List of people from Los Angeles

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Paula Abdul – singer, choreographer, former Laker Girl, born in San Fernando

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player with UCLA and the Los Angeles Lakers (born in New York)

Sade Adu – singer-songwriter

Forrest J Ackerman – collector and influential science fiction fan

Jensen Ackles – actor, director (born in Dallas, Texas)

Carol Adams – silent-film actress

Ben Affleck – actor and director (born in Berkeley)

Jhené Aiko – singer-songwriter

Mark Anchor Albert – attorney, philanthropist, impresario and lay Catholic leader

Merrill K. Albert – trial lawyer and author

Gary Alexander – professional baseball player

Gloria Allred – attorney (born in Pennsylvania)

Francia Almendárez – actress

Herb Alpert – musician, composer, producer

Andrea Anderson – athlete, Olympic gold medalist

Anthony Anderson – actor, comedian

Billy Anderson – NFL player

Garret Anderson – professional baseball player

Paul Thomas Anderson – screenwriter, film director

Ariane Andrew – wrestler, valet for World Wrestling Entertainment

Mike Andrews – baseball player

Angelyne – celebrity

Jennifer Aniston – actress

Christina Applegate – actress

Anne Archer – actress

Army Archerd – columnist for Variety (born in New York)

Desi Arnaz Jr. – actor, musician

Lucie Arnaz – actress, singer

Emmett Ashford – baseball umpire

Nnamdi Asomugha – professional football player for the Oakland Raiders

Fred Astaire (1899–1987), dancer and actor, The Band Wagon, Funny Face, That's Entertainment!

Mackenzie Astin – actor

Sean Astin – actor (born in Santa Monica)

Gene Autry – singer, actor, L.A. museum and baseball team owner (born in Texas)

Dennis Awtrey - professional basketball player

Roy Ayers – funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player

Armand Avazian - Immigration and Crinimal lawyer (born in Pasadena)

B

Judy Baca – muralist

Fay Bainter – actress

Diane Baker – actress

Ireland Baldwin – model

Alex Band – singer, musician

Joseph Barbera (1911–2006), animator, producer, director

Eddie Barth – actor and voiceover artist

Paul L. Bates – commander of the first black tank battalion to fight in World War II

Earl Battey (1935–2003) – major league baseball player

Gordon Bau (1907–1975) – Hollywood make-up artist with Warner Brothers Studios (born in Minnesota)

Michael Bay – film director

Warren Beatty – actor, director (born in Virginia)

Beck – singer

Ed Begley, Jr. – actor

Jim Bellows – editor (born in Michigan)

John Beradino – major league baseball player and actor

Justin Berfield – actor

Candice Bergen – actress

Nicolas Berggruen – philanthropist, founder of the Berggruen Institute

Busby Berkeley – choreographer, film director

Corbin Bernsen – actor

Steve Beuerlein – pro football player

Justin Bieber – singer (born in London, Canada)

Beyoncé – singer

Barbara Billingsley – actress

Camille Billops – artist, film director

Thora Birch – actress

Whitney Blake – actress

Rowan Blanchard – actress

Francesca Lia Block – author

David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player

Betty Blythe – actress

Kyle Boller – football player

William "Big Bill" Bonelli – Los Angeles City Councilman (1927–1929), notably corrupt member of State Board of Equalization, fugitive

Chaz Bono – gay rights activist

Richard Boone – actor

Kate Bosworth – actress

Leigh Brackett – writer

Ray Bradbury – writer

Milton Bradley – professional baseball player

Tom Bradley – 38th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1973 – June 30, 1993)

Tom Brady – professional football player

Creed Bratton – actor

Ryan Braun – professional baseball player

Tamar Braxton – singer (born in Maryland)

Toni Braxton – singer

Leo Breithaupt – auto racer

Nicholas Brendon – actor

Eileen Brennan – actress

Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Beau Bridges – actor

Jeff Bridges – actor

Lance Briggs – pro football player

Earl Alonzo Brininstool – cowboy poet

Eli Broad – businessman

James Brolin – actor

Josh Brolin – actor

Albert Brooks – actor, screenwriter, director

Beau Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer

Jai Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer

Luke Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer

Alton Brown – chef, Food Network personality

Helen Gurley Brown – magazine publisher and author

Julie Brown – actress

Marc Brown – television newscaster

Jackson Browne – musician

Kobe Bryant – Lakers basketball player (born in Pennsylvania)

Joan Juliet Buck – magazine writer and editor

Marilyn Buferd – actress, Miss America 1946

Charles Bukowski – author

Tim Burton – film director (born in Burbank)

Jake Busey – actor

Jeanie Buss – Lakers executive (born in Santa Monica)

Jerry Buss – owned Lakers, Kings and Sparks teams, Forum Arena (born in Utah)

Jim Buss – Lakers executive

Paul Butcher – actor

Julie Bennett – actress she best the voice roles of Hanna-Barbera (TBA?).

