List of people from California



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.

0–9

 * 12th Planet – record producer and DJ
 * 24kGoldn – rapper
 * 24hrs – rapper
 * 2Mex – rapper

A

 * Willie Aames – actor
 * Stephen Abas – Olympic freestyle wrestler
 * Paula Abdul – dancer (American Idol)
 * Abby Abinanti – California’s first Native American female lawyer
 * Gracie Abrams – singer
 * Rosalie Abrams – playwright, actress, and activist
 * Ansel Adams – photographer
 * Davante Adams – NFL wide receiver
 * Jay Adams – skateboarder and surfer
 * Erik Affholter (born 1966) – NFL wide receiver
 * Ben Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor and director
 * Ángela Aguilar – Mexican-American singer
 * Jhene Aiko – singer
 * Jessica Alba – actress and model
 * Edward Albert – actor
 * Josh Allen – NFL quarterback
 * Keegan Allen – actor (Pretty Little Liars)
 * Marcus Allen – football player
 * A. J. Allmendinger – NASCAR driver
 * Herb Alpert – trumpeter and music executive
 * Tony Alva – skateboarder and surfer
 * Caroline Amiguet – actress and model
 * Helen Andelin – author (Fascinating Womanhood)
 * Anthony Anderson – actor
 * Melissa Sue Anderson – actress
 * Paul Thomas Anderson – filmmaker
 * Tom Anderson – co-founder of the social network MySpace
 * Jennifer Aniston – actress (Friends)
 * Odette Annable – actress
 * Kenzie Anne – actress
 * apl.de.ap – Filipino-American rapper, singer and record producer (Black Eyed Peas)
 * Christina Applegate – actress
 * Jon Appleton – composer
 * Anne Archer – actress
 * Eve Arden – actress
 * Billie Joe Armstrong – musician, guitarist, and vocalist (Green Day)
 * Lucie Arnaz – actress
 * Genevieve Artadi – musician and singer-songwriter
 * Maureen Arthur – actress (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
 * Maude Apatow – actress (Euphoria)
 * Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu – bassist (Korn)
 * Anastasia Ashman – writer
 * Shiri Appleby – actress and film director
 * Sean Astin – actor (The Lord of the Rings)
 * Jeff Atkinson – distance runner and Olympian
 * Coco Austin – television personality
 * Tracy Austin – tennis player
 * Dylan Axelrod – baseball player

B



 * B-Real – rapper
 * Max Baer Jr. – actor (Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies)
 * Emily Bader – actress
 * Cutcha Risling Baldy – Native American professor
 * Lonzo Ball – professional basketball guard (Chicago Bulls)
 * LiAngelo Ball – basketball player
 * LaMelo Ball – basketball player (Charlotte Hornets)
 * Alabama Barker – internet personality
 * Baby Bash – rapper
 * Ross 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 manager
 * David Bakhtiari – NFL offensive tackle
 * Ireland Baldwin – model
 * Fairuza Balk – actress
 * Maria Bamford – actress and stand-up comedian
 * Banks – singer
 * Tyra Banks – model and actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
 * Ronald Barak (born 1943) – Olympic gymnast
 * Adrienne Barbeau – actress (Maude)
 * Andrea Barber – actress
 * Sara Bareilles – singer
 * Travis Barker – drummer (Blink-182)
 * Matt Barnes – National Basketball Association player
 * Orr Barouch – Israeli soccer player
 * Drew Barrymore – actress (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Never Been Kissed)
 * Judith Barsi – actress and voiceover artist
 * Summer Bartholomew – Miss USA 1975
 * Dante Basco – actor
 * Earl W. Bascom – rodeo pioneer, Hall of Fame inductee, actor, international artist, and sculptor
 * Ellen Bass – poet and author
 * Bassnectar – musician and record producer
 * Max Baucus – politician, former Congressman (1975–78), longtime U.S. Senator from Montana (1978–2014), and U.S. Ambassador to China since 2014
 * Emma Pow Bauder – evangelist
 * Michelle Bauer – actress
 * Michael Bay – film director
 * Amanda Beard – Olympic swimmer
 * Beck – musician
 * Captain Beefheart – musician
 * Ed Begley Jr. – actor and activist
 * Drake Bell – actor, comedian, and singer
 * Glen Bell – entrepreneur who founded Taco Bell
 * Stephania Bell – ESPN analyst and physical therapist
 * Camilla Belle – actress
 * Tory 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 player
 * Ashley Benson – actress (Pretty Little Liars)
 * Doug Benson – comedian
 * Justin Berfield – actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
 * Candice Bergen – actress (Murphy Brown)
 * Berner – rapper and cannabis entrepreneur
 * Davion 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) and neuroscientist
 * Sergey Bida (born 1993) – Olympic silver medalist épée fencer
 * Violetta Khrapina Bida (born 1994) – Olympic épée fencer
 * Bighead – record producer
 * Barbara Billingsley – actress
 * Rachel Bilson – actress (The O.C.)
 * David Binn – 18-season NFL long snapper
 * Matt Biondi – competitive swimmer and eight-time Olympic gold medalist
 * Thora Birch – actress
 * Jake Bird (born 1995) – baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
 * Steve Birnbaum – Major League Soccer player
 * Bradford Bishop – indicted murderer and at-large fugitive
 * Joel Bitonio – NFL offensive guard
 * Bill Bixby – actor (The Incredible Hulk)
 * Aloe Blacc – singer and musician
 * Jack Black – actor and musician (Kung Fu Panda, Tenacious D)
 * Rebecca Black – singer
 * Tyler Blackburn – actor and singer (Pretty Little Liars)
 * Tara Lynne Barr – actress
 * Hank Blalock – baseball player (Texas Rangers)
 * Mel Blanc – cartoon voice actor
 * Rowan Blanchard – actress (Girl Meets World)
 * Erica Blasberg (1984–2010) – LPGA golfer
 * Sheila Bleck – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Mel Bleeker (1920–1996) – NFL halfback
 * Ken Block – rally driver and gymkhana driver
 * Andy Bloom – Olympic shot putter
 * Betsy Bloomingdale – socialite
 * April Bowlby – actress
 * David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
 * Rora Blue – visual artist
 * Blueface – rapper
 * Jason Blum – film producer
 * Jonathon Blum – hockey player
 * Judy Blumberg – competitive ice dancer
 * Sam Bohne (born Sam Cohen) – baseball player
 * Brian Boitano − Olympic gold medalist (figure skating)
 * Barry Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
 * Bobby Bonds – baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
 * Chaz Bono – writer
 * Aaron 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 skater
 * Barry Bostwick – actor (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City)
 * Kate Bosworth – actress
 * Lo Bosworth – TV personality, author, and entrepreneur
 * Shmuley Boteach – Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author
 * 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 1993
 * Cameron Boyce – actor (Descendants 2)
 * Brandon Boyd – singer and musician (Incubus)
 * Brittany Boyd – WNBA player
 * Timothy Bradley – boxer
 * Tom Brady – football quarterback
 * Debbie Bramwell-Washington – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Benjamin Bratt – actor
 * Ryan Braun – baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
 * Nick Bravin – Olympic foil fencer
 * Eddie Bravo – Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor
 * Nicholas 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 – actor
 * Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Phoebe Bridgers – singer-songwriter
 * Beau 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 – actress
 * Lance Briggs – football player
 * Adam Brody – actor (The O.C.)
 * James Brolin – actor
 * Josh Brolin – actor (Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame)
 * Albert Brooks – actor and director (Lost in America)
 * Alton Brown – television host
 * Anthony 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 player
 * Lindsey Buckingham – musician (Fleetwood Mac)
 * Jeff Buckley – singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Bill Buckner – baseball player
 * Don Budge – tennis player
 * Candace Cameron Bure – actress
 * Hunter Burgan – bass player for AFI
 * Bobby Burgess – Mouseketeer and dancer for The Lawrence Welk Show
 * Olivia Burnette – actress
 * Cliff Burton – former Metallica bassist
 * Tim Burton – film director
 * Reggie Bush – football player
 * Shoshana Bush – actress
 * Sophia Bush – activist, spokesperson, and actress (Chicago P.D., One Tree Hill)
 * Jeanie Buss – sports executive
 * Justin Baldoni – actor and filmmaker
 * Dave Brubeck – jazz pianist and composer
 * Michael C. Burgess – actor and poet
 * Cruz Bustamante – Lieutenant Governor of California
 * Paul Butcher – actor
 * Austin Butler – actor and singer
 * Brian Patrick Butler – actor and filmmaker
 * Win Butler – musician and songwriter (Arcade Fire)
 * Amanda Bynes – actress
 * Kari Byron – artist and TV personality (MythBusters)

