List of people from San Diego

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Marcus Allen, football player, College and Pro Hall of Famer, TV analyst

Concetta Antico, artist

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David Bailey, professional motocross racer

Dr. Charlotte Johnson Baker, San Diego's first practicing woman physician

Dr. Fred Baker, physician, founder of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Khalif Barnes, professional football player

Arlene Baxter, model and actress

Billy Beane, general manager of Oakland Athletics, portrayed by Brad Pitt in Moneyball

Brie Bella, semi-retired professional wrestler for WWE, former WWE Divas Champion

Nikki Bella, professional wrestler for WWE, former two-time WWE Divas Champion

Belle Benchley, director of the San Diego Zoo

Charles Benefiel, outsider artist

Annette Bening, actress

Kurt Benirschke, pathologist and geneticist

Rolf Benirschke, professional football player

Doug Benson, professional comedian

Peter Berkos, Academy Award winner for Sound Editing

Noah "Wuv" Bernardo, drummer for P.O.D.

Camren Bicondova, dancer

Mayim Bialik, actress

Tony Bill, actor, director, and Academy Award-winning producer

Stephen Bishop, musician

Ron Blair, musician, original bassist of band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Hank Blalock, professional baseball player

Jolene Blalock, actress, Star Trek

blink-182, rock band

Kim Bokamper, professional football player

Bob Boone, MLB catcher

Tim Bradstreet, artist and illustrator

Debbie Bramwell-Washington, IFBB professional bodybuilder

Charles Brandes, investment manager, billionaire

Madge Bradley, attorney and judge; first woman appointed to San Diego County bench

Allison Bradshaw, professional tennis player

Lucille Bremer, actress

Drew Brees, professional football player, San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints

Adam Brody, actor, The O.C.

Bill Brown, music composer

Victor Buono, actor

Charles F. Buddy, first bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, University of San Diego founder

Chase Budinger, professional basketball player

Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder

Nakia Burrise, actress best known for portraying the third Yellow Power Ranger, Tanya Sloan

Eileen Rose Busby, author, antiques expert

Reggie Bush, professional football player

Chad Butler, drummer for band Switchfoot

Darryl Byrd, professional football player

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Matt Cameron, drummer of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam

John Castellanos, stage, film and television actor, film producer

Donna Campbell, physician and member of the Texas Senate, born in San Diego in 1954

Sean Canning, architect, designer, artist

Charlie Cannon, singer, theater performer and co-founder of Starlight Opera

Nick Cannon, actor, rapper, occasional TV host

Francesca Capaldi, actress

Billy Casper, golfer, Masters and U.S. Open champion

Mark Cerney, founder of Next of Kin Registry (NOKR)

Eric Chavez, professional baseball player

Steve Cherundolo, professional soccer player

Judy Clarke, criminal defense attorney

Jamie Clayton, Actress and model

Eric Close, actor

D. C. Collier, real estate developer, director of the 1915–16 Panama California Exposition

Aukai Collins, Chechen mujahideen, spent his childhood in Ocean Beach, and part of his early adulthood in City Heights

Marshall Colt, psychologist and former actor

Holly Marie Combs, actress

Dennis Conner, America's Cup yachtsman

Maureen Connolly, professional tennis player, 1953 tennis Grand Slam champion

Derrike Cope, NASCAR driver

Salvatore J. Cordileone, Roman Catholic archbishop

Jorge Cordova, professional football player

Alana Cordy-Collins, anthropologist

William P. Cronan, naval officer and 19th Naval Governor of Guam

Robbin Crosby, musician

Rob Crow, musician

Cameron Crowe, screenwriter, director, and producer

Dominick Cruz, mixed martial artist, UFC bantamweight champion

Andrew Cunanan, spree killer who murdered Gianni Versace

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Austin da Luz, professional soccer player