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Scott Caan – actor

John Cage – composer

Rory Calhoun – actor

Stephen J. Cannell – television director, writer, producer

Lizzy Caplan – actress

Steve Cardenas – martial artist and retired actor (born in Virginia Beach, Virginia)

Belinda Carlisle – singer

Kim Carnes – singer

Adam Carolla – comedian, actor, entertainer

David Carradine – actor

Robert Carradine – actor

Leo Carrillo – actor

Johnny Carson – television personality (born in Iowa)

Matt Cassel – pro football player

Katie Cassidy – actress

Patrick Cassidy – actor

Shaun Cassidy – singer, actor, television producer

Richard Chamberlain – actor

Stan Chambers – television news reporter

Marge Champion – actress, dancer

Dorothy Buffum Chandler – cultural leader

Harry Chandler – chief executive of Los Angeles Times

Norman Chandler – publisher and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Times

Otis Chandler – transformative publisher of Los Angeles Times

Raymond Chandler – author

Rosalind Chao – actress (born in Anaheim)

Charlie Chaplin – iconic actor and director, Los Angeles film industry pioneer (born in England)

Charles Chaplin Jr. – actor

Sydney Chaplin – actor

Antonio Chatman – NFL wide receiver

Eric Chavez – baseball player

Dorothy Cheney – tennis player

Jack Chick – evangelist and cartoonist

Bikram Choudhury – inventor of Bikram Yoga

Rajashree Choudhury – founder of USA Yoga Federation

Warren Christopher – diplomat

Chyna – professional wrestler, model, actress, author

Liz Claman – CNBC anchor

Greg Clark – NFL player

Eldridge Cleaver – writer, activist (born in Arkansas)

Johnnie Cochran – attorney

Mickey Cohen – mobster (born in )

Sasha Cohen – figure skater

Tiffany Cohen – Olympic swimmer (born in Culver City)

Mindy Cohn – actress

Natalie Cole – singer

Fritz Coleman – television meteorologist

John Ery Coleman – Los Angeles-based painter

Keo Coleman – NFL player

Wanda Coleman – poet and writer

Dorothy Comingore – actress

Curtis Conway – pro football player

Ry Cooder – musician, composer

Jackie Coogan – actor

Coolio – rap artist

Dewey Cooper – kickboxer

Jackie Cooper – actor and director

Gia Coppola – actress

James Corden – comedian, actor, and television personality (born in London, England)

Pat Corrales (born 1941) – baseball player

Miranda Cosgrove actress, singer

John Cossette – theater and television producer

Kevin Costner – actor

Al Cowens (born 1951) – baseball player

Aaron Cox (born 1965) – football wide receiver

Nikki Cox – actress

Robert Crais – novelist (born in Louisiana)

Johnny Crawford – actor

Willie Crawford – baseball player

Richard Crenna – actor, film director

Coco Crisp – baseball player

James Cromwell – actor

David Crosby – musician

Denise Crosby – actress

Gary Crosby – actor

Mary Crosby – actress

Andraé Crouch – musician

Jamie Lee Curtis – actress

Shannon Curtis – musician, singer/songwriter

Miley Cyrus – singer, actress

D

Elizabeth Daily – actress

Carson Daly – television personality; host of The Voice and Last Call With Carson Daly (born in Santa Monica)

Harry Danning – major league baseball player

Frank Darabont – director (born in France)

Kim Darby – actress

Ben Davidson – football player

Baron Davis – basketball player

Eric Davis – professional baseball player

Jeff Davis – actor, comedian, singer

Julienne Davis – actress/singer/model

Mike Davis – urban theorist and author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear

Patti Davis – actress, daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan

Roxann Dawson – actress

Frances Dee – actress

Rick Dees – radio personality (born in Florida)

Gloria DeHaven – actress

Oscar De La Hoya – boxer

Milton DeLugg – composer, bandleader

John Densmore – musician

Johnny Depp – actor

Rick DePiro musician, singer-songwriter (born in Ohio)

John Derek – actor and director

Laura Dern – actress

DeMar DeRozan – basketball player (born in Compton)

Emily Deschanel – actress

Zooey Deschanel – actress and singer

Deuce – singer and rapper

Leonardo DiCaprio – actor

Larry Dierker – baseball player and manager

Roy Edward Disney – television producer

Walt Disney – animator, film studio and theme park founder (born in Illinois)

Bobby Doerr (born 1918) – baseball player

Nicola Dolapchieff (1897-1964, born in Bulgaria) – Professor in Criminal Law

Micky Dolenz – actor and musician

Eric Dolphy – musician

Terry Donahue – football coach

Susan Miller Dorsey – educator

Kirk Douglas – actor and L.A. philanthropist (born in New York)