C

 * Calmatic – filmmaker
 * Scott Caan – actor
 * Johnathan Cabral – Olympic hurdler
 * Richard Cabral – actor
 * Herb Caen – newspaper columnist (San Francisco Chronicle)
 * John Cage – composer
 * Nicolas Cage – actor
 * Colleen Camp – actress
 * Colbie Caillat – singer
 * Evan Call – composer
 * Angelo Caloiaro (born 1989) – American-Italian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Greg Camarillo – NFL wide receiver
 * Dove Cameron – actress (Liv and Maddie)
 * Dolph Camilli – baseball player
 * Ben Nighthorse Campbell – U.S. Senator from Colorado
 * Nick Cannon – actor
 * Linda Cardellini – actress (Freaks and Geeks)
 * Tucker Carlson – television host
 * Adam Carolla – radio and TV personality
 * David Carr – football quarterback
 * Derek Carr – football quarterback
 * David Carradine – actor (Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill: Volume 2)
 * Ever Carradine – actress and daughter of Robert Carradine
 * Mercedes Carrera – pornographic film actress
 * Emma Chamberlain – internet personality
 * Miley Cyrus – singer
 * Brooke Candy – rapper
 * Lizzy Caplan – actress
 * Keith Carradine – actor (Deadwood, Nashville)
 * Robert Carradine – actor (Revenge of the Nerds)
 * Pete Carroll – college and National Football League football coach
 * Adam Carson – drummer for AFI
 * Chris Carter – producer, director, and writer (The X-Files)
 * Mike Carter (born 1955) – American-Israeli basketball player
 * Aya Cash – actress
 * Shaun Cassidy – singer
 * Torry Castellano – drummer for The Donnas
 * Henry Cejudo – former UFC champion, Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
 * Richard Chamberlain – actor
 * Brandi Chastain – soccer player
 * Jessica Chastain – actress (The Tree of Life, Zero Dark Thirty)
 * Doja Cat – rapper and singer
 * Kwan Cheatham (born 1995) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Cher – actress, entertainer, and singer
 * Joey Chestnut – competitive eater
 * Julia Child – chef, author, and TV personality
 * Margaret Cho – actress and comedian
 * Justin Chon – actor
 * Amy Chow – gymnast
 * Jamie Chung – actress
 * Marcia Clark – lawyer
 * Melinda Clarke – actress
 * Lana Clarkson – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
 * Les Claypool – bass player (Primus)
 * Mark Clear – Major League Baseball two-time All-Star relief pitcher
 * Angus Cloud (1998–2023) – actor
 * Johnnie Cochran – lawyer (1937–2005)
 * Claire Coffee – actress
 * Audra Cohen (born 1986) – tennis player
 * Jordan Cohen (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Sasha Cohen – figure skater
 * Lillie Hitchcock Coit – firefighter
 * Keyshia Cole – singer
 * Natalie Cole – singer
 * Austin Coleman – BMX rider and television personality
 * Jerry Coleman – soldier and sportscaster
 * Chris Colfer – actor (Glee) and author (The Land of Stories)
 * Holly Marie Combs – actress
 * Maureen Connolly – tennis player
 * Mike Connors – actor (Mannix)
 * Lauren Conrad – TV personality, fashion designer, and author
 * Elisha Cook Jr. – actor (The Maltese Falcon)
 * Coolio – rapper, singer, record producer, and actor
 * Lillian Copeland (1904–1964) – Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
 * Miranda Cosgrove – actress and singer (iCarly)
 * Michael Costello – fashion designer
 * Kevin Costner – actor and director (Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams)
 * Natalie Coughlin – Olympic swimmer
 * Glenn Cowan (1952–2004) – table tennis player
 * Nikki Cox – actress (Las Vegas)
 * Mary Lynde Craig — president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
 * Alan Cranston – U.S. Senator from California
 * Bryan Cranston – actor
 * Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
 * Richard Crenna – actor
 * Darren Criss – actor
 * William Henry Crocker – philanthropist and founder of Crocker National Bank
 * James Cromwell – actor
 * Joe Cronin – Hall of Fame baseball player and manager
 * David Crosby – musician
 * Denise Crosby – actress
 * Cameron Crowe – filmmaker
 * Raymond Cruz – actor
 * Valorie 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
 * Jamie Lee Curtis – actress (Halloween, Trading Places)
 * Cole Custer – NASCAR driver
 * Carly Chaikin – actress
 * Doug Clifford – drummer (member of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival)
 * Wendi McLendon-Covey – actress