John D'Acquisto, professional baseball player

Ted Danson, Emmy Award-winning actor

Mike Davis, professional baseball player

Terrell Davis, professional football player

William Heath Davis, early San Diego developer

Tom Delonge, singer and musician

Warren DeMartini, musician

Amir Derakh, musician

Cameron Diaz, actress

Patrice Donnelly, athlete and actress

Johnny Downs, vaudevillian, dancer, actor, TV personality

Gerry Driscol, yacht racer and businessperson

Dinesh D'Souza, author

Jared Dudley, professional basketball player

Momčilo Đujić, WW2 Chetnik guerilla commander

Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor

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Jason Earles, actor

Donnie Edwards, professional football player

Lindsay Ellingson, model

Joan Embery, animal and environmental advocate

Hayden Epstein, professional football player

Gary Erwin, TV personality

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Daeg Faerch, actor

Marshall Faulk, professional football player, Hall of Famer

Raymond E. Feist, author

Amy Finley, cook, author

John William Finn, Medal of Honor recipient

Reuben H. Fleet, aviation pioneer, industrialist, Army officer

Jon Foreman, lead vocalist and guitarist for band Switchfoot

Tim Foreman, bassist and backing vocalist for band Switchfoot

Arian Foster, professional football player

Julie Foudy, professional soccer player

Dan Fouts, professional football player, TV commentator

Frankie J, singer

Ace Frehley, lead guitarist for band KISS

Mike Fuentes, musician, drummer for band Pierce the Veil

Vic Fuentes, musician, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for band Pierce the Veil

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Diamanda Galás, composer, vocalist, and keyboard artist

Major Garrett, reporter

Steve Garvey, professional baseball player, businessman

Brian Giles, professional baseball player

Marcus Giles, professional baseball player

Jared S. Gilmore, child actor

Francoise Gilot, painter, author

Broc Glover, motocross national champion

La'Roi Glover, professional football player

Susan Golding, businesswoman, politician

Adrian Gonzalez, professional baseball player

Andrew Good, Major League baseball player

Edgar Gott, aviation industry executive

Robert Klark Graham, businessman and eugenicist

Cecil H. Green, geophysicist, philanthropist

Harold Greene, television journalist

Tony Gwynn, professional baseball player, Hall of Famer, coach

Tony Gwynn Jr., professional baseball player, son of Tony Gwynn

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Leon Hall, professional football player

Cole Hamels, professional baseball player

Rosie Hamlin, singer

Aaron Harang, professional baseball player, attended San Diego State

Charles Mallory Hatfield, rainmaker

Riley Hawk, professional skateboarder, son of Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk, professional skateboarder

Le Ly Hayslip, memoirist and humanitarian

Roger Hedgecock, mayor and radio personality

Arthur Hobbs, defensive back for CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats

James Holmes, convicted gunman of the 2012 Aurora shooting

Dennis Hopper, actor and director

Mark Hoppus, singer and musician

Alonzo Horton, early San Diego developer, created "New Town San Diego", later Downtown

James Oliver Huberty, perpetrator of San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre

Kimberly Hunt, news anchor

Joe Hutshing, film editor

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Gabriel Iglesias, stand-up comedian

Christofer Drew Ingle, musician

Doug Ingle, founder of band Iron Butterfly, primary creator of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, first platinum record

JabbaWockeeZ, dance crew

Prince Michael ″Blanket″ Jackson, youngest son of Michael Jackson

Father Luís Jayme, California's first Christian martyr

Jayo Felony, rapper

Kris Jenner, television personality

Johnny Jeter, professional wrestler

Deron Johnson, professional baseball player

Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR driver, six-time champion

Katrina Johnson, actress

Adam Jones, professional baseball player

Dhani Jones, professional football player

Jacque Jones, professional baseball player

Lonnie Jordan, musician, War

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Lori Kay, artist

Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, architect

Dan Kemp, actor

Kerri Kendall, model

David Kennedy, musician

Jewel Kilcher, singer

Tawny Kitaen, model and actress

Laurence Monroe Klauber, herpetologist

Ken Kocher, professional football player

Raph Koster, author and game designer

Joan Kroc, philanthropist

Ray Kroc, founder of the McDonald's corporation, owned San Diego Padres

Alice K. Kurashige, first Japanese-American woman to be commissioned in US Marine Corps

Cy Kobey, Singer/ Song writer, Vegan

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Frankie Laine, singer and actor

