ariana Richards – actress

Michael Richards – actor (Seinfeld)

Nicole Richie – actress

Sally Ride – astronaut (STS-7 and STS-41-G)

Isiah Rider – basketball player

Cathy Rigby – gymnast and actress (Peter Pan)

Molly Ringwald – actress

Jason Ritter – actor (son of John Ritter; grandson of Tex Ritter)

Jenni Rivera – singer

Naya Rivera – actress and singer

Tim Robbins – actor

Tony Robbins – life coach

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

Bill Russell - baseketbal player

Keri Russell – actress

Rene Russo – actress

Marla Ruzicka – activist (Green Party)

S

Sabi – singer

Arnold Schwarzenegger – Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, businessman, and former Governor of California (2003-2011)

Patrick Schwarzenegger – actor, model, and son of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tom Seaver - baseball player

O.J. Simpson - retired football player (Buffalo Bills), actor, and convicted felon

Skeme – rapper

Skrillex - DJ, musician

Bob Smale – pianist

Duke Snider - baseball player

Brenda Song - actress

Mark Spitz - Olympic swimmer

Kristen Stewart - actress

Lindsey Stirling – violinist

Spencer Stone – United States Air Force staff sergeant known for stopping a gunman in a Paris-bound train from Amsterdam via Brussels; author of The 15:17 To Paris

Jason Segel – actor, comedian, screenwriter, author

Jason Schwartzman – actor

John Steinbeck – author (East of Eden, Of Mice and Men)

Darryl Strawberry - baseball player

T

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

Klay Thompson - basketball player

Pat Tillman – football player and soldier

Jennifer Tilly – actress

Tinashe – singer

Kenneth Tobey – actor

Alessandra Torresani – actress

Alan Trammell – baseball player

Danny Trejo – actor

Lisa Tucker – singer

Justin Turner - baseball player

Tyga – rapper

Aisha Tyler – actress

Tyler, The Creator – rapper, record producer (Odd Future)

U

Chase Utley – baseball player

V

Jasmine V – singer

Karen Valentine – actress

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo – Mexican general, American politician

Elle Varner – singer

Jhonen Vasquez – comic-book writer and artist

Casey Veggies – rapper

Stephen Venard – lawman

Julieta Venegas – singer, musician

Ken Venturi – golfer

Gwen Verdon – actress

Victoria Vetri – model and actress

Robert M. Viale – U.S. Medal of Honor recipient

Antonio Villaraigosa – 51st Mayor of Los Angeles

Roy Marlin Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels

W

Paul Walker - actor (Fast & Furious)

Lindsay Wagner – actress

Bill Walsh – football coach

Laurie Walters – actress (Eight Is Enough)

Bill Walton – Hall of Fame basketball player

Luke Walton – basketball player

Andre Ward – 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal-winning boxer

Earl Warren – 30th Governor of California, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969)

Jered Weaver – baseball player

Ryn Weaver – singer

Caspar Weinberger – United States Secretary of Defense

Bob Weir – musician (Grateful Dead)

Brian Welch – musician, guitarist (Korn)

Russell Westbrook – basketball player

Jill Whelan – actress (Airplane!)

Shaun White – snowboarder

Brandon Whitt – NASCAR driver

Sidney Wicks – basketball player

will.i.am – rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and member of The Black Eyed Peas

Emily Williams – early-20th-century architect

Esther Williams – actress

John Williams – composer

Paul Williams – architect

Serena Williams – tennis player

Venus Williams – tennis player

Ted Williams – Hall of Fame baseball player

Dontrelle Willis – baseball player (Florida Marlins)

Helen Wills – tennis player

Brian Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)

Carl Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)

Rita Wilson – actress

Ariel Winter – actress, model (Modern Family)

Tamara Witmer – model

Zachary Wohlman – boxer

Victor Wong – actor (Big Trouble in Little China)

Victor Wong – actor (King Kong)

Kevin Woo – singer, television personality (U-Kiss)

Beatrice Wood – artist

Natalie Wood – actress (This Property Is Condemned)

David Woodard – conductor and writer

John Wooden – college basketball coach

Cynthia Woodhead – swimmer

Shailene Woodley – actress

Tiger Woods – golfer

Steve Wozniak – inventor of the Apple Computer

Y

Kristi Yamaguchi – professional figure skater

Elliott Yamin – singer

"Weird Al" Yankovic – parodist, musician

YG – rapper

Charlyne Yi – actress, comedian

Tina Yothers – actress (Family Ties)

Adrian Young – No Doubt's drummer

Emily Mae Young – actress

Nick Young – professional basketball player

Young Noble – rapper

Joon Yun – radiologist

Z

Frank J. Zamboni – inventor

Zendaya – actress, singer

Anthony Zerbe – actor

Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. – Chief of Naval Operations

Daphne Zuniga – actress

Musical groups

AFI – rock band

As I Lay Dying – metal band

Audioslave – rock band

Bad Religion – punk band

The Bangles – pop band

The Beach Boys – pop band

The Bird and the Bee – indie duo

Black Flag – hardcore band

Blink-182 – pop/punk band

The Byrds – folk rock band

Circle Jerks – punk band

Concrete Blonde – alternative band

Counting Crows – rock band

Creedence Clearwater Revival – rock band

Cypress Hill – hip hop band

The Donnas – rock band

The Doors – rock band

Eels – alternative band

Faith No More – alternative band

Fishbone – alternative band

Flogging Molly – Celtic punk band

Geraldine Fibbers – alternative band

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 (band) – 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 group

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

Tool - progressive metal 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

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo – Spanish explorer

César Chávez – labor leader

Juan Bautista de Anza – Spanish explorer

Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorer

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 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

Joe Morgan - baseball player

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Governor of California, actor, and bodybuilder

Vin Scully – announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers

Glenn T. Seaborg – chemist

Junipero Serra – Spanish missionary

Steven Spielberg – 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

Mark Twain – humorist and author

Sarah Winchester – heiress, eccentric, builder of the Winchester Mystery House

Charles Wood – musical theatre performer (original Hortensio in Cole Porter's 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate)

Chuck Yeager – US Air Force test pilot

Ace Young – singer

Steve Young – National Football League quarterback

Lars Ulrich – musician (Metallica)