D



 * Carson Daly – television host
 * Zubin Damania (born 1973) – physician, comedian, internet personality, musician, and founder of Turntable Health
 * Caroline D'Amore – musician, actress, and model
 * Spencer Daniels – actor
 * Sean Danielsen – singer and musician (Smile Empty Soul)
 * Harry Danning – Major League Baseball All-Star catcher
 * Ted Danson – actor (Cheers, The Good Place)
 * Christopher Darden – lawyer
 * Sam Darnold – NFL quarterback
 * Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) – radio broadcaster during World War II
 * Lindsay Davenport – tennis player
 * Baron Davis – professional basketball player
 * Jonathan Davis – singer and musician
 * Lucius Davis (born 1970) – basketball player
 * Noah Davis (nicknamed Diesel; born 1997) – MLB baseball player (Colorado Rockies)
 * Terrell Davis – professional football player
 * Randy Davison – actor
 * Ken Davitian – Armenian-American character actor
 * Devin Dawson – singer and musician
 * Shane Dawson – YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician
 * Jonathan Dayton – film director (Little Miss Sunshine)
 * Erika De La Cruz – television host
 * Oscar De La Hoya – boxer
 * Giada De Laurentiis – Italian born chef
 * Brian de la Puente – National Football League center
 * Zack de la Rocha – activist and singer (Rage Against the Machine)
 * Lil Debbie – rapper
 * Jayme Dee – singer and musician
 * Javin DeLaurier (born 1998) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Grey DeLisle – voice actress
 * Tom DeLonge – singer and musician (Blink-182)
 * Brad Delson – musician (Linkin Park)
 * Alexa Demie – actress and singer
 * Deorro – DJ and musician
 * David Denman – actor
 * Bo Derek – actress
 * Laura Dern – actress
 * DeMar DeRozan – professional basketball player
 * Emily Deschanel – actress
 * Zooey Deschanel – actress and singer
 * Zoey Deutch – actress
 * Jeff Deverett – film producer
 * Cameron Diaz – actress (Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
 * Nate Diaz – professional mixed martial artist
 * Nick Diaz – professional mixed martial artist
 * Matt DiBenedetto – NASCAR driver
 * Leonardo DiCaprio – Academy Award-winning actor (The Departed, Titanic)
 * Joan Didion – writer
 * Nahshon Dion – writer
 * Vin Diesel – actor
 * Gianna Dior – pornographic film actress
 * Doug DeMuro - YouTuber
 * Grace Van Dien – actress
 * Trent Dilfer – National Football League quarterback
 * Joe DiMaggio – baseball player
 * Maya DiRado – Olympic swimmer
 * Roy E. Disney – billionaire and nephew of Walt Disney
 * Cong Thanh Do – Vietnamese American activist
 * David Dobrik – vlogger
 * Nate Dogg – musician
 * Snoop Dogg – rapper
 * Ami Dolenz – actress and daughter of Micky Dolenz
 * Micky Dolenz – actor, musician, and singer (The Monkees)
 * Jason Dolley – actor
 * Landon Donovan – soccer player
 * Jimmy Doolittle – general and aviation pioneer
 * Tyler Dorsey (born 1996) – Greek–American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Marcus Dove – basketball player
 * Stacy Dragila – pole vaulter
 * Dr. Dre – musician, hip-hop producer, and record producer
 * K. Eric Drexler – engineer
 * Don Drysdale – baseball player
 * Hilary Duff – actress and singer
 * Dumbfoundead – Argentine-born Asian American rapper
 * Tom Dumont – guitarist (No Doubt)
 * Isadora Duncan – dancer
 * Ann Dunnigan – translator, actor, and teacher
 * Robert Duvall – actor
 * Jermaine Dye – baseball player (Chicago White Sox)
 * (Steve Dains) – (US senator for Montana)

E

 * E-40 – rapper
 * Eric Erlandson – musician
 * Susan Egan – actress
 * Sheila E. – singer
 * Carl Earn (1921–2007) – tennis player
 * Clint Eastwood – film actor and director (Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven)
 * Eazy-E – rapper
 * Dennis Eckersley – baseball pitcher
 * Aaron Eckhart – actor
 * Julian Edelman – National Football League wide receiver
 * Anthony Edwards – actor
 * Mack Ray Edwards (1918–1971) – child sex abuser/serial killer; committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell
 * Zac Efron – film and television actor (High School Musical)
 * Billie Eilish – singer
 * Thelma "Tiby" Eisen (1922–2014) – baseball player
 * Isaiah Eisendorf (born 1996) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Danny Elfman – musician and composer
 * Jenna Elfman – actress
 * Richard Elfman – film director (Forbidden Zone)
 * Sam Elliott – actor
 * Amit Elor – world champion in women's freestyle wrestling
 * Anabel Englund – singer
 * Robert Englund – actor and director (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
 * Hayden Epstein – National Football League kicker
 * Mike "SuperJew" Epstein – Major League Baseball first baseman
 * Philip Erenberg (1909–1992) – gymnast and Olympic silver medalist
 * Zach Ertz – NFL tight end
 * Addie Garwood Estes – temperance activist
 * Chris Evans – convicted train robber
 * Evidence – rapper
 * Briana Evigan – actress (Step Up)

F



 * Shelly Fabares – actress and singer
 * Bill Fagerbakke – actor and voice actor (Patrick Star)
 * Heather Fargo – Mayor of Sacramento, California
 * Valerie Faris – film director (Little Miss Sunshine)
 * Jordan Farmar – basketball player
 * Lorrie Fair – retired soccer player
 * Mia Farrow – actress
 * David Faustino – actor (Married... with Children)
 * Kevin Federline – rapper and former backup dancer
 * Wayne Federman – comedian
 * Roshon Fegan – actor
 * Benny Feilhaber – soccer midfielder
 * Dianne 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 photographer
 * Shiloh Fernandez – actor
 * Sky Ferreira – singer, model, and actress
 * Will Ferrell – actor
 * Miguel Ferrer – actor (RoboCop)
 * America Ferrera – Honduran-American actress
 * Sally Field − actress (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart)
 * Carrie Fisher – actress
 * Aundrea Fimbres – singer
 * Chloe Fineman – actress
 * Jon Fisher – author and entrepreneur
 * Peggy Fleming – figure skater
 * Shaun Fleming – actor (Kim Possible)
 * Rhonda Fleming – actress and singer
 * Abigail Folger – coffee heiress, socialite, and murder victim
 * John Fogerty – musician (founded the band Creedence Clearwater Revival)
 * Bridget Fonda – actress
 * Lyndsy Fonseca – actress
 * Paloma Ford – vocalist
 * Beanie Feldstein – actress
 * Jon Foreman – singer
 * Dian Fossey – zoologist
 * DeShaun Foster – football player
 * Jodie Foster – actress (The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs)
 * Rickie Fowler – professional golfer
 * Allen Fox – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach
 * Mackenzie Foy – actress and model
 * Dillon Francis – music producer and DJ
 * Louise E. Francis - journalist
 * Dave Franco – actor and brother of James
 * James Franco – actor and brother of Dave
 * Jeff Franklin – director (Full House)
 * Paulette Frankl – artist and biographer
 * Bonnie Franklin – actress
 * Missy Franklin – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (swimming)
 * Max Fried – baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
 * Kevin Friedland (born 1981) – soccer player
 * Taylor Fritz – tennis player
 * Frost – rapper
 * Robert Frost – poet
 * Kurt Fuller – actor
 * Edward Furlong – actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
 * Fuslie – live streamer

G



 * Giveon – singer
 * Becky G – singer-songwriter and actress
 * G-Eazy – rapper, singer and record producer
 * Guy Gabaldon – United States Marine Corps
 * Lynx and Lamb Gaede – white nationalist twin singers and musicians
 * Lady Gaga – singer
 * Richard Gage – 9/11 Truth movement activist
 * Corey Gaines (born 1965) – basketball player and coach
 * Trace Gallagher – journalist
 * Ray Gallardo – film director and cinematographer
 * The Game – rapper and actor
 * Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles
 * Jeff Garcia – football player
 * Jerry Garcia – musician (Grateful Dead)
 * Ryan Garcia – professional boxer
 * Andrew Garfield – actor
 * Brad Garrett – actor (A Bug's Life, Everybody Loves Raymond)
 * Spencer Garrett – actor
 * Wolfgang Gartner – music producer and DJ
 * Kyle Gass – musician (Tenacious D)
 * Dirk Gates – network entrepreneur (Xirrus)
 * John Gavin – actor and ambassador
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * O.T. Genasis – rapper
 * Inara George – singer and musician (The Bird and the Bee)
 * Paul George − professional basketball player
 * Lauren German – actress
 * Gina Gershon – actress and singer
 * Jason Giambi – professional baseball player (New York Yankees)
 * Greg Gibson – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Tyrese Gibson – actor
 * Frank Gifford – football player and sportscaster
 * Brad Gilbert – tennis player and coach
 * Melissa Gilbert – actress (Little House on the Prairie) and producer
 * Sara Gilbert – actress (Roseanne)
 * Lillian Moller Gilbreth – engineer (Cheaper by the Dozen)
 * Justin Gimelstob – tennis player
 * Enver Gjokaj – actor
 * Danny Glover – actor
 * Donald Glover – actor and singer
 * Gnash – rapper and singer
 * Jared Goff – NFL quarterback
 * Bill Goldberg – professional NFL football player and undefeated professional wrestler
 * Chelsey Goldberg – hockey player
 * Rube Goldberg – cartoonist
 * Paul Goldstein (born 1976) – tennis player and coach
 * Tony Goldwyn – actor (Ghost, Tarzan)
 * Selena Gomez – actress
 * Phillip Gonyea – drummer and percussionist (Against the Will)
 * Adrián González – baseball player
 * Tony Gonzalez – NFL tight end
 * Meagan Good – actress
 * Drew Gooden – professional basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
 * Aaron Gordon – professional basketball player
 * Jeff Gordon – NASCAR driver
 * Molly Gordon – actress
 * Robby Gordon – NASCAR driver
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor
 * Isidora Goreshter – actress
 * Marjoe Gortner – evangelical minister
 * Mark-Paul Gosselaar – actor
 * Ben Gottschalk – National Football League offensive lineman
 * Jim Grabb – tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doubles
 * John Grabow – Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
 * Kevin Graf – football offensive Tackle
 * Alex Greenwald – musician
 * Gloria Grahame – actress
 * Andy Grammer – singer
 * Farley Granger – actor
 * Jennifer Granholm – Canadian-born politician and former Governor of Michigan (2003–2011)
 * Beatrice Gray – actress
 * Billy Gray – actor and motorcyclist
 * Paul Gray – musician (Slipknot)
 * Devon Graye – actor
 * Brian Grazer – Academy Award-winning film and television producer
 * Erick 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 expert
 * Sasha Grey – pornographic actress
 * Nash Grier – Viner, YouTuber, and actor
 * Merv Griffin – talk show host, singer, and television producer (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune)
 * Florence Griffith Joyner – track athlete
 * Camryn Grimes – actress
 * RL Grime – music producer
 * Josh Groban – singer
 * Ashley Grossman (born 1993) – water polo player
 * Kim Gruenenfelder – author
 * Vince Guaraldi – musician (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
 * Kimberly Guilfoyle – TV personality
 * Natalie Gulbis – golfer
 * Brett Gurewitz – guitarist (Bad Religion)
 * Alfred Guth (1908–1996) – Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete
 * Sharina Gutierrez – model
 * Tony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball player
 * Jake Gyllenhaal – actor