Tony Dow – actor

Morton Downey Jr. – talk show host

Robert Downey, Jr. – actor (born in New York)

Brian Downing – major league baseball player

Dr. Dre – musician, composer

Jack Dragna – organized crime figure (born in Sicily)

Daryl Dragon – musician

Don Drysdale – Hall of Fame baseball player (born in Van Nuys)

Nikki DuBose – model turned author and activist (born in South Carolina)

Teala Dunn – actress and comedian

Jerry Dunphy – television news reporter (born in Wisconsin)

Tony Duquette – designer

Clea DuVall – actress

Jakob Dylan – musician

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Kyle Eastwood – musician

Eazy-E – rapper

J. W. Eddy – railway engineer, builder of Angels Flight (born in New York)

Mark Edward – mentalist and psychic entertainer

India Eisley – actress

Larry Elder – radio personality

Danny Elfman – musician and composer

Jenna Elfman – actress

John C. Elliott – 39th Governor of American Samoa

Bret Easton Ellis – novelist

Dock Ellis – major league baseball player

John R. Ellis – filmmaker and special effects artist

Harlan Ellison – science fiction author

James Ellroy – author

John Elway – Hall of Fame football player

Jaime Escalante – educator

Briana Evigan – actress

Roger Ewing – actor on Gunsmoke

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Shelley Fabares – actress (born in Santa Monica)

John Fante – author

Jordan Farmar – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv

Richard Farnsworth – actor

Mia Farrow – actress and activist

David Faustino – actor

Roshon Fegan – actor

Raymond E. Feist – author

Allyson Felix – athlete, Olympic gold medalist

Robert Fellows – film producer

Miguel Ferrer – actor (born in Santa Monica)

Sally Field – actress (born in Pasadena)

Cecil Fielder – baseball player

Danielle Fishel – actress

Carrie Fisher – actress, writer, producer (born in Beverly Hills)

Jeff Fisher – NFL coach (born in Culver City)

Rhonda Fleming – actress

Dann Florek – actor

Sean Flynn – journalist

Nick Folk – NFL kicker (born in Hollywood)

Bridget Fonda – actress

Kai Forbath – NFL kicker (born in Santa Monica)

Harrison Ford – actor (born in Illinois)

Mary Alice Ford – politician

Jodie Foster – actress, director and producer

Sara Foster – actress

Allen Fox – tennis player and coach

Bonnie Franklin – actress (born in Santa Monica)

Linda Fratianne – figure skater

Stan Freberg – voice actor and comedian

Jennifer Freeman – actress

Sherwood Fries – football player for Green Bay Packers

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Louis Galen – philanthropist (born in Ohio)

Donte Gamble – American football player

Harry Gamboa, Jr. – artist

Tom Gamboa -- baseball coach and manager

The Game – rapper and actor

Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles

Gil Garcetti – district attorney

Andrew Garfield – actor

Judy Garland – singer and actress (born in Minnesota)

Tay Garnett – film director

Leif Garrett – singer and actor

Mike Garrett – football player, athletic director

John Gavin – actor and ambassador

Frank Gehry – architect

Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress (born New York City)

Genie – feral child

James Georgopoulos – visual artist

Mark Geragos – criminal defense attorney

Gina Gershon – actress

Balthazar Getty – actor

Tyrese Gibson – singer-songwriter, actor

Melissa Gilbert – actress, film director, labor union president

Glasses Malone – rapper

Troy Glaus – baseball player (born in Tarzana)

Sharon Gless – actress

Joe Gold – founder of Gold's Gym

Jonathan Gold – Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic for L.A. Weekly and 'the 'Los Angeles Times

Tony Goldwyn – actor

Pancho Gonzales – tennis star

Dexter Gordon – composer

Joe Gordon – baseball player and manager

Joseph Gordon–Levitt – actor

Gloria Grahame – actress

Ariana Grande – actress and singer

Katherine Grant – actress

Paul Gray – bassist of Slipknot

Brian Grazer – film and television producer

David Gregory – television journalist

Paulina Gretzky – model

Virginia Grey – actress

Nash Grier – Vine star

Griffith J. Griffith – philanthropist, donor of the land for Griffith Park

Sandi Griffiths – singer

Josh Groban – singer

Chris Gwynn – baseball player

Tony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball player

Jake Gyllenhaal – actor

Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress

H

James Hahn – mayor of Los Angeles 2001–05

Randa Haines – director, film producer

H. R. Haldeman – Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff

Alan Hale Jr. – actor

Andrew Hales – YouTube personality

Jaclyn Hales – actress

Jack Haley Jr. – actor, film director, writer, producer

Derrick Hall - business executive, President & CEO of Arizona Diamondbacks

Chico Hamilton – jazz drummer

Armie Hammer – actor

George Allan Hancock – oilman, real estate developer, donated the La Brea Tarpits to the county of Los Angeles

