List of people from California
State flag of California Location of California on the U.S. map This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California . It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.
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Jessica Alba Herb Alpert Jennifer Aniston
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Sara Bareilles Drew Barrymore Beck Barbara Boxer Ashley Benson Candice Bergen Jack Black Mel Blanc David Bluthenthal Barry Bonds Tom Brady Ryan Braun Alison Brie Josh Brolin B-Real – rapperKarl Backus – actor (Thane of East County Max Baer Jr. – actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies Emily Bader – actress[ 1] Cutcha Risling Baldy – Native American professorLonzo Ball – professional basketball guard (Chicago Bulls )LiAngelo Ball – basketball playerLaMelo Ball – basketball player (Charlotte Hornets )Alabama Barker – internet personality[ 2] Baby Bash – rapperRoss Bagdasarian Sr. – actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks Amari Bailey (born 2004) - NBA basketball guard (Charlotte Hornets )Chauncey Bailey – journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery Diane Baker – actress (The Silence of the Lambs Dusty Baker – Major League Baseball player and managerDavid Bakhtiari – NFL offensive tackle Ireland Baldwin – modelFairuza Balk – actressMaria Bamford – actress and stand-up comedianBanks – singerTyra Banks – model and actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Ronald Barak (born 1943) – Olympic gymnastAdrienne Barbeau – actress (Maude Andrea Barber – actressSara Bareilles – singerTravis Barker – drummer (Blink-182 )Matt Barnes – National Basketball Association playerOrr Barouch – Israeli soccer playerDrew Barrymore – actress (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Never Been Kissed Judith Barsi – actress and voiceover artistSummer Bartholomew – Miss USA 1975 Dante Basco – actorEarl W. Bascom – rodeo pioneer, Hall of Fame inductee, actor, international artist, and sculptorEllen Bass – poet and authorBassnectar – musician and record producerMax Baucus – politician, former Congressman (1975–78), longtime U.S. Senator from Montana (1978–2014), and U.S. Ambassador to China since 2014Emma Pow Bauder – evangelistMichelle Bauer – actressMichael Bay – film directorAmanda Beard – Olympic swimmerBeck – musicianCaptain Beefheart – musicianEd Begley Jr. – actor and activistDrake Bell – actor, comedian, and singerGlen Bell – entrepreneur who founded Taco Bell Stephania Bell – ESPN analyst and physical therapistCamilla Belle – actressTory Belleci – filmmaker and model maker (MythBusters Troian Bellisario – actress and singer (Pretty Little Liars Hester A. Benedict (1838-1921), president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Marcus Benjamin – early biographer at Smithsonian Institution Beau Bennett – hockey playerAshley Benson – actress (Pretty Little Liars Doug Benson – comedianLizet Benrey – painter, actress and film directorJustin Berfield – actor (Malcolm in the Middle Candice Bergen – actress (Murphy Brown Berner – rapper and cannabis entrepreneurDavion Berry (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Carolyn Beug – passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11 Yusuf Bey – owner of Your Black Muslim Bakery Mayim Bialik – Israeli-American actress (The Big Bang Theory Blossom neuroscientist Sergey Bida (born 1993) – Olympic silver medalist épée fencerVioletta Khrapina Bida (born 1994) – Olympic épée fencerBighead – record producerBarbara Billingsley – actressRachel Bilson – actress (The O.C. David Binn – 18-season NFL long snapper Ryan Binse – film producer and United States Navy veteranMatt Biondi – competitive swimmer and eight-time Olympic gold medalist [ 3] Thora Birch – actressJake Bird (born 1995) – baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies Steve Birnbaum – Major League Soccer playerBradford Bishop – indicted murderer and at-large fugitiveJoel Bitonio – NFL offensive guard Bill Bixby – actor (The Incredible Hulk Aloe Blacc – singer and musicianJack Black – actor and musician (Kung Fu Panda Tenacious D )Rebecca Black – singerTyler Blackburn – actor and singer (Pretty Little Liars Tara Lynne Barr – actressHank Blalock – baseball player (Texas Rangers )Mel Blanc – cartoon voice actor Rowan Blanchard – actress (Girl Meets World Erica Blasberg (1984–2010) – LPGA golferSheila Bleck – IFBB professional bodybuilderMel Bleeker (1920–1996) – NFL halfbackKen Block – rally driver and gymkhana driverAndy Bloom – Olympic shot putter Betsy Bloomingdale – socialiteAshlee Bond (born 1985), American-Israeli Olympic show jumping rider who competes for IsraelApril Bowlby – actressDavid Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv )Rora Blue – visual artistBlueface – rapperJason Blum – film producerJonathon Blum – hockey playerJudy Blumberg – competitive ice dancerSam Bohne (born Sam Cohen) – baseball playerBrian Boitano − Olympic gold medalist (figure skating)Barry Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants )Bobby Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)Chaz Bono – writerAaron Boone – baseball player (Cleveland Indians )Scott Borchetta – record executive, entrepreneur, and founder of Big Machine Records Jonathan Bornstein – soccer player for USA National Team and Chicago Fire FC Cindy Bortz – 1987 World Junior champion figure skaterBarry Bostwick – actor (The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spin City Kate Bosworth – actressLo Bosworth – TV personality, author, and entrepreneurShmuley Boteach – Orthodox rabbi , radio and television host, and author[ 4] Brandon Bowman – basketball player in the Israeli Liga Artzit Bruce Bowen – National Basketball Association player (San Antonio Spurs )Barbara Boxer – United States Senator from California from 1993 to 2017; United States Representative from 1983 to 1993Cameron Boyce – actor (Descendants 2 Brandon Boyd – singer and musician (Incubus )Brittany Boyd – WNBA playerTimothy Bradley – boxer Tom Brady – football quarterback Debbie Bramwell-Washington – IFBB professional bodybuilderBenjamin Bratt – actorRyan Braun – baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers )Nick Bravin – Olympic foil fencerEddie Bravo – Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructorNicholas Brendon – actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jan Brewer – Governor of Arizona Stephen Breyer – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Patrick Brennan – actorBrigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilderPhoebe Bridgers – singer-songwriterBeau Bridges – actor (The Fabulous Baker Boys Stargate SG-1 Jeff Bridges – actor (The Big Lebowski True Grit Lloyd Bridges – actor (Airplane! Sea Hunt Alison Brie – actressLance Briggs – football playerAdam Brody – actor (The O.C. James Brolin – actorJosh Brolin – actor (Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame Albert Brooks – actor and director (Lost in America Alton Brown – television hostAnthony Brown (born 1992) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Carlon Brown – basketball player, 2013-14 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League Jerry Brown – Governor of California (1975–83; 2011–19) and Mayor of Oakland Pat Brown – Governor of California (1959–1967)Tedy Bruschi – football playerLindsey Buckingham – musician (Fleetwood Mac )Jeff Buckley – singer-songwriter and guitaristBill Buckner – baseball playerDon Budge – tennis playerCandace Cameron Bure – actressHunter Burgan – bass player for AFI Bobby Burgess – Mouseketeer and dancer for The Lawrence Welk Show Olivia Burnette – actressCliff Burton – former Metallica bassistTim Burton – film directorReggie Bush – football playerShoshana Bush – actressSophia Bush – activist, spokesperson, and actress (Chicago P.D. One Tree Hill Jeanie Buss – sports executiveJustin Baldoni – actor and filmmakerDave Brubeck – jazz pianist and composerMichael C. Burgess – actor and poet (Hacksaw Justin Burquist – filmmaker (Touch Cruz Bustamante – Lieutenant Governor of California Paul Butcher – actorAustin Butler – actor and singerBrian Patrick Butler – actor and filmmaker (Friend of the World Win Butler – musician and songwriter (Arcade Fire )Amanda Bynes – actressKari Byron – artist and TV personality (MythBusters
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Cher Julia Child Sasha Cohen Miranda Cosgrove Kevin Costner Kaley Cuoco Jamie Lee Curtis Doja Cat Emma Chamberlain Calmatic – filmmakerScott Caan – actorJohnathan Cabral – Olympic hurdlerRichard Cabral – actorHerb Caen – newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle John Cage – composer Nicolas Cage – actorColleen Camp – actressColbie Caillat – singerEvan Call – composerAngelo Caloiaro (born 1989) – American-Italian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Greg Camarillo – NFL wide receiverDove Cameron – actress (Liv and Maddie Dolph Camilli – baseball playerBen Nighthorse Campbell – U.S. Senator from Colorado Nick Cannon – actorLinda Cardellini – actress (Freaks and Geeks Tucker Carlson – television hostAdam Carolla – radio and TV personalityDavid Carr – football quarterbackDerek Carr – football quarterbackDavid Carradine – actor (Kill Bill: Volume 1 Kill Bill: Volume 2 Ever Carradine – actress and daughter of Robert Carradine Mercedes Carrera – pornographic film actressEmma Chamberlain – internet personalityMiley Cyrus – singerBrooke Candy – rapperLizzy Caplan – actressKeith Carradine – actor (Deadwood Nashville Robert Carradine – actor (Revenge of the Nerds Pete Carroll – college and National Football League football coachAdam Carson – drummer for AFI Chris Carter – producer, director, and writer (The X-Files Mike Carter (born 1955) – American-Israeli basketball playerAya Cash – actressShaun Cassidy – singerTorry Castellano – drummer for The Donnas Henry Cejudo – former UFC champion, Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Richard Chamberlain – actorBrandi Chastain – soccer playerJessica Chastain – actress (The Tree of Life Zero Dark Thirty Doja Cat – rapper and singerKwan Cheatham (born 1995) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League Cher – actress, entertainer, and singerJoey Chestnut – competitive eaterJulia Child – chef, author, and TV personalityMargaret Cho – actress and comedianJustin Chon – actorAmy Chow – gymnastJamie Chung – actressEddie Cibrian – actorMarcia Clark – lawyerMelinda Clarke – actressLana Clarkson – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High Les Claypool – bass player (Primus )Mark Clear – Major League Baseball two-time All-Star relief pitcherAngus Cloud (1998–2023) – actorJohnnie Cochran – lawyer (1937–2005)Claire Coffee – actressAudra Cohen (born 1986) – tennis playerJordan Cohen (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League Sasha Cohen – figure skaterLillie Hitchcock Coit – firefighterKeyshia Cole – singerNatalie Cole – singerAustin Coleman – BMX rider and television personalityJerry Coleman – soldier and sportscasterChris Colfer – actor (Glee The Land of Stories Holly Marie Combs – actressMaureen Connolly – tennis playerMike Connors – actor (Mannix Lauren Conrad – TV personality, fashion designer, and authorElisha Cook Jr. – actor (The Maltese Falcon Coolio – rapper, singer, record producer, and actorLillian Copeland (1904–1964) – Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot putMiranda Cosgrove – actress and singer (iCarly Michael Costello – fashion designerKevin Costner – actor and director (Dances with Wolves Field of Dreams Natalie Coughlin – Olympic swimmerGlenn Cowan (1952–2004) – table tennis player[ 5] Nikki Cox – actress (Las Vegas Carly Craig – actress (Hall Pass Mary Lynde Craig — president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Alan Cranston – U.S. Senator from CaliforniaBryan Cranston – actorLaura Creavalle – Guyanese -born Canadian -American professional bodybuilderRichard Crenna – actorDarren Criss – actorWilliam Henry Crocker – philanthropist and founder of Crocker National Bank James Cromwell – actorJoe Cronin – Hall of Fame baseball player and managerDavid Crosby – musicianDenise Crosby – actressCameron Crowe – filmmakerRaymond Cruz – actorValorie Curry – actress (The Tick )Kaley Cuoco – actress (The Big Bang Theory Jake Curhan (born 1998) – American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL)Vinny Curran – actor (Resolution Everybody Dies by the End Jamie Lee Curtis – actress (Halloween Trading Places Cole Custer – NASCAR driverCarly Chaikin – actressDoug Clifford – drummer (member of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival)Wendi McLendon-Covey – actress
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Cameron Diaz Leonardo DiCaprio Joe DiMaggio Snoop Dogg James H. Doolittle Dr. Dre Robert Duvall Alexa Demie Carson Daly – television hostZubin Damania (born 1973) – physician, comedian, internet personality, musician, and founder of Turntable HealthCaroline D'Amore – musician, actress, and modelSpencer Daniels – actorSean Danielsen – singer and musician (Smile Empty Soul )Harry Danning – Major League Baseball All-Star catcherTed Danson – actor (Cheers The Good Place Christopher Darden – lawyerSam Darnold – NFL quarterbackIva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose ) – radio broadcaster during World War II Lindsay Davenport – tennis playerBaron Davis – professional basketball playerJonathan Davis – singer and musicianLucius Davis (born 1970) – basketball playerNoah Davis (nicknamed Diesel; born 1997) – MLB baseball player (Colorado Rockies )Terrell Davis – professional football playerRandy Davison – actor (Mank The United States vs. Billie Holiday Ken Davitian – Armenian-American character actorDevin Dawson – singer and musicianShane Dawson – YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musicianJonathan Dayton – film director (Little Miss Sunshine Erika De La Cruz – television hostOscar De La Hoya – boxerGiada De Laurentiis – Italian born chefBrian de la Puente – National Football League centerZack de la Rocha – activist and singer (Rage Against the Machine )Lil Debbie – rapperJayme Dee – singer and musicianJavin DeLaurier (born 1998) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Grey DeLisle – voice actressTom DeLonge – singer and musician (Blink-182 )Brad Delson – musician (Linkin Park )Alexa Demie – actress and singerDeorro – DJ and musicianDavid Denman – actorBo Derek – actressLaura Dern – actressDeMar DeRozan – professional basketball playerEmily Deschanel – actressZooey Deschanel – actress and singerZoey Deutch – actressJeff Deverett – film producer (Full Out The Samuel Project Dimitri Diatchenko – actorCameron Diaz – actress (Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Nate Diaz – professional mixed martial artistNick Diaz – professional mixed martial artistMatt DiBenedetto – NASCAR driverLeonardo DiCaprio – Academy Award-winning actor (The Departed Titanic Joan Didion – writerNahshon Dion – writerVin Diesel – actorGianna Dior – pornographic film actressFrank DiPalermo – actor, playwright, and poet (We All Die Alone Doug DeMuro – YouTuberGrace Van Dien – actressTrent Dilfer – National Football League quarterbackJoe DiMaggio – baseball playerMaya DiRado – Olympic swimmer [ 6] Roy E. Disney – billionaire and nephew of Walt Disney Cong Thanh Do – Vietnamese American activistDavid Dobrik – vloggerNate Dogg – musicianSnoop Dogg – rapperAmi Dolenz – actress and daughter of Micky Dolenz Micky Dolenz – actor, musician, and singer (The Monkees )Jason Dolley – actorLandon Donovan – soccer playerJimmy Doolittle – general and aviation pioneerTyler Dorsey (born 1996) – Greek–American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Marcus Dove – basketball playerStacy Dragila – pole vaulterDr. Dre – musician, hip-hop producer, and record producerK. Eric Drexler – engineerDon Drysdale – baseball playerHilary Duff – actress and singerDumbfoundead – Argentine-born Asian American rapperTom Dumont – guitarist (No Doubt )Isadora Duncan – dancerAnn Dunnigan – translator, actor, and teacherRobert Duvall – actorJermaine Dye – baseball player (Chicago White Sox )(Steve Dains) – (US senator for Montana)
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Clint Eastwood Zac Efron Billie Eilish
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Will Ferrell Sally Field Dianne Feinstein Jodie Foster Max Fried Robert Frost Shelly Fabares – actress and singerDaeg Faerch – actor (Halloween Hancock Bill Fagerbakke – actor and voice actor (Patrick Star )Heather Fargo – Mayor of Sacramento, California Valerie Faris – film director (Little Miss Sunshine Jordan Farmar – basketball playerLorrie Fair – retired soccer playerMia Farrow – actressDavid Faustino – actor (Married... with Children Kevin Federline – rapper and former backup dancerWayne Federman – comedianRoshon Fegan – actorBenny Feilhaber – soccer midfielderDianne Feinstein – U.S. Senator from California and Mayor of San Francisco (1978–88)Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) – singer, actress, and composer (Charlie Brown , The Dutchess Fergalicious )Carlee Fernández – sculptor and photographerShiloh Fernandez – actorSky Ferreira – singer, model, and actressWill Ferrell – actorMiguel Ferrer – actor (RoboCop America Ferrera – Honduran-American actressSally Field − actress (Norma Rae Places in the Heart Carrie Fisher – actressAundrea Fimbres – singerChloe Fineman – actressJon Fisher – author and entrepreneurPeggy Fleming – figure skaterShaun Fleming – actor (Kim Possible Rhonda Fleming – actress and singerAbigail Folger – coffee heiress, socialite, and murder victimJohn Fogerty – musician (founded the band Creedence Clearwater Revival )Bridget Fonda – actressLyndsy Fonseca – actressPaloma Ford – vocalistMichael Lewis Foster – filmmaker (To Fall in Love Beanie Feldstein – actressJon Foreman – singer[ 8] Dian Fossey – zoologistDeShaun Foster – football playerJodie Foster – actress (The Accused The Silence of the Lambs Rickie Fowler – professional golferAllen Fox – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coachMackenzie Foy – actress and modelDillon Francis – music producer and DJLouise E. Francis - journalistDave Franco – actor and brother of JamesJames Franco – actor and brother of DaveJeff Franklin – director (Full House Paulette Frankl – artist and biographerBonnie Franklin – actressMissy Franklin – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (swimming)Max Fried – baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves Kevin Friedland (born 1981) – soccer playerTaylor Fritz – tennis playerFrost – rapperRobert Frost – poetKurt Fuller – actorEdward Furlong – actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day Fuslie – live streamer
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Brad Garrett Sarah Michelle Gellar Donald Glover Tony Gonzalez Jeff Gordon Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tony Gwynn Jake Gyllenhaal Giveon – singerBecky G – singer-songwriter and actressG-Eazy – rapper, singer and record producerGuy Gabaldon – United States Marine Corps Lynx and Lamb Gaede – white nationalist twin singers and musiciansLady Gaga – singer[ 9] Lukas Gage – actor (The White Lotus )Richard Gage – 9/11 Truth movement activistCorey Gaines (born 1965) – basketball player and coachBeth Gallagher – actress (To Fall in Love Trace Gallagher – journalistRay Gallardo – film director and cinematographer (Friend of the World The Game – rapper and actorEric Garcetti – Mayor of Los AngelesJeff Garcia – football playerJerry Garcia – musician (Grateful Dead )Ryan Garcia – professional boxerAndrew Garfield – actorBrad Garrett – actor (A Bug's Life Everybody Loves Raymond Spencer Garrett – actorWolfgang Gartner – music producer and DJKyle Gass – musician (Tenacious D )Dirk Gates – network entrepreneur (Xirrus )John Gavin – actor and ambassadorSarah Michelle Gellar – actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer O.T. Genasis – rapperInara George – singer and musician (The Bird and the Bee )Paul George − professional basketball playerLauren German – actressGina Gershon – actress and singerJason Giambi – professional baseball player (New York Yankees )Greg Gibson – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler Tyrese Gibson – actorFrank Gifford – football player and sportscasterBrad Gilbert – tennis player and coachMelissa Gilbert – actress (Little House on the Prairie Sara Gilbert – actress (Roseanne Lillian Moller Gilbreth – engineer (Cheaper by the Dozen Justin Gimelstob – tennis playerEnver Gjokaj – actorDanny Glover – actorDonald Glover – actor and singerGnash – rapper and singerJared Goff – NFL quarterbackBill Goldberg – professional NFL football player and undefeated professional wrestler Chelsey Goldberg – hockey playerRube Goldberg – cartoonistPaul Goldstein (born 1976) – tennis player and coachTony Goldwyn – actor (Ghost Tarzan Selena Gomez – actress[ 10] Phillip Gonyea – drummer and percussionist (Against the Will)Adrián González – baseball playerTony Gonzalez – NFL tight endMeagan Good – actressDrew Gooden – professional basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers )Aaron Gordon – professional basketball playerJeff Gordon – NASCAR driverMolly Gordon – actressRobby Gordon – NASCAR driverJoseph Gordon-Levitt – actorIsidora Goreshter – actressMarjoe Gortner – evangelical ministerMark-Paul Gosselaar – actorBen Gottschalk – National Football League offensive linemanJim Grabb – tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doublesJohn Grabow – Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs )Kevin Graf – football offensive TackleAlex Greenwald – musicianGloria Grahame – actressAndy Grammer – singerFarley Granger – actorJennifer Granholm – Canadian-born politician and former Governor of Michigan (2003–2011)Beatrice Gray – actressBilly Gray – actor and motorcyclistPaul Gray – musician (Slipknot )Devon Graye – actorBrian Grazer – Academy Award-winning film and television producerErick Green (born 1991) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Shawn Green – Major League Baseball two-time All-Star outfielder Joanie Greggains – radio show host, health, and fitness expertSasha Grey – pornographic actressNash Grier – Viner, YouTuber, and actorMerv Griffin – talk show host, singer, and television producer (Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune Florence Griffith Joyner – track athleteCamryn Grimes – actressRL Grime – music producerJosh Groban – singerAshley Grossman (born 1993) – water polo playerKim Gruenenfelder – authorVince Guaraldi – musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas Kimberly Guilfoyle – TV personalityNatalie Gulbis – golferBrett Gurewitz – guitarist (Bad Religion )Alfred Guth (1908–1996) – Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathleteSharina Gutierrez – modelTony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball playerJake Gyllenhaal – actor
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Gene Hackman Gigi Hadid Merle Haggard Tom Hanks Kamala Harris Tony Hawk William Randolph Hearst Jonah Hill Paris Hilton Dustin Hoffman Alana Haim Walter A. Haas Jr. – chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. Steven C. Hackett – economist (Humboldt State University )Gene Hackman – actor (The French Connection Marcia Gay Harden – actress (born. 1959)Tiffany Haddish – comedianBella Hadid – modelGigi Hadid – modelSammy Hagar – musician (Van Halen )Merle Haggard – country music singerJoseph Hahn – painter, director, and musician (Linkin Park )Alana Haim – musician and actressDanielle Haim – musicianJackie Earle Haley – actor (Bad News Bears Mark Hamill – actor (Star Wars Jordan Hamilton (born 1990) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League Laird Hamilton – surferAmelia Gray Hamlin – modelHarry Hamlin – actor (Clash of the Titans Armie Hammer – actorKirk Hammett – musician (Metallica )Jonathan Hammond – filmmaker (We All Die Alone Daniel Handler – author, pen name (Lemony Snicket )Colin Hanks – actor (Fargo King Kong Chet Hanks – actor and musicianTom Hanks – actor, director, and producerGabbie Hanna – Internet personality, singer-songwriterPeter D. Hannaford – author and political advisor to Ronald Reagan [ 11] Jeff Hanneman – guitarist (Slayer )James Harden – basketball playerIan Harding – actor (Pretty Little Liars Dan Haren – professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics )Julia Hartz – entrepreneurKay Hansen – mixed martial artistMariska Hargitay – actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jeff B. Harmon – film producer, director, and actorMark Harmon – actorKamala Harris – Vice President of the United States; former U.S. senator from CaliforniaHenry Harrower – endocrinologistKevin Harvick – NASCAR driverTeri Hatcher – actressHenry Hathaway – film directorDavey Havok – lead singer of AFI Tony Hawk – skateboarderKristy Hawkins – IFBB professional bodybuilderLyn-Z Adams Hawkins – professional skateboarderJulie Hayek – Miss USA 1983 Dennis Haysbert – actor (24 Jenna Haze – pornographic actressPatty Hearst – actress and newspaper heiress (Symbionese Liberation Army )William Randolph Hearst – newspaper publisherIan Hecox – YouTuberMax Heidegger (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Simon Helberg – actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory Julie Heldman – tennis player (ranked #5 in the world)Mariel Hemingway – actress (Manhattan Christy Hemme – professional wrestler and modelDavid Henrie – actorSek Henry (born 1987) – professional basketball player, 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP Pamela Hensley – actressH.E.R. – singerFaithe Herman – actress (This Is Us Shazam! Mirelle Hernández – make-up artist (Fear the Walking Dead )Jay Hernandez – actorKeith Hernandez – baseball playerBarbara Hershey – actressJames Hetfield – musician (Metallica )Andy Hill (born c. 1950) – 3x college national champion basketball player, President of CBS Productions and Channel One News , author, and motivational speakerJonah Hill – actorEmile Hirsch – actorParis Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, and DJNico Hiraga – skateboarderJason Hirsh – baseball playerDavid Hoberman – film director and producer, and founder of Mandeville Films Douglas Hodge – CEO of PIMCO ; charged with fraud for allegedly participating in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal Dustin Hoffman – actorTrevor Hoffman – professional baseball player (San Diego Padres )Amber L. Hollibaugh – writer and filmmakerDexter Holland – singer and musician (The Offspring )Brenda Holloway – singer-songwriterJosh Holloway – actor (Lost James Holmes – convicted gunman of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting Mike Holmgren – football coach (Seattle Seahawks )Dennis Holt – poet, linguist, and translatorMax Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA TourDennis Hopper – actor and director (Easy Rider Speed Mark Hoppus – singer and musician (Blink-182 )Hopsin – rapper, actor, and record producerJames Horner – composerJustin Hurwitz – composerNick Hornsby (born 1995) – basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Rhys Hoskins – Major League Baseball playerBryce Dallas Howard – actressCody Horn – actressC. Thomas Howell – actor (The Outsiders Red Dawn Southland Jerry Hsu – skateboarder Stephanie Hsu – actressTrevor Huddleston – NASCAR driverHuddy – social media personalityVanessa Hudgens – actress and singer (High School Musical Kate Hudson – actressOliver Hudson – actorPhil Hughes – baseball playerYolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilderBarry Hunau – illustratorWilliam Hung – American Idol Helen Hunt – actressTerry Huntingdon – Miss USA 1959 Nipsey Hussle – rapperAnjelica Huston – actressNyjah Huston – professional skateboarderTimothy Hutton – actorTiffany Hwang – singer (Girls' Generation )
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Gabriel Iglesias Ice Cube
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Steve Jobs Dwayne Johnson Angelina Jolie Kylie Jenner
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Kim Kardashian Khloé Kardashian Diane Keaton Jason Kidd Billie Jean King Rodney King Lisa Kudrow
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Shia LaBeouf Bruce Lee Janet Leigh Lisa Leslie Adam Levine James Lofton Jack London George Lucas Aimee La Joie – actress (Freedom, Wisconsin Shia LaBeouf – actorRemy LaCroix – pornographic actressLalaine – actress and singer-songwriterKendrick Lamar – rapper, songwriter, and record producerPhil LaMarr – voice artistDerek Lam – fashion designerAdam Lambert – singer (American Idol Michelle Lambert – singerMatthew Lane – professional golferRyan Lane – actorBrie Larson – actressBianca Lawson – actressKyle Larson – racing driverGreg Laswell – singer and musicianRyan Lavarnway – Israeli-American major-league baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers )Lauv – singer-songwriterRick Law – illustrator and producerErnest Lawrence - nuclear physicistTony Lazzeri – baseball playerBrad Leaf – Israeli-American basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon and Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premier League T. J. Leaf – Israeli-American NBA basketball playerKiana Ledé – singerAmy Lee – musician (lead singer of Evanescence )Bruce Lee – martial artistJason Lee – actor (My Name Is Earl Tommy Lee – Greek-American musicianCatherine LeFrançois – IFBB professional bodybuilderKarenssa LeGear – actress (Carving a Life Janet Leigh – actressJennifer Jason Leigh – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High Thomas W. Lentz – art historianKawhi Leonard – basketball playerLogan Lerman – actorBrad Lesley – baseball player and cast member on Takeshi's Castle Lisa Leslie – basketball playerAdam Levine – musician (lead singer of pop/rock group Maroon 5 )Camille Levin – soccer playerSavannah Levin – soccer playerAlexander Lévy – professional golferMonica Lewinsky – White House internHuey Lewis – musician (Huey Lewis and the News )Juliette Lewis – actressLouise Lieberman (born 1977) – soccer coach and former playerRob Liefeld – comic book writerXian Lim – Filipino actor, model, singer, host, blogger, filmmaker and professional basketball playerJeremy Lin – basketball playerSeven Lions – musicianJonathan Lipnicki – actor (Stuart Little )David Lipsky – golferScott Lipsky – tennis playerPeyton List – actress (Bunk'd Blake Lively – actress (Gossip Girl Heather Locklear – actressJames Lofton – NFL wide receiverAlison Lohman – actressKonstantin Lokhanov (born 1998) – junior world champion and Olympic saber fencerJack London – author (The Call of the Wild Lauren London – TV personality, actress, and modelEvan Longoria – baseball playerGeorge Lopez – actor and comedian (George Lopez Mario Lopez – actor (Saved by the Bell Nancy Lopez – golferErik Lorig – football player (New Orleans Saints )John Logan – film screenwriterCaity Lotz – actress, dancer, and singerGreg Louganis – Olympic diverBillie Lourd – actressDemi Lovato – actress and singer[ 13] Darlene Love – singer and actressCourtney Love – musicianKevin Love – basketball playerMike Love – singer and songwriterJon Lovitz – actorGeorge Lucas – filmmaker (Star Wars Lorna Luft – singer and actressAthena Lundberg – Playboy Playmate of the MonthRay Lynch – actorRoss Lynch – singer (R5 ) and actor (Austin & Ally Cheryl Lynn – singerSwae Lee – rapperJane Levy – actressRamona Lubo – Native American basketmaker
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Jennette McCurdy Katharine McPhee Liza Minnelli Ron Mix Marilyn Monroe Alex Morgan Elisabeth Moss Megan Mullally
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Richard Nixon
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Elizabeth Olsen Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
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Carson Palmer Gwyneth Paltrow George S. Patton Sean Penn Nancy Pelosi Katy Perry Christopher Mintz-Plasse – actor (McLovin) in (Superbad )Carson Palmer – football quarterbackGwyneth Paltrow – actressCathey Palyo – IFBB professional bodybuilderLeon Panetta – White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of DefenseJon Pardi – singer and musicianJennifer Paredes – actress and musician (South of 8 Jerry Paris – director and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show Ashley Park – actressGrace Park – actress (Battlestar Galactica Hawaii Five-0 Jae Park – Argentine born K-pop singerRichard Park – ice hockey forward for the New York Islanders Dominique Parrish – world champion in women's freestyle wrestlingHarry Partch – composerAudrina Patridge – TV personality, television presenter, actress, and modelDylan Patton – actorGeorge S. Patton – military commanderPaula Patton – actressJake Paul – YouTuberLogan Paul – YouTuberCorey Pavin – golferSara Paxton – actress and singerGary Payton – professional basketball playerGregory Peck – actorSam Peckinpah – film directorJoc Pederson – baseball player for the San Francisco Giants Dustin Pedroia – baseball playerLisa Pelikan – actressNancy Pelosi – California Congresswoman and first Californian and first woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives serving from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023Nia Peeples – singer and actressTerren Peizer – businessperson convicted of insider trading and securities fraudChris Penn – actorSean Penn – actorStacy Peralta – skateboarder, surfer, and movie directorMelina Perez – professional wrestlerChelsea Peretti – comedianBradley Steven Perry – actorKaty Perry – singerBryan Petersen – baseball playerLakey Peterson – professional surfer [ 16] Jade Pettyjohn – actressMichelle Pfeiffer – actressPaul Pierce – professional basketball playerKevin Pillar – baseball playerChris Pine – actorEric Pierpoint – actorDrew Pinsky – radio and TV personality, physician, and addiction medicine specialistKelsey Plum – basketball playerEve Plumb – actressJim Plunkett – football quarterback (Oakland Raiders )Brennan Poole – NASCAR driverLarry Poole – actor and film producer (The Final Wish Whitney Port – TV personality, fashion designer, and authorTyler Posey – actorStefanie Powers – actressTristan Prettyman – singer and musicianTayshaun Prince – professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons )Freddie Prinze Jr. – actorSnow Tha Product – rapperKelly Pryce – stand-up comedianJade Puget – musician (AFI )
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Robert Redford Sally Ride Christina Ricci Jackie Robinson Aaron Rodgers Molly Ringwald Olivia Rodrigo Scott Radinsky – Major League Baseball player and coachShelby Rabara – actressFrances Rafferty – actressMax Rafferty – former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction , author, and columnistMark Ragins : American psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the Village ISAFrancia Raisa – actressBonnie Raitt – singerEfren Ramirez – actorBen Rattray – founder and CEO of Change.org Ronald Reagan – Governor of California (1967–1975), former actor, and 40th President of the United States Tyler Reddick – NASCAR driverRobert Redford – actor and directorNikki Reed – actressMason Reese – child actorAutumn Reeser – actress (The O.C. Andy Reid – football coachTasha Reign – pornographic actress, nude model, producer, and sex columnistMaria Remenyi – Miss USA 1966 Jeremy Renner – actorDane Reynolds – professional surfer (Quiksilver Ryan Reynolds – award winning actor born in Canada lives in CaliforniaRoddy Ricch – rapperChristina Ricci – actress (The Addams Family Neil Raymond Ricco – poet and authorRobert Ri'chard – actorAriana Richards – actressKyle Richards – actress and television personalityMichael Richards – actor (Seinfeld Nicole Richie – actressSofia Richie – modelSally Ride – astronaut (STS-7 and STS-41-G )Isiah Rider – basketball playerCathy Rigby – gymnast and actress (Peter Pan )Molly Ringwald – actressJason Ritter – actor (son of John Ritter ; grandson of Tex Ritter )Jenni Rivera – singerNaya Rivera – actress and singerRon Rivera – American football player and coach[ 17] Lil Rob – Chicano rapperTim Robbins – actorTony Robbins – life coachJackie Robinson – Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Major League Baseball 's 20th-century color line Julia Robinson – mathematicianLela Rochon – actressSam Rockwell – actorAaron Rodgers – National Football League quarterbackDestiny Rogers – singerOlivia Rodrigo – singer and actressPaul Rodriguez – Mexican-born comedian, actor, singer and rapperDana Rohrabacher – member of the United States House of Representatives Jimmy Rollins – baseball playerJim Rome – sports radio hostRebecca Romijn – model and actressTony Romo – football quarterbackAl Rosen – Major League Baseball MVP; four-time All-Star[ 18] Daniel Rosenbaum (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League Kyla Ross – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (artistic gymnastics)Alexander Rossi – racing driverRachel Roy – fashion designerJosiah Royce – philosopherPete Rozelle – National Football League commissionerFaZe Rug – YouTuberRuPaul – drag queenBill Russell – basketball playerKeri Russell – actressKerry Rossall – actor and stuntman (Apocalypse Now Justified Rene Russo – actressJesse Rutherford – musicianMarla Ruzicka – activist (Green Party )Ronda Rousey – professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist, former UFC bantamweight championMegan Rapinoe – professional soccer player, Olympic gold medalist
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Tom Seaver O. J. Simpson Duke Snider Brenda Song Mark Spitz John Steinbeck Kristen Stewart Gwen Stefani Sonny Sandoval – musicianKatey Sagal – actress (Futurama Halston Sage – actressAndy Samberg – actor and comedianDaniel Samohin (born 1998) – Israeli Olympic figure skaterJosh Samuels (born 1991) – Olympic water polo playerJessica Sanchez – singer-songwriterSaweetie – rapper, singer-songwriterSamia – musicianMonte Scheinblum (born 1967) – 1992 U.S. and world long-driving golf championEli Schenkel (born 1992) – Canadian Olympic fencerWally Schlotter – film producerCasey Schmitt (born 1999) – infielder for the San Francisco Giants Rob Schneider – actorSchoolboy Q – rapperDave Schultz – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Mark Schultz – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingArnold Schwarzenegger – Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, businessman, and Governor of California (2003–11)Patrick Schwarzenegger – actor, model, and son of Maria Shriver and Arnold SchwarzeneggerJason Schwartzman (born 1980) – actorCathy Scott – true crime author, journalistTom Seaver – baseball playerJason Sehorn – NFL cornerback Christian Serratos – actress (The Walking Dead Mike Seidman (born 1981) – NFL tight endLogan Seavey – racing driverJason Segel – actor, comedian, screenwriter, and authorVic Seixas – Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis playerEdgar Seligman (1867–1958) – San Francisco-born British six-time fencing champion and two-time Olympic fencing medalistAdam G. Sevani – actor and dancerAtticus Shaffer – actorTupac Shakur – actor/rapperSamantha Shapiro (born 1993) – gymnastSharon Shapiro – gymnastJudy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runnerRyan Sheckler – skateboarderCharlie Sheen – actorArt Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockeyRichard Sherman – NFL cornerbackMarley Shelton – actressRyan Sherriff (born 1990) – Major League Baseball pitcherLarry Sherry (1935–2006) – baseball pitcherNorm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball[ 19] Mike Shinoda – musician (Linkin Park )Too Short – rapperAlicia Silverstone – actress (Clueless Jerry Simon (born 1968) – American-Israeli basketball playerDiamon Simpson (born 1987) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League O. J. Simpson – retired football player (Buffalo Bills), actor, and convicted felonSimon Singer (born 1941) – world champion American handball player, and radio and television actorNikki Sixx – musician (Mötley Crüe )Skrillex – DJ and musicianAlexandra Slade – actress (Friend of the World Matthew Slater – NFL wide receiver and special teams gunner Cameron Smith – college football player USC Trojans Jaden Smith – actor, rapper, singer-songwriterRegan Smith (born 2002) – Olympic swimmer, broke multiple world records in swimming[ 20] Steve Smith Sr. – NFL wide receiverJuJu Smith-Schuster – NFL wide receiverDuke Snider – baseball playerSnow Tha Product – rapperAnastasia Soare – Romanian-American businesswoman and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills Liza Soberano – Filipino-American actress, model, and singerBrenda Song – actressSong Oh-kyun – activistChris Soriano – filmmaker and actor (Almighty Zeus The Wedding Hustler Frank Spellman (1922–2017) – Olympic champion weightlifterMark Spitz – nine-time Olympic gold medalist swimmerJohn Stamos – actorLeland Stanford – railroad tycoonJeffree Star – makeup artistMartin Starr – actorMichael Stuhlbarg – actorGwen Stefani – singer-songwriter, and fashion designerMaggie Steffens (born 1993) – professional water polo player, two-time Olympic gold medalist [ 21] John Steinbeck – author (East of Eden Of Mice and Men Max Steinberg (1989–2014) – American-Israeli IDF lone soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza War Hailee Steinfeld – actress, singer-songwriterAmandla Stenberg – actressRosie Stephenson-Goodknight – WikipedianDaniel Steres (born 1990) – professional soccer player with the LA Galaxy Brett Sterling – ice hockey playerMinna Stess (born 2006) - Olympic skateboarder[ 22] Todd Steussie – football playerTed Stevens (1923-2010) – U.S. Senator from Alaska (1968-2009) and Solicitor of the Department of Interior (1960-1961)Booboo Stewart – actorFivel Stewart – actressKristen Stewart – actressLindsey Stirling – violinistRobert Stock (born 1989) – Major League Baseball baseball pitcherSpencer Stone – United States Air Force Staff Sergeant known for stopping a gunman in a Paris-bound train from Amsterdam via Brussels and author of The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes Melvin Storer – Navy diver and shipfitterJackson Stormo (born 1999) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Darryl Strawberry – baseball playerBeaumelle Sturtevant-Peet – temperance activist and suffragistJeremy Sumpter – actorStephen Swartz – singer and musicianJodie Sweetin – actressAlison Sweeney – actressEmelie Tracy Y. Swett – poet, author, educator
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Shirley Temple Pat Tillman Danny Trejo Michael Trevino Robin Thicke Amber Tamblyn – actress (Joan of Arcadia Russ Tamblyn – actor (West Side Story Amy Tan – writer (The Joy Luck Club Deshon Taylor (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Isaiah Taylor (born 1994) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Scout Taylor-Compton – actress (Halloween Shannon Taylor – film producer (The Flourish Technoblade – YouTuber (1999–2022)Brian Teacher – tennis player (ranked as high as # 7), Australian Open champion, and coachTeeFlii – rapper and producerAimee Teegarden – actress and modelRowdy Tellez – baseball playerEliot Teltscher – tennis playerShirley Temple – child film star, former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana , and Czechoslovakia Zack Test – rugby union playerReggie Theus – basketball player and coachRobin Thicke – singerNosaj Thing – producerKlay Thompson – basketball playerStephen Thompson Jr. (born 1997) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Tessa Thompson – actressRawson Marshall Thurber – filmmaker and actorPat Tillman – football player and soldierJennifer Tilly – actressTinashe – singerKenneth Tobey – actorMark Tollefsen (born 1992) – basketball player, 2018-19 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League Shaun Tomson (born 1955) – South African world champion surferDara Torres (born 1967) – competitive swimmer , first American swimmer to become a five-time Olympian [ 23] Alessandra Torresani – actressJosie Totah – actressPat Toomay – former football playerToypurina – Native American medicine woman[ 24] Alan Trammell – baseball playerKarrueche Tran – actress and modelKelly Marie Tran – actress (Star Wars: The Last Jedi Raya and the Last Dragon Danny Trejo – actorMichael Trevino – actorMichael Trucco – actor (Battlestar Galactica )Robert Trujillo – bassist (Metallica )Justin Timberlake – singerMark Tuan – rapperDakarai Tucker (born 1994) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Lisa Tucker – singerMark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball playerChristy Turlington – modelBree Turner – actress (Grimm )Justin Turner – baseball playerRyan Turell (born 1999) – basketball player for the G-League Motor City Cruise , Yeshiva University .Tyga – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actorAisha Tyler – actressTy Dolla Sign – rapperTyler, the Creator – rapper and record producer (Odd Future )Luca de la Torre – soccer player
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Julieta Venegas Gwen Verdon
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Paul Walker Bill Walton Earl Warren Shaun White Ted Williams Natalie Wood Tiger Woods Aly Wagner – retired soccer playerRachel Wacholder (born 1975) – professional beach volleyball player and modelBobby Wagner – NFL linebackerLindsay Wagner – actressTom Waits – musician and composerPaul Walker – actor (The Fast and the Furious William Wall – filmmaker (Daisy Belle [ 26] Bill Walsh – football coachLaurie Walters – actress (Eight Is Enough Bill Walton – Hall of Fame basketball playerLuke Walton – basketball playerAndre Ward – 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal-winning boxerFred Ward – actor (Tremors Zhavia Ward – singerEarl Warren – 30th Governor of California and 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969)Rick Warren – pastor and authorRyn Weaver – singerStormi Webster – Kylie Jenner’s daughter[ 27] Whitney Wegman-Wood – actress and screenwriter (The Last Butterflies Scott Weiland – singer-songwriterCaspar Weinberger – United States Secretary of Defense Phil Weintraub (1907–1987) – Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielderBob Weir – musician (Grateful Dead )Zack Weiss – American-Israeli Major League Baseball playerAbbey Weitzeil – Olympic swimmer[ 28] Raquel Welch – Golden Globe Award-winning actress (Right to Die Brian Welch – musician and guitarist (Korn )North West – musicianRussell Westbrook – basketball playerChanel West Coast – television personality, rapper, and singerJill Whelan – actress (Airplane! Adam Wheeler – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler Stephen Girard Whipple – 49er, newspaper editor, Union Army officer, and politician[ 29] Shaun White – snowboarderMae Whitman – actress and singerBrandon Whitt – NASCAR driverSidney Wicks – basketball playerJordan Wilimovsky (born 1994) – Olympic pool swimmer and open water swimmer [ 30] will.i.am – rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and member of The Black Eyed Peas Barry Williams – actorDerrick Williams – basketball player with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague ; formerly with five NBA teams[ 31] Jamaal Williams – football playerEmily Williams – early 20th-century architectEsther Williams – actressJohn Williams – composerPaul Williams – architectSerena Williams – tennis playerTed Williams – Hall of Fame baseball playerVenus Williams – tennis playerDave Williamson – stand-up comedianDontrelle Willis – baseball player (Miami Marlins )Helen Wills – tennis playerBrian Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys )Carl Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)Rita Wilson – actressJacarra Winchester – world champion in women's freestyle wrestlingAriel Winter – actress (Modern Family Josh Wise – NASCAR driverJeff Withey (born 1990) – player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League Tamara Witmer – modelZachary Wohlman – boxerWally Wolf (1930–1997) – swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic championMatthew Wolff – professional golferNat Wolff – actor and musicianSara Wolfkind – actress (Grimcutty Chris Wondolowski – professional soccer playerLinda Wong – pornographic actressVictor Wong (1906–1972) – actor (King Kong Victor Wong (1927–2001) – actor (Big Trouble in Little China Kevin Woo – singer and TV personality (U-KISS )Beatrice Wood – artistNatalie Wood – actress (This Property Is Condemned David Woodard – conductor and writerJohn Wooden – college basketball coachCynthia Woodhead – swimmerShailene Woodley – actressTiger Woods – golferSteve Wozniak – inventor of the Apple Computer Jason Wright – American football player and executive[ 32] Noah Wyle – actorAli Wong – stand-up comedian and actress
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Zendaya
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Black Eyed Peas Blink-182 The Doors Grateful Dead Guns N' Roses Metallica The Monkees P.O.D. Red Hot Chili Peppers Van Halen Weezer
California transplants
John C. Fremont Ronald Reagan Arnold Schwarzenegger Steven Spielberg Ace Young Samuel Brannan – newspaper publisherJuan Rodríguez Cabrillo – Spanish explorerCésar Chávez – labor leaderJuan Bautista de Anza – Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorerLarry Ellison – co-founder of Oracle Corporation John C. Frémont – explorer, military officer, U.S. senator from CaliforniaDomingo Ghirardelli – chocolatier (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, and comedianSteve Jurvetson – venture capitalist (a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson )James Lick – real estate baronSteve Martin – actor, author, comedian, and directorJohnny Mathis – singer ("Chances Are ")Fritz Maytag – former owner of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco; chairman of the board of the Maytag Dairy FarmsThomas Mesereau – criminal defense lawyerJoe Montana – National Football League quarterback Joe Morgan – baseball playerJohn Muir – naturalist Joshua A. Norton – British self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"Buck Owens – country music performerRonald Reagan – actor and 40th president of the United States Carlos Santana – Mexican musicianMichael Savage – author, political commentator, radio hostCharles M. Schulz – cartoonistArnold Schwarzenegger – governor of California , actor, and bodybuilderVin Scully – announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers Glenn T. Seaborg – chemist Junipero Serra – Spanish missionary Steven Spielberg – directorLeland Stanford – railroad baron, governor of California, and founder of Stanford University Ken Starr – lawyer and university law deanLevi Strauss – Bavarian clothing manufacturerJohn Sutter – Swiss real estate baronMark Twain – humorist and authorLars Ulrich – musician (Metallica )Sarah Winchester – heiress, eccentric and 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 – United States Air Force test pilot Ace Young – singerSteve Young – National Football League quarterback
See also
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