Adam Lambert, runner-up on American Idol

Tim Lambesis, vocalist for the band As I Lay Dying

Fabio Lanzoni, model

Bob Larsen, track and field coach, Olympic coach

Don Larsen, professional baseball player

Bucky Lasek, professional skateboarder

Tammy Lauren, actress

Robbie Lawler, mixed martial artist

Bessie Learn, silent film actress

Bobby Lee, MadTV actor and comedian

David Leisure, "Joe Isuzu," character actor and comedian

Jeanne Lenhart, senior Olympian, senior pageant winner, performing arts teacher

William S. Lerach, securities class action attorney, investor advocate

Cliff Levingston, professional basketball player

Lil Rob, Chicano rapper

Art Linkletter, television personality

Cleavon Little, actor, Blazing Saddles

Gene Littler, professional golfer in World Golf Hall of Fame

Harold Lloyd, silent film actor

John Logan, screenwriter

Mario López, actor and television personality

Greg Louganis, Olympic gold-medalist diver

Moses A. Luce, lawyer

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John Macaulay, NFL player

Rob Machado, professional surfer

Doug Manchester, real estate developer, owner of the San Diego Union Tribune

Gloria Marks, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

Ross Martin, actor, The Wild Wild West

Michael Martinez, drummer of Allstar Weekend

Clay Marzo, professional surfer

James Maslow, actor, singer from boy band Big Time Rush

Victor Mature, actor, Kiss of Death

Bill McColl, NFL player and surgeon

William C. McCool, astronaut

Kyle McDonald, singer and musician

Tug McGraw, professional baseball player, father of country singer Tim McGraw

Danica McKellar, "Winnie Cooper" actress

Michael Medved, radio host, polital commentator, film critic

Dan Melville, football player

Bob Mendoza, professional baseball player, coach, San Diego Hall of Champions inductee

Cordelia Mendoza, antiques expert, businesswoman, author

Shep Meyers, musician

Phil Mickelson, professional golfer, Masters and British Open champion

Martin Milner, actor, Adam-12

Kevin Mitchell, professional baseball player

Silas Weir Mitchell, actor

Matthew Modine, actor, Full Metal Jacket, The Dark Knight Rises

John J. Montgomery, pioneer aviator

Kyle Mooney, Saturday Night Live cast member, 2013-present

Archie Moore, professional boxer

Alex Morgan, professional soccer player, US Women's National Team

Adam Montoya, YouTube personality, gamer

Jason Mraz, singer

Chad Muska, professional skateboarder

Rey Mysterio, Jr., former wrestler for WWE and Lucha underground, real name Oscar Gutierrez

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Kathy Najimy, actress

Stephen Neal, professional football player

Andrew Newmark, activist, musician

Walter R. Nickel, M.D., dermatologist and dermatopathologist

Kent Ninomiya, journalist

Craig Noel, theatre producer

Matt Nokes, professional baseball player

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Ellen Ochoa, NASA astronaut

Raymond Ochoa, actor

Ryan Ochoa, actor

Ronan O'Gara, professional rugby player

Heather O'Rourke, actress, Poltergeist

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Carson Palmer, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner

Chuck Palumbo, professional wrestler

Adam Pearce, professional wrestler

Stephen Pearcy, musician

Justin Pearson, musician

Everett Peck, cartoonist, illustrator, animator and creator of Duckman and Squirrel Boy

Gregory Peck, Oscar-winning actor

Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., chairman of United States Commission on Civil Rights 1981-88

Bob Penuelas, cartoonist

Tony Perry, lead guitarist for band Pierce the Veil

Scott Peterson, convicted murderer

Craig Peyer, convicted murderer

Dat Phan, comedian

Regis Philbin, television personality

Steve Poltz, singer-songwriter and guitarist

Zach Porter, singer of Allstar Weekend

Jaime Preciado, bass player and vocalist for band Pierce the Veil

Jenna Presley, actress

Ben Press, tennis professional and coach

Gary Puckett, musician and singer

Sarah Purcell, television personality

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Sara Ramirez, actress and singer

Scott Raynor, musician

Autumn Reeser, actress

Steve Reeves, actor, body builder, author

Richard Requa, architect

Roger Revelle, oceanographer, founder of UCSD

Sally Ride, astronaut

Dave Roberts, professional baseball player, baseball manager

Cliff Robertson, Oscar-winning actor

Alfred D. Robinson and Marion James Robinson, builders of Rosecroft

Aaron Rodgers, professional football player

Mitt Romney, politician

Tony Romo, professional football player

Louis Rose, developer

Seraphim Rose, hieromonk

Marion Ross, actress, Happy Days

Neil Ross, voice actor

Patrick Rowe, NFL player

Ilan Rubin, musician

Ralph Rubio, businessman and restaurant chain owner

RuPaul, performer, television personality

Betsy Russell, actress, Saw

Jason Russell, film director

Roberto Tapia, musician

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Rashaan Salaam, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner

Jonas Salk, physician and researcher

Jessica Sanchez, American Idol contestant

Shauna Sand, Playboy model, "Playmate of the Month" for May 1996

Sonny Sandoval, musician

Cathy Scott, journalist and true-crime author

J. Michael Scott, senior scientist, environmentalist and author

Junior Seau, professional football player

Kate Sessions, horticulturalist, "the mother of Balboa Park"

Dr. Seuss, children's author, real name Theodor Geisel

Stephanie Seymour, model

Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder

Kerry Simmonds, rower, Olympic gold medalist

Mary Sinclair, actress

Andy Skib, musician

Mitchy Slick, musician

Slightly Stoopid, singer and musician, real name Miles Doughty

Alex Smith, professional football player

Marty Smith, motocross national champion

Carly Smithson, singer

Suzy Spafford, artist

Brenda Spencer, convicted murderer

John D. Spreckels, businessman and industrialist

Michael Stamm, Olympic swimmer, national champion

Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist

Riley Steele, pornographic actress

Jeremy Stenberg, professional motorcross rider

J. J. Stokes, professional football player

Milburn Stone, actor, Gunsmoke

Frederick W. Sturckow, astronaut

Savannah Sturges, top 10 finalist on MasterChef Season 4

Karen Hantze Susman, tennis player

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Brian Teacher, tennis player, Australian Open singles champion

Jonathan Temple (1796–1866), landowner, rancher and politician

Jamie Thomas, professional skateboarder

Joanna Thomas, IFBB professional bodybuilder

Pete Thomas, American football player

Susanna Thompson, actress

Katherine Tingley, creator of Theosophical Society compound at Lomaland

Robert Titzer, writer known for Your Baby Can Read! infant learning book

Levine Toilolo, professional football player

Ted Tollner, professional football coach

Jerry Trainor, actor

Alan Trammell, professional baseball player and manager

Marty Tripes, winner of first Super Bowl of motocross

Bitsie Tulloch, actress

Jeremy Tyler, professional basketball player

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Peter Valdes, technopreneur, co-founder of Tivoli software

W.S. Van Dyke, film director

Tiffany van Soest, kickboxer

Eddie Vedder, singer in rock band Pearl Jam

Juli Veee, soccer player

Craig Venter, biologist, entrepreneur

Victor Villaseñor, author

Erik von Detten, actor

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Tom Waits, singer-songwriter, composer and actor

Bill Walton, professional basketball player, TV commentator

Luke Walton, professional basketball player

Kelly Ward, actor

Danny Way, professional skateboarder

Harry M. Wegeforth, physician, founder of the San Diego Zoo

Raquel Welch, Golden Globe Award-winning actress

David Wells, professional baseball player

Julie White, Tony Award-winning actress

Shaun White, professional skateboader and snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist

Kendra Wilkinson, model and television personality

Carol Williams, concert organist, composer

Michelle Williams, actress

Nathan Williams, musician

Ricky Williams, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner

Ted Williams, professional baseball player, Hall of Famer

Ann Wilson, musician

Jim Wilson, professional baseball pitcher and general manager

Pete Wilson, mayor of San Diego, governor of California and U.S. Senator

Scott Wilson, professional bodybuilder

Kellen Winslow, professional football player

Kellen Winslow II, professional football player

Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA

Mickey Wright, LPGA golfer, World Golf Hall of Famer

Robin Wright, Golden Globe Award-winning actress

Marvell Wynne II, professional soccer player

Robert L Wyrick, author

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Frank Zappa, musician

Valerie Ziegenfuss, professional tennis player

Sal Zizzo, professional soccer player