Alex Hannum – NBA player and coach

Darlene Hard – tennis player

Lula Mae Hardaway – mother and collaborator of Stevie Wonder

James Harden – professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets

Mariska Hargitay – actress (born in Santa Monica)

Mark Harmon – actor (born in Burbank)

Ray Harryhausen – special effects director

Noah Hathaway – actor

Harry Hay – founder of the Mattachine Society

Julia Sampson Hayward – tennis player

Chick Hearn – Lakers basketball broadcaster (born in Illinois)

Hugh Hefner – magazine publisher (born in Illinois)

Jon Heidenreich – professional wrestler

John Helwig – American football player

George Hendrick – baseball player

Chuck Henry – television newscaster

Danny Herrera – drummer

John S. Herrington – cabinet member in Reagan administration

Barbara Hershey – actress

Bernardo J. Herzer – founder of LEHR

Darryl Hickman – actor and studio executive

Dwayne Hickman – actor

Robert Hilburn – pop music critic for Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005

Jonah Hill – actor

Roy W. Hill – auto mogul and philanthropist

Carla Anderson Hills – cabinet member in Reagan administration

Paris Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, DJ (born in New York City)

Jerome Hines – actor

Gaynel Hodge – songwriter

Dustin Hoffman – actor

Jennifer Holt – actress

Olivia Hastings Holt – actress, singer

Tim Holt – actor

Joshua Hong – member of South Korean boyband Seventeen

Bob Hope – comedian and actor, Toluca Lake resident (born in England)

James Horner – composer

Richard Steven Horvitz – voice actor

Marques Houston – singer

Bryce Dallas Howard – actress

Clint Howard – actor (born in Burbank)

Ron Howard – director and actor (born in Oklahoma)

C. Thomas Howell – actor

Kate Hudson – actress

Howard Hughes – aviation pioneer and film producer (born in Iowa)

D. L. Hughley – actor, comedian

Bob Humphreys – football player

William Hung – American Idol contestant

Helen Hunt – actress (born in Culver City)

Anjelica Huston – actress (born in Santa Monica)

Timothy Hutton – actor (born in Malibu)

Aldous Huxley – author (born in England, died in Los Angeles)

I

Ice Cube – musician, composer, actor

Grant Imahara – MythBusters

Joe Inoue – singer

Lance Ito – judge (presided over the O.J. Simpson Trial)

J

Hue Jackson – NFL coach

Melvin Jackson – football player

Michael Jackson (1958-2009) – singer (born in Gary, Indiana)

Michael Jackson – L.A. radio personality (born in England)

Edmund Jaeger – naturalist

Jon Jafari – YouTube personality and co-creator of Game Grumps

Etta James – singer

Jan and Dean – 1960s singing duo

Jon Jaques - American-Israeli assistant men's basketball coach for Cornell University, who played for Ironi Ashkelon in Israel

Jay Z – rapper

Kendall Jenner – television star, model, celebrity

Kylie Jenner – television star, model, celebrity

Kermit Johnson – football player

Keyshawn Johnson – football player and TV commentator

Magic Johnson – Lakers basketball star, Dodgers co-owner (born in Michigan)

Nora Johnson – author

Angelina Jolie – actress

Wesley Jonathan – actor, played Jamal Grant on City Guys

Jack Jones – singer

Jerome Jones – hip-hop artist

Jerry Jones – football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys

Jimmie Jones – American football player

Marion Jones – athlete, winner of five medals at 2000 Summer Olympics

Rashida Jones – actress

Florence Griffith Joyner – athlete, Olympic gold medalist

Ashley Judd – actress (born in Granada Hills)

Nicole Jung – member of South Korean girl group KARA

Bob Jury – NFL player

Victoria Justice – actress, singer (born in Florida)

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Ryan Kalish – baseball player

Diop Kamau – civil rights activist

Gabe Kapler – baseball player

Khloé Kardashian – socialite, model, actress, television star

Kim Kardashian – socialite, model, actress, television star

Kourtney Kardashian – socialite, model, television star, actress

William Katt – actor

Chris Kattan – actor, comedian

Julie Kavner – actress, voice actor

Zoe Kazan – actress

Danny Kaye – actor, singer

Diane Keaton – actress

Michael Keaton – actor (born in Pennsylvania)

Keb' Mo' – blues singer, guitarist, songwriter

Val Keckin – football player

Minka Kelly – actress

Jack Kemp – football player, politician

Anna Kendrick – actress and singer

Robert F. Kennedy, (1925–1968) – U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator

Asa Keyes – LA County district attorney and criminal

Val Kilmer – actor

Holly King – actress

Kerry King – guitarist of Slayer

Abbot Kinney – founder of Venice, California

Jack Kirby – football player

Josh Klinghoffer - guitarist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jimmy Knepper – jazz musician

Suge Knight – record producer

Ty Knott – football coach

Sandy Koufax – baseball pitcher with Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (born in New York)

Beyoncé Knowles – singer, songwriter, actress, model, record producer, and businesswoman

Dave Koz – composer, musician (born in Encino)

Zoe Kravitz – actress

Patricia Krenwinkel – Manson family member serving life sentence for murder

Robby Krieger – musician

Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher (born in San Gabriel)

Candi Kubeck – captain of ValuJet Flight 592

Lisa Kudrow – actress

Sheila Kuehl – actress and politician

Henry Kuttner – writer

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letlive. (formed in 2002), an art-punk band from Los Angeles

Shia LaBeouf – actor

Matthew Laborteaux – actor

Patrick Labyorteaux – actor

Marcel Lachemann – baseball player and manager

Rene Lachemann – baseball player and manager

Alan Ladd, Jr. – film director, film producer

John Lahr – critic

Kendrick Lamar – rapper

Bill Lancaster – screenwriter

Juliet Landau – actress

Christopher B. Landon – screenwriter

Ken Landreaux – baseball player

Tatum Langton – actress

Tom Lasorda – Hall of Fame Dodgers manager (born in Pennsylvania)

Barry Latman – baseball player

Jason Scott Lee – actor

Michele Lee – actress

Janet Leigh – actress (born in Merced)

Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress

Chris Lemmon – actor

The Lennon Sisters – singing group

Kay Lenz – actress

Kawhi Leonard – basketball player

Logan Lerman – actor

Lisa Leslie – USC and Sparks basketball player

Jared Leto – actor and musician; frontman of 30 Seconds To Mars (born in Bossier City, Louisiana)

Shannon Leto – musician; brother of Jared (born in Bossier City, Louisiana)

Harvey Levin – founder of TMZ

Adam Levine – lead singer of Maroon 5

Gary Lewis – musician

Harry Lewis – actor, restaurateur

Juliette Lewis – actress

Allan Linder – visual artist

Audra Lindley – actress

Roger Linn – inventor of the digital drum machine

Alex D. Linz – actor

David Lipsky – golfer

Amber Liu – member of South Korean girl group F(x)

Blake Lively – actress

Heather Locklear – actress

Gary Lockwood – actor (born in Van Nuys)

John "Juke" Logan – harmonica player and songwriter

Julie London – singer and actress

Lauren London – actress

Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress (born in New York)

Steve Lopez – columnist for the Los Angeles Times

Demi Lovato – singer and actress (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Kevin Love – basketball player (born in Santa Monica)

Mike Love – singer for the Beach Boys

Jon Lovitz – actor

Charles Herbert Lowe – biologist

Steve Lukather – musician

Diana Lynn – actress

Lyrics Of Two -band from Los Angeles

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James MacArthur – actor

Roger Mahony – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles

Daron Malakian – musician

Cheech Marin – comedian, musician, actor

Scott Marlowe – actor

Jordan Maron – YouTube personality

Dean Paul Martin – actor (born in Santa Monica)

Elizabeth Marvel – actress

Biddy Mason – pioneer African–American businesswoman

Chris Masters – professional wrestler

Tim Matheson – actor (born in Glendale)

Greg Mathews – MLB pitcher

Clay Matthews – pro football player

Louis B. Mayer – film mogul (born in Russia)

A. J. Mayers – Paramount Pictures marketing coordinator; science fiction and crime novelist

Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player

Thom Mayne – architect

Leo McCarey – actor, composer, film director, writer, producer

Bob McChesney – American football player

Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist

Gary McCord – golfer, TV commentator (born in San Gabriel)

Kent McCord – actor

Maureen McCormick – actress

Thayne McCulloh – social psychologist, university president

Hugh McElhenny – pro football player

Matt Conable – knife Designer, Owner of William Henry Brand

Ron McGovney – bassist of Metallica

Kristy McNichol – actress

Katharine McPhee – singer and actress

Aimee Semple McPherson – pioneering radio evangelist

Carey McWilliams – writer, editor

Wendy Melvoin – musician

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

Lee Meriwether – actress and 1955 Miss America

Russell Metty – cinematographer

Jillian Michaels – trainer, TV personality

Miguel – recording artist

Tomo Miličević – musician

Michael Milken – financier and philanthropist

Kevin Millar – baseball player

Bob Miller – Kings hockey broadcaster (born in Massachusetts)

Diane Disney Miller – winery owner, daughter of Walt Disney

Inger Miller – world and Olympic champion sprinter

Penelope Ann Miller – actress

Leon Milo – composer, percussionist and sound artist

Yvette Mimieux – actress

Liza Minnelli – actress, singer

Andrew Mishkin – commander of the Mars rover

Joni Mitchell – singer-songwriter and painter (born in Fort Macleod, Canada)

Tyrone Mitchell – murderer

Christopher Mitchum – actor, writer, film director

James Mitchum – actor

Ron Mix – football player

Mike Moffitt – football player

Peggy Moffitt – model

Dick Moje – football player

Dianna Molzan – painter

Marilyn Monroe – actress

Elizabeth Montgomery – actress

Ray Montgomery – actor

Warren Moon – football player

Lisa Moretti – professional wrestler

Irving J. Moore – television director

Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) – DJ, producer

Terry Moore – actress

Anthony Mora – publicist, playwright

John Morrison – professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment

Patt Morrison – newspaper and radio journalist

William R. Moses – actor

Walter Mosley – novelist

Elisabeth Moss – actress

Paul Moyer – television newscaster

William Mulholland – engineer, DWP pioneer (born in Ireland)

Megan Mullally – actress

Bill Mumy – singer and actor

Keith Munyan – photographer

Michael Murphy – actor

Don Murray – actor

Eddie Murray – professional baseball player

Jim Murray – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter (born in Connecticut)

Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Murs – rapper

Elon Musk – entrepreneur (born in South Africa)

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Jordan Nagai – child actor

Stu Nahan – sportscaster

Audrey Napoleon – record producer and DJ

Ricky Nelson – singer and actor (born in New Jersey)

Laraine Newman – actress

Randy Newman – composer, musician

Thomas Newman – composer

Julie Newmar – actress

Jack Nicholson – actor (born in New Jersey)

Jane Nigh – actress

Larry Niven – science-fiction writer

Richard Nixon (1913–1994) – 36th Vice President and 37th President of the United States

Isamu Noguchi – artist

Jeanette Nolan – actress

Sheree North – actress

Diana Nyad – long distance swimmer

Christian Nyby – film producer, editor, director

Bill Nye – scientist and TV personality (born in Washington, D.C., resides in L.A.)

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Rockne S. O'Bannon – film director, writer, producer

John O'Brien – football player

Derrick Oden – football player

Bob Ojeda – baseball player

Masi Oka – actor

Daniel Olivas – author, book critic, attorney

Barret Oliver – actor and photographer

Robert Oliveri- former child actor

Kevin Ollie – basketball coach

Edward James Olmos – actor, writer, producer, director

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses

Griffin O'Neal – actor

Ryan O'Neal – actor

Tatum O'Neal – actress

Wendy C. Ortiz - writer

Emily Osment – actress

Haley Joel Osment – actor

Harrison Gray Otis – owner and publisher of Los Angeles Times

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David Paich – musician

Gwyneth Paltrow – actress

T. Jefferson Parker – novelist

William H. Parker – police chief

Johnnie Parsons – race car driver

Ann Patchett – author

Audrina Patridge – television personality

Robert Pattinson – actor

Paula Patton – actress

Terry Pendleton – baseball player

Melina Perez – professional wrestler, former 3X WWE Women's Champion and 2X WWE Divas Champion

Michelle Perry – athlete, world champion hurdler

Chuck Philips – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative music journalist

Chynna Phillips – singer

Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (born in Toronto)

Joy Picus – L.A. City Councilwoman and Ms. Magazine woman of the year in 1985

Chris Pine – actor

Eve Plumb – actress (born in Burbank)

Lillian Powell – dancer, L.A. teacher and television actress

Tyrone Power, Jr. – actor

Stefanie Powers – actress

Bob Prince – Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster

Tayshaun Prince – basketball player (born in Compton)

Freddie Prinze, Jr. – actor

Rain Pryor – actress

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Anthony Quinn – actor

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Mike Ragan – actor

Jacki Randall – artist

Dennis Rasmussen – professional baseball player

Johnnie Ray — singer, songwriter, and pianist

Maureen Reagan – actress, daughter of Ronald Reagan

Michael Reagan – radio personality, son of Ronald Reagan

Nancy Reagan – actress, First Lady (born in New York)

Ron Reagan – television host, ballet dancer, son of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan – actor and President of the United States (born in Illinois)

Robert Redford – actor and director (born in Santa Monica)

Cornelius Redick – NFL player

Nikki Reed – actress

Andy Reid – NFL coach

Debbie Reynolds – actress (raised in Burbank)

Rhett and Link – YouTube entertainers on shows Rhett and Link and Good Mythical Morning

Harold Rhodes – inventor of the Rhodes piano

Giovanni Ribisi – actor

Robert Ri'chard – actor

Kyle Richards – television personality

Sally Ride – astronaut

Bobby Riggs – tennis player

Amber Riley – actress

Richard Riordan – former L.A. mayor

John Ritter – actor (born in Burbank)

Herb Ritts – photographer

Naya Rivera – actress and singer

Clete Roberts – radio-TV journalist (born in Oregon)

Jackie Robinson – iconic baseball player (raised in Pasadena)

Jo Ann Robinson – civil rights activist

Rachel Robinson – wife of baseball's Jackie Robinson

Adam Rodríguez – actor and director

Paul Rodriguez – comedian and actor (born in Compton)

Paul Rodriguez, Jr. – professional skateboarder

Kay Rohrer – AAGPBL player

Mickey Rooney – actor (born in New York)

Gary Ross – film director

Katharine Ross – actress

Tracee E. Ross – actress

Edward R. Roybal – politician

Pete Rozelle – longtime NFL commissioner

John Rubinstein – actor

Angel Rubio – football player

Victor Rudd (born 1991) - basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Euroleague

Charles Ruggles – actor

Wesley Ruggles – director, producer

Patrice Rushen – singer, musician

Andy Russell – singer

Rene Russo – actress (born in Burbank)

Brendan Ryan – baseball player

Gary Ryerson – baseball player

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José Saenz – 492nd on the list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

Katey Sagal – actress

Halston Sage – actress

Mort Sahl – comedian

Albert Saijo – poet

Susan Saint James – actress

Jill St. John – actress

Adela Rogers St. Johns – journalist, screenwriter

Rubén Salazar – L.A. Times reporter killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during Chicano Moratorium

Jim Salsbury – professional football player

Catherine Sandoval – public utilities commissioner, law professor, Rhodes scholar

Jay Sandrich – film director, film producer

Donald Sanford – American-Israeli Olympic sprinter

Dick Sargent – actor

Ben Savage – actor, director, producer

Fred Savage – actor, director (born in Illinois)

William Schallert – actor

Ezra Schochet – rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Emily Schulman – actress

Geoff Schwartz – NFL football player

Jason Schwartzman – actor, musician

Byron Scott – basketball player and coach (born in Utah)

Melody Thomas Scott – actress

Vin Scully – Dodgers baseball broadcaster (born in New York)

Jason Segel – actor

William Nicholas Selig – movie producer and zookeeper

David O. Selznick – film producer (born in Pennsylvania)

Eugene Selznick – Hall of Fame volleyball player

Serio – rapper

Parvati Shallow - Survivor (U.S. TV series) Contestant, Winner of Survivor: Micronesia

Karen Sharpe – actress, wife of director/producer Stanley Kramer

Ann Shaw – (1921–2015) social worker and civic leader

Vinessa Shaw – actress

Harry Shearer – actor, comedian, musician, composer

Brad Sherman – congressman

Richard Sherman – NFL player (born in Compton)

Larry Sherry – baseball player, 1959 World Series MVP

Mike Shinoda – musician

Pauly Shore – comedian and actor

Elizabeth Short – the "Black Dahlia", victim of the city's most famous unsolved murder

Robert "Fighting Bob" Shuler – Methodist radio evangelist and political player

Joel Siegel – film critic

James Sikking – actor

Jonathan Silverman – actor

O.J. Simpson – USC and NFL football player, murder suspect (born in San Francisco)

Nancy Sinatra – singer, actress

Tina Sinatra – producer

John Singleton – film director, writer, producer

Slash – Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist

Leonard Slatkin – conductor

Erika Slezak – actress

Alexis Smith – actress (born in Canada)

Steve Smith Sr. – NFL wide receiver

Willow Smith – singer

Smothers Brothers – entertainers (raised in L.A.)

Duke Snider – Hall of Fame baseball player

Snoop Dogg – rap artist

Hilda Solis – politician, Secretary of Labor in the Barack Obama administration

Ron Spears – professional football player

Tori Spelling – actress

Steven Spielberg – filmmaker

Robert Stack – actor

Giancarlo Stanton – baseball player (born in Panorama City)

Hailee Steinfeld – actress (born in Tarzana)

Brett Sterling – NHL hockey player

Donald Sterling – longtime owner of Los Angeles Clippers

Tisha Sterling – actress

Adlai Stevenson II – politician

Kristen Stewart – actress

Michelle Stith – president, Church of Scientology in Los Angeles

Dean Stockwell – actor

Emma Stone – actress

Peter Stone – screenwriter

Madeleine Stowe – actress

Darryl Strawberry – baseball player

Woody Strode – actor

Rider Strong – actor, director

Jeff Stryker – pornographic film actor

Burt Sugarman – film and TV producer

Frank Sullivan – MLB pitcher

Cree Summer – actress

Dale Swann – character actor

Earl Sweatshirt – rapper, member of OFWGKTA

DJ Sennett – musician and YouTube personality

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Miiko Taka – actress

George Takei – actor

Amber Tamblyn – actress

Russ Tamblyn – actor, dancer

Jeffrey Tambor – actor

Frank Tashlin (1913–1972), animator and film director

Buck Taylor – actor

Elizabeth Taylor – actress (UK–born but grew up in Los Angeles)

Michele Martin Taylor - painter

Shirley Temple – actress (born in Santa Monica)

Tere Tereba – fashion designer, writer, actress

Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach (born in Inglewood)

Robin Thicke – singer-songwriter

Lavale Thomas – NFL player

Bart Thompson – publisher

Dijon Thompson (born 1983) - basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Klay Thompson – NBA player

Lawrence Tibbett – baritone opera singer and actor (born in Bakersfield)

Kevin Tighe – actor

Jennifer Tilly – actress

Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor

Tone Loc – musician

Dean Torrence – musician

Dara Torres – Olympic swimmer (born in Beverly Hills)

Robert Totten – Gunsmoke television director

Tamara Toumanova – actress, dancer

Robert Towne – screenwriter, director, producer

Helle Trevino – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Larry Tripplett – football player

Charlie Tuna – radio personality, unofficial mayor of Tarzana (born in Nebraska)

Tyga – rapper

Mark Tuan – Member of Got7, Rapper

Tyler, The Creator – rapper, producer, director, member of OFWGKTA

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Terdema Ussery – CEO of NBA's Dallas Mavericks

Cenk Uygur – Host of The Young Turks

Brendon Urie - Singer

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Ritchie Valens – musician, composer

Leslie Van Houten – Charles Manson acolyte

Gwen Verdon – actress, dancer (born in Culver City)

Victoria – professional wrestler

Antonio Villaraigosa – former Mayor of Los Angeles

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

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Lindsay Wagner – actress

Natasha Gregson Wagner – actress

Robert Wagner – actor (born in Detroit)

Duffy Waldorf – professional golfer

Tyler Walker – NASCAR driver

Dylan Walsh – actor

Joseph Wambaugh – LA police officer, novelist

Burt Ward – actor

Rick Ware – NASCAR driver

Earl Warren – Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States

Casey Wasserman – sports and entertainment figure

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins – singer

Bob Watson – Major League Baseball player and executive

Henry Waxman – politician

Patrick Wayne – actor

Doodles Weaver – comedian

Jeff Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)

Jered Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)

Ryn Weaver – singer (born in Salta)

Jack Webb – actor, television producer (born in Santa Monica)

Michael Welch – actor

Jerry West – Lakers basketball player and executive (born in West Virginia)

Nathanael West – author

Russell Westbrook – Basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder (born in Long Beach)

Edward Weston – photographer

Kitty White – jazz singer

Sidney Wicks – basketball player

Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitarist of The Go–Go's, actress

Louis J. Wilde – 17th Mayor of San Diego, resident (died in Los Angeles)

William R. Wilkerson – founder of Ciro's, The Hollywood Reporter, Flamingo Hotel (born in Tennessee)

will.i.am – rapper, producer

Anson Williams – actor

Anthony A. Williams – mayor of Washington, D.C.

Cindy Williams – actress

Colleen Williams – television newscaster (born in North Carolina)

Esther Williams – actress, swimmer (born in Inglewood)

Guy Williams – basketball player

Serena Williams – tennis player (born in Michigan)

Venus Williams – tennis player

Larry Wilmore – television personality

Brian Wilson – singer, composer (born in Inglewood)

Rita Wilson – actress, producer

Paul Winfield – actor

Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman – professional boxer

Nat Wolff – actor, singer, songwriter

Anna May Wong – actress

John Wooden – Hall of Fame basketball UCLA coach (born in Indiana)

Shailene Woodley – actress (born in Simi Valley)

Ilene Woods – actress

Cal Worthington – auto dealer (born in Oklahoma)

James Worthy – Lakers basketball player and broadcaster (born in North Carolina)

Dorell Wright – NBA small forward for Golden State Warriors

Noah Wyle – actor

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Elliott Yamin – singer

Zev Yaroslavsky – politician

Sam Yorty – 37th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1961 – July 1, 1973)

Ace Young – singer

Nick Young – basketball player

Robert Clark Young – novelist and Wikipedia "revenge editor"

Lee Thompson Young (1984–2013), actor

Tony Young – actor

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Louis Zamperini – Olympian and war hero (raised in Torrance)

Richard D. Zanuck – film producer

Ahmet Zappa – musician

Dweezil Zappa – musician

Todd Zeile – baseball player (born in Van Nuys)

Lance Zeno – NFL player

Stephanie Zimbalist – actress (raised in L.A.)

Valerie Zimring – rhythmic gymnast