H



 * 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 – comedian
 * Bella Hadid – model
 * Gigi Hadid – model
 * Sammy Hagar – musician (Van Halen)
 * Merle Haggard – country music singer
 * Joseph Hahn – painter, director, and musician (Linkin Park)
 * Alana Haim – musician and actress
 * Danielle Haim – musician
 * Jackie 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 – surfer
 * Amelia Gray Hamlin – model
 * Harry Hamlin – actor (Clash of the Titans)
 * Armie Hammer – actor
 * Kirk Hammett – musician (Metallica)
 * Jonathan Hammond – filmmaker
 * Daniel Handler – author, pen name (Lemony Snicket)
 * Colin Hanks – actor (Fargo, King Kong)
 * Chet Hanks – actor and musician
 * Tom Hanks – actor, director, and producer
 * Gabbie Hanna – Internet personality, singer-songwriter
 * Peter D. Hannaford – author and political advisor to Ronald Reagan
 * Jeff Hanneman – guitarist (Slayer)
 * James Harden – basketball player
 * Ian Harding – actor (Pretty Little Liars)
 * Dan Haren – professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
 * Julia Hartz – entrepreneur
 * Kay Hansen – mixed martial artist
 * Mariska Hargitay – actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
 * Jeff B. Harmon – film producer, director, and actor
 * Mark Harmon – actor
 * Kamala Harris – Vice President of the United States; former U.S. senator from California
 * Henry Harrower – endocrinologist
 * Kevin Harvick – NASCAR driver
 * Teri Hatcher – actress
 * Henry Hathaway – film director
 * Davey Havok – lead singer of AFI
 * Tony Hawk – skateboarder
 * Kristy Hawkins – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins – professional skateboarder
 * Julie Hayek – Miss USA 1983
 * Dennis Haysbert – actor (24)
 * Jenna Haze – pornographic actress
 * Patty Hearst – actress and newspaper heiress (Symbionese Liberation Army)
 * William Randolph Hearst – newspaper publisher
 * Ian Hecox – YouTuber
 * Max 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 model
 * David Henrie – actor
 * Sek Henry (born 1987) – professional basketball player, 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
 * Pamela Hensley – actress
 * H.E.R. – singer
 * Jay Hernandez – actor
 * Keith Hernandez – baseball player
 * Barbara Hershey – actress
 * James 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 speaker
 * Jonah Hill – actor
 * Emile Hirsch – actor
 * Paris Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, and DJ
 * Nico Hiraga – skateboarder
 * Jason Hirsh – baseball player
 * David 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 – actor
 * Trevor Hoffman – professional baseball player (San Diego Padres)
 * Amber L. Hollibaugh – writer and filmmaker
 * Dexter Holland – singer and musician (The Offspring)
 * Brenda Holloway – singer-songwriter
 * Josh Holloway – actor (Lost)
 * Mike Holmgren – football coach (Seattle Seahawks)
 * Dennis Holt – poet, linguist, and translator
 * Max Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA Tour
 * Hopsin – rapper, actor, and record producer
 * James Horner – composer
 * Justin Hurwitz – composer
 * Nick Hornsby (born 1995) – basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Rhys Hoskins – Major League Baseball player
 * Bryce Dallas Howard – actress
 * Cody Horn – actress
 * C. Thomas Howell – actor (The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Southland)
 * Jerry Hsu – skateboarder
 * Stephanie Hsu – actress
 * Trevor Huddleston – NASCAR driver
 * Huddy – social media personality
 * Vanessa Hudgens – actress and singer (High School Musical)
 * Kate Hudson – actress
 * Oliver Hudson – actor
 * Phil Hughes – baseball player
 * Yolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Barry Hunau – illustrator
 * William Hung – American Idol contestant
 * Helen Hunt – actress
 * Terry Huntingdon – Miss USA 1959
 * Nipsey Hussle – rapper
 * Anjelica Huston – actress
 * Nyjah Huston – professional skateboarder
 * Timothy Hutton – actor
 * Tiffany Hwang – singer (Girls' Generation)

I

 * Ruby Ibarra – Filipino-born rapper
 * Ice Cube – musician and actor
 * Ice-T – rapper, songwriter, actor, and producer
 * Gabriel Iglesias – comedian
 * iLoveMakonnen – rapper, singer, and record producer
 * Danny Im – member of Korean music group 1TYM
 * Grant Imahara – electronics and radio control expert (MythBusters)
 * Don Imus – radio personality
 * Sabrina Ionescu – basketball player
 * Allison Iraheta – singer (American Idol)
 * Kathy Ireland – model
 * Bill Irwin – actor and clown
 * Chris Isaak – musician and actor
 * Yasuhiro Ishimoto – photographer
 * Nick Itkin (born 1999) – Olympic fencer, junior world champion
 * Phil Ivey – professional poker player

J



 * Jazzmun – actress
 * Marielle Jaffe – actress
 * Skai Jackson – actress
 * Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) – author
 * Helen Jacobs (1908–1997) – tennis player ranked world #1
 * Etta James – singer
 * Jesse James – actor, welder, and chief executive officer of West Coast Choppers
 * Tom Jancar – contemporary art dealer (Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery)
 * Dinah Jane – singer (Fifth Harmony)
 * Gregg Jarrett – lawyer and journalist
 * BC Jean – singer
 * Davon Jefferson (born 1986) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Richard Jefferson – professional basketball player
 * Chantel Jeffries – model
 * Fran Jeffries – actress (The Pink Panther)
 * Kris Jenner – reality star
 * Kendall Jenner – reality star, model, and TV personality
 * Kylie Jenner – reality star, model, TV, and social media personality
 * Steve Jobs – computer pioneer and co-founder of Apple Computer
 * Anjelah Johnson – actress and comedian
 * Ashley Johnson – actress
 * Dwayne Johnson – professional wrestler best known as "The Rock"; actor (The Fast and the Furious)
 * Jimmie Johnson – NASCAR driver and champion
 * Kevin Johnson – basketball player and politician
 * Keyshawn Johnson – football player
 * Randy Johnson – baseball player
 * Haley Jones – basketball player
 * Angelina Jolie – actress
 * Jerry Jones – owner of the Dallas Cowboys
 * Marion Jones – track athlete
 * Matt Jones – actor (Breaking Bad) and comedian
 * Rashida Jones – actress
 * Tamala Jones – actress
 * Sharon Jordan – actress (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody)
 * Ashley Judd – actress
 * Aaron Judge – baseball player
 * Krystal Jung – cousin of Juliette Rodriguez Singer (f(x))

K

 * Pauline Kael – film critic
 * Colin Kaepernick – National Football League quarterback
 * Ryan Kalish – Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Tony Kanal – bassist with No Doubt
 * Anita Kanter – tennis player ranked in world top 10
 * Avi Kaplan – singer-songwriter
 * Gabe Kapler – Major League Baseball outfielder, and manager of the San Francisco Giants
 * Jason Kapono – former professional basketball player
 * Carl Karcher – founder of Carl's Jr.
 * Khloé Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
 * Kim Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
 * Kourtney Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
 * Rob Kardashian – socialite and reality TV personality
 * Robert Kardashian – American attorney and businessman
 * Terry Karl – professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University
 * Deena Kastor – Olympic runner
 * Chris Kattan – actor and comedian
 * Julie Kavner – actress
 * Diane Keaton – actress, director, and producer
 * Keb' Mo' – blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Kehlani – singer
 * Eliza D. Keith – educator, suffragist, and journalist
 * Sally Kellerman – actress
 * Jamill Kelly – Olympic freestyle wrestler
 * Minka Kelly – actress
 * Andrew Keegan – actor (10 Things I Hate About You)
 * Edmund Kemper – serial killer
 * Anthony Kennedy – Supreme Court justice
 * Kirk Kerkorian – investor and philanthropist
 * Baby Keem – rapper
 * Riley Keough – actress
 * Kesha – singer
 * Jason Kidd – NBA player and coach
 * Val Kilmer – actor
 * Down AKA Kilo – rapper
 * Billie Jean King – tennis player
 * Elle King
 * Joey King – actress
 * Kerry King – guitarist (Slayer)
 * Regina King – actress
 * Rodney King – police brutality victim
 * Maxine Hong Kingston – author
 * Thomas Kinkade – artist
 * Hayley Kiyoko – singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
 * Erwin Klein (died 1992) – table tennis player
 * Perry Klein (born 1971) – NFL quarterback
 * Alix Klineman (born 1989) – volleyball player
 * Matthew Knight – actor
 * Suge Knight – record producer and music executive (Death Row Records)
 * Kyle Korver – basketball player
 * Kira Kosarin – singer and actress
 * Joel Kramer – basketball player
 * Zoë Kravitz – actress
 * Kreayshawn – rapper, singer and music video director
 * Dean Kremer (born 1996) – Israeli-American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Nathan Kress – actor (iCarly)
 * Kayden Kross – pornographic actress
 * Alex Kurtzman – filmmaker (Transformers)
 * Leo Krupnik (born 1979) – Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach
 * Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher and announcer (San Francisco Giants)
 * Cy Kuckenbaker – filmmaker
 * Lisa Kudrow – actress (Friends)
 * Raja Kumari – Indian-American rapper, songwriter, and singer
 * Greg Kurstin – musician and producer (The Bird and the Bee)
 * Michelle Kwan – figure skater
 * Iris Kyle – 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
 * Zoe Kazan – actress
 * Kevin Kiner – film and television composer

L



 * Shia LaBeouf – actor
 * Remy LaCroix – pornographic actress
 * Lalaine – actress and singer-songwriter
 * Kendrick Lamar – rapper, songwriter, and record producer
 * Phil LaMarr – voice artist
 * Derek Lam – fashion designer
 * Adam Lambert – singer (American Idol)
 * Michelle Lambert – singer
 * Matthew Lane – professional golfer
 * Ryan Lane – actor
 * Brie Larson – actress
 * Bianca Lawson – actress
 * Kyle Larson – racing driver
 * Greg Laswell – singer and musician
 * Ryan Lavarnway – Israeli-American major-league baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
 * Lauv – singer-songwriter
 * Rick Law – illustrator and producer
 * Ernest Lawrence - nuclear physicist
 * Tony Lazzeri – baseball player
 * Brad 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 player
 * Kiana Ledé – singer
 * Amy Lee – musician (lead singer of Evanescence)
 * Bruce Lee – martial artist
 * Jason Lee – actor (My Name Is Earl)
 * Tommy Lee – Greek-American musician
 * Catherine LeFrançois – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Karenssa LeGear – actress
 * Janet Leigh – actress
 * Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
 * Thomas W. Lentz – art historian
 * Kawhi Leonard – basketball player
 * Logan Lerman – actor
 * Brad Lesley – baseball player and cast member on Takeshi's Castle
 * Lisa Leslie – basketball player
 * Adam Levine – musician (lead singer of pop/rock group Maroon 5)
 * Camille Levin – soccer player
 * Savannah Levin – soccer player
 * Alexander Lévy – professional golfer
 * Monica Lewinsky – White House intern
 * Huey Lewis – musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
 * Juliette Lewis – actress
 * Louise Lieberman (born 1977) – soccer coach and former player
 * Rob Liefeld – comic book writer
 * Xian Lim – Filipino actor, model, singer, host, blogger, filmmaker and professional basketball player
 * Jeremy Lin – basketball player
 * Seven Lions – musician
 * Jonathan Lipnicki – actor (Stuart Little)
 * David Lipsky – golfer
 * Scott Lipsky – tennis player
 * Peyton List – actress (Bunk'd)
 * Blake Lively – actress (Gossip Girl)
 * Heather Locklear – actress
 * James Lofton – NFL wide receiver
 * Alison Lohman – actress
 * Konstantin Lokhanov (born 1998) – junior world champion and Olympic saber fencer
 * Jack London – author (The Call of the Wild)
 * Lauren London – TV personality, actress, and model
 * Evan Longoria – baseball player
 * George Lopez – actor and comedian (George Lopez)
 * Mario Lopez – actor (Saved by the Bell)
 * Nancy Lopez – golfer
 * Erik Lorig – football player (New Orleans Saints)
 * John Logan – film screenwriter
 * Caity Lotz – actress, dancer, and singer
 * Greg Louganis – Olympic diver
 * Billie Lourd – actress
 * Demi Lovato – actress and singer
 * Darlene Love – singer and actress
 * Courtney Love – musician
 * Kevin Love – basketball player
 * Mike Love – singer and songwriter
 * Jon Lovitz – actor
 * George Lucas – filmmaker (Star Wars)
 * Lorna Luft – singer and actress
 * Athena Lundberg – Playboy Playmate of the Month (January 2006)
 * Ray Lynch – actor
 * Ross Lynch – singer (R5) and actor (Austin & Ally)
 * Cheryl Lynn – singer
 * Swae Lee – rapper
 * Jane Levy – actress
 * Ramona Lubo – Native American basketmaker

M



 * Alex Mack – NFL center
 * Judah Leon Magnes – rabbi, first President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 * Tobey Maguire – actor and producer
 * Theodore Maiman – inventor of Ruby Laser Systems Laser
 * Daron Malakian – musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (System of a Down)
 * Rami Malek – actor
 * Mia Malkova – pornographic actress
 * Nazanin Mandi – actress, model, and singer
 * Ricky Manning – football player
 * Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
 * Josie Maran – actress and model
 * Laura Marano – actress (Austin & Ally)
 * Vanessa Marano – actress (Switched at Birth)
 * Stacy Margolin (born 1959) – tennis player
 * Xolo Maridueña (born 2001) – actor (Blue Beetle)
 * Constance Marie – actress
 * Teena Marie – singer
 * Cheech Marin – actor
 * Shannon Marketic – Miss USA 1992
 * Meghan Markle – actress and member of the British royal family
 * McKayla Maroney – 2012 Olympic gold and silver medalist (artistic gymnastics)
 * Dean Paul Martin – actor and musician
 * Steve Martin – actor
 * Bobby Martinez – professional surfer
 * Chris Masters – professional wrestler
 * Sam Match (1923–2010) – tennis player
 * Tim Matheson – actor
 * Bob Mathias – decathlete
 * Rachel Matthews – actress
 * Casey Matthews – football linebacker
 * Clay Matthews Jr. – football linebacker
 * Clay Matthews III – football linebacker
 * Margie Marvelous – professional bodybuilder
 * Kathy May – tennis player
 * Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player
 * MC Hammer – musician
 * Kevin McCarthy – Speaker of the US House of Representatives (2023)
 * Leigh McCloskey – actor and artist (Dallas)
 * Pete McCloskey – politician
 * Willie McCool – astronaut; killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
 * Maureen McCormick – actress
 * Jennette McCurdy – actress and singer
 * Audra McDonald – actress and singer
 * Willie McGee – baseball player
 * Ted McGinley – actor
 * Jeremy McGrath – supercross racer
 * Seanan McGuire – writer
 * Sean McNamara – filmmaker
 * Mark McGwire – baseball player
 * Robert McNamara – former United States Secretary of Defense
 * Katharine McPhee – singer and actress
 * Casey Mears – NASCAR driver
 * Edwin Meese – United States Attorney General (1985–88)
 * Meghan, Duchess of Sussex – actress and British royal
 * Robert Mellard – soldier
 * Rodney Melville – judge
 * Bob Melvin – Major League Baseball player and manager
 * Bridgit Mendler – actress and singer
 * Mike Mentzer – professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion
 * Lee Meriwether – actress and Miss America
 * Casey Merrill – NFL running back
 * Derek Mears – actor and stuntman
 * AJ Michalka – actress and musician
 * Aly Michalka – actress and singer
 * Phil Mickelson – golfer
 * Miguel – singer and producer
 * Alyssa Miller – model
 * Johnny Miller – golfer and TV commentator
 * Jon Miller – sportscaster
 * Marisa Miller – supermodel
 * Penelope Ann Miller – actress
 * Reggie Miller – basketball player (Indiana Pacers)
 * Stanley Miller – chemist
 * Norm Mineta – U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Transportation
 * Hasan Minhaj – comedian
 * Liza Minnelli – singer and actress (Cabaret)
 * Deborah A. Miranda – Native American writer and poet
 * Patricia Miranda – Olympic women's freestyle wrestler
 * Elizabeth Mitchell – actress
 * Shay Mitchell – actress (Pretty Little Liars)
 * Ron Mix – Hall of Fame football player
 * Joe Mixon – NFL running back
 * Maika Monroe – actress
 * Marilyn Monroe – sex symbol and actress (Some Like It Hot)
 * Matthew Modine – actor (Full Metal Jacket)
 * Cameron Monaghan – actor and model
 * Elizabeth Montgomery – actress (Bewitched)
 * Shemar Moore – actor
 * Terry Moore – actress (Mighty Joe Young)
 * Alex Morgan – United States women's national soccer team striker
 * Pat Morita – Japanese-American actor and comedian
 * John Morrison – professional wrestler
 * George Moscone – Mayor of San Francisco
 * Jon Moscot – American-Israeli Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
 * Merrill Moses – Olympic medalist water polo player
 * Shane Mosley – boxer
 * Warren Moon – football player
 * Kyle Mooney – actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
 * Elisabeth Moss – actress
 * Bethany Mota – YouTuber
 * Jason Mraz – singer and musician
 * Manny MUA – makeup artist
 * Megan Mullally – actress
 * Thom Michael Mulligan – actor
 * Marcus Mumford – singer and musician (Mumford & Sons)
 * Bill Mumy – child actor (Lost in Space)
 * Noah Munck – actor (iCarly)
 * Eddie Murray – baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)
 * Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Dave Mustaine – musician (Megadeth)
 * Dave McCary – comedian and director
 * Mozhan Marnò – television actress
 * Rey Mysterio – professional wrestler

N

 * Kent Nagano – conductor
 * Mirai Nagasu – figure skater
 * Larry Nagler (born 1940) – tennis player
 * Sam Nahem (1915–2004) – Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Kathy Najimy – actress (King of the Hill)
 * Corey Nakatani – horse racing jockey
 * Anna Nalick – singer-songwriter
 * Hani Naser (1950–2020) – Jordanian-American musician
 * Dave Navarro – guitarist (Jane’s Addiction)
 * Lorenzo Neal – Pro Bowl football player
 * Stephen Neal – world champion freestyle wrestler and three-time Super Bowl champion
 * Jeff Newman – Major League Baseball All-Star baseball player and manager
 * Laraine Newman – comedian, actress, and voice artist
 * Randy Newman – composer and musician
 * Julie Newmar – actress
 * Gavin Newsom – Governor of California; former Mayor of San Francisco (2004–2011)
 * Joanna Newsom – singer and harpist
 * Leyna Nguyen – Vietnamese born television anchor
 * Nichkhun – Thai-American singer and rapper of 2PM
 * Christina Nigra – actress
 * Richard Nixon – 37th President of the United States
 * Lyn Nofziger – author, journalist, and White House Press Secretary (under Ronald Reagan)
 * Isamu Noguchi – artist
 * Minae Noji – actress
 * Bradley Nowell – singer and musician (Sublime)
 * James Nunnally (born 1990) – basketball for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Euroleague, formerly in the NBA
 * Emilio Nava – tennis player

O



 * Dagmar Oakland – stage and screen actress
 * Willis O'Brien – film special-effects artist
 * Frank Ocean – singer (Odd Future)
 * Aubrey O'Day – singer (Danity Kane)
 * Lefty O'Doul – baseball player
 * Larisa Oleynik – actress
 * Edward James Olmos – actor
 * Elizabeth Olsen – actress
 * Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and entrepreneurs
 * Susan Olsen – actress
 * Igor Olshansky – National Football League defensive end
 * Omarion – musician and singer
 * Ryan O'Neal – actor
 * Tatum O'Neal – actress
 * Heather O'Rourke – actress
 * Jenna Ortega – actress
 * Emily Osment – actress and singer
 * Haley Joel Osment – actor
 * Jimmy Osmond − singer
 * Ryann O'Toole – professional golfer
 * Rick Owens – fashion designer

P



 * Christopher Mintz-Plasse – actor (McLovin) in (Superbad)
 * Carson Palmer – football quarterback
 * Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
 * Cathey Palyo – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Leon Panetta – White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense
 * Jon Pardi – singer and musician
 * Jennifer Paredes – actress and musician
 * Jerry Paris – director and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
 * Ashley Park – actress
 * Grace Park – actress (Battlestar Galactica, Hawaii Five-0)
 * Jae Park – Argentine born K-pop singer
 * Richard Park – ice hockey forward for the New York Islanders
 * Dominique Parrish – world champion in women's freestyle wrestling
 * Harry Partch – composer
 * Audrina Patridge – TV personality, television presenter, actress, and model
 * Dylan Patton – actor
 * George S. Patton – military commander
 * Paula Patton – actress
 * Jake Paul – YouTuber
 * Logan Paul – YouTuber
 * Corey Pavin – golfer
 * Sara Paxton – actress and singer
 * Gary Payton – professional basketball player
 * Gregory Peck – actor
 * Sam Peckinpah – film director
 * Joc Pederson – baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
 * Dustin Pedroia – baseball player
 * Lisa Pelikan – actress
 * Nancy 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 2023
 * Nia Peeples – singer and actress
 * Terren Peizer – businessperson convicted of insider trading and securities fraud
 * Chris Penn – actor
 * Sean Penn – actor
 * Stacy Peralta – skateboarder, surfer, and movie director
 * Melina Perez – professional wrestler
 * Chelsea Peretti – comedian
 * Bradley Steven Perry – actor
 * Katy Perry – singer
 * Bryan Petersen – baseball player
 * Lakey Peterson – professional surfer
 * Jade Pettyjohn – actress
 * Michelle Pfeiffer – actress
 * Paul Pierce – professional basketball player
 * Kevin Pillar – baseball player
 * Chris Pine – actor
 * Eric Pierpoint – actor
 * Drew Pinsky – radio and TV personality, physician, and addiction medicine specialist
 * Kelsey Plum – basketball player
 * Eve Plumb – actress
 * Jim Plunkett – football quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
 * Brennan Poole – NASCAR driver
 * Larry Poole – actor and film producer
 * Whitney Port – TV personality, fashion designer, and author
 * Tyler Posey – actor
 * Stefanie Powers – actress
 * Tristan Prettyman – singer and musician
 * Tayshaun Prince – professional basketball player (Detroit Pistons)
 * Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor
 * Snow Tha Product – rapper
 * Kelly Pryce – stand-up comedian
 * Jade Puget – musician (AFI)

Q

 * Jack Quaid – actor
 * Kathleen Quinlan – actress
 * J. G. Quintel – animator and voice actor (Regular Show)

R



 * Scott Radinsky – Major League Baseball player and coach
 * Shelby Rabara – actress
 * Frances Rafferty – actress
 * Max Rafferty – former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, author, and columnist
 * Mark Ragins: American psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the Village ISA
 * Francia Raisