This is a list of people from Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.
Josh Akognon, basketball player
Isabel Allende, writer
Sam Andrew, musician
Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease)
Fairuza Balk, actress, born in Point Reyes Station
Tom Barbash, author
Arj Barker, comedian
John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search
Melba Beals, civil rights activist
Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist
Barbara Boxer, former United States Senator
Terry Bozzio, musician
Joe Breeze, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, mountain bike pioneer and industry leader
Laurel Burch, artist
Merritt Butrick, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek)
Gunnar Carlsson, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics Stanford University
Pete Carroll, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head football coach of the Seahawks
Edwin Catmull, President of the Disney–Pixar Studios
Bill Champlin, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician, Sons of Champlin, Chicago
Chris Chaney, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician, Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel
Brenda Chapman, animation director
Sam Chapman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star, California Golden Bears; MLB)
Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship
Maxine Chernoff, author
Julia Child, Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of The French Chef
John Cipollina, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service
Signy Coleman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress
Elmer Collett, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman, NFL
Jack Conte, musician, Pomplamoose
Peter Coyote, actor
David Crosby, musician
Martin Cruz Smith, author
Charlie Cunningham, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame)
Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now
Nataly Dawn, singer, Pomplamoose
Joe DeMaestri, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946, MLB shortstop
Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972
Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day
Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent
George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist
David Dukes, actor, Redwood High School
Louis Durra, jazz pianist
Dave Eggers, author
Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess
David Fincher, film director
Jack Finney, author, The Body Snatchers, Time and Again
Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer
Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw
Tyler Florence, celebrity chef
Phil Frank, cartoonist
David Freiberg, musician
Jerry Garcia, musician, of The Grateful Dead
Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of Fat City
Jared Goff, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback, NFL
Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the Fillmore West in San Francisco
Most members of the Grateful Dead
David Grisman, mandolinist and composer
Pete Gross, broadcaster for Seattle Seahawks
Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for standardized test preparation
Sammy Hagar, singer
Anna Halprin, choreographer
Oren Harari, business professor at University of San Francisco, author, speaker
David Haskell, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor
Annette Haven, ex-porn star
S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, president of San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983)
Sterling Hayden, actor
Sarah Hayes, illustrator
Matt Hazeltine, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker, NFL
Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley
Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer
James Hetfield, Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar
J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver
George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion
Lester Holt, NBC News anchor
Tess Uriza Holthe, author
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo
Booker T. Jones, musician
Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in Larkspur, California
Charlie Kelly, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
Ali Akbar Khan, musician, Ali Akbar Khan College of Music
Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas)
Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist
Travis LaBoy, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker, NFL
Anne Lamott, writer
John Lasseter, film director and Disney executive
Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey), Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan
Bill Lee, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964, MLB pitcher
John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director
Barry Levinson, film director
Jane Levy, actress (Suburgatory)
Huey Lewis, singer
Kevin Lima, film director
Tim Lincecum, baseball player
John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the Taliban
Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair
Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria
George Lucas, film director, founder of Lucasfilm, and creator of Star Wars
Andy Luckey, Redwood High School, Class of 1983, television producer, author, illustrator
Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician
Seán Mac Falls, poet
Peter Magadini, drummer, composer
Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series
Brian Maxwell, Powerbar founder
Joyce Maynard, author
Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for Human Terrain System
Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop
Bridgit Mendler, actress
Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster
Artie Mitchell, pornographic film producer
Van Morrison, singer and songwriter
Jonny Moseley, gold medal-winning Olympic skier
Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "Midnight at the Oasis"
Walter Murch, film editor
Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current Lieutenant Governor of California
Connie Nielsen, actress
Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect
Don Novello, actor and writer
Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator
Karl Olson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1948, MLB outfielder
George Demont Otis, artist
William L. Patterson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer
Pat Paulsen, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Robin Wright Penn, actress
Sean Penn, actor, activist
Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer
Kathleen Quinlan, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, Oliver Stone's The Doors)
Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian
Bonnie Raitt, singer
Reminisce, street artist, sculptor
Howard Rheingold, author
Meghan Rienks, actress
Hal Riney, advertising executive
Jason Roberts, author
Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist
Brande Roderick, model and actress
Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist
Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author
George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer
Kay Ryan, United States Poet Laureate
Carlos Santana, musician
Aram Saroyan, poet
Strawberry Saroyan, novelist
Michael Savage, conservative radio host
Erin Schrode, environmental activist
Eric P. Schmitt, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
Charles Schwab, investor
Tupac Shakur, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1989, rapper, poet, and actor
Peter Shor, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, mathematician, MIT; MacArthur Fellow
Grace Slick, musician, Jefferson Airplane
Gary Snyder, poet
Tom Snyder, television talk host
Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist
John UV Stewart, musician, songwriter, Kingston Trio
David Strathairn, Redwood High School, actor
Nicholas Suntzeff, Redwood High School, cosmologist, Texas A&M, Gruber Prize in Cosmology
Lisa Swerling, artist
Amy Tan, author
Gage Taylor, visionary artist
Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for National Public Radio, author
Twinka Thiebaud, writer and model
Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim)
Scott Thunes, musician
Peter Tork, musician, member of The Monkees
Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer
Lee Unkrich, employee at Pixar and director of Toy Story 3
Jean Varda, artist
Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres
Vendela Vida, author
John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic
Alan Watts, writer
Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters)
Brett Wickens, designer
Archie Williams, 1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner
Robin Williams, Actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire
Tony Williams, drummer
Cintra Wilson, Tamalpais High School, writer
Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 80s, "Song for Julia"
Saul Zaentz, film producer
Barry Zito, baseball player
