List of people from 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

Patrick Cantlay: Professional Golfer

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

O.T. Genasis, hip-hop artist

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)

Samuel Grodin:award-winning American Pianist who attended Polytechnic High School and Bob Cole Conservatory

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

Walter Hill, director

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

Cliff Lett: radio-controlled racer and president of Associated Electrics

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

Matt Nieto: NHL Player for the San Jose Sharks

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

Jae Park: Singer based in Korea, member of Kpop band DAY6, under JYPEntertainment

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

The Dove_Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group

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 from the Eastsidaz

Goldie Loc: rapper from the Eastsidaz

George Deukmejian: Governor of California, 1983–1991

Cameron Diaz: actress

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

Paula Jones

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

Rodney Allen Rippy: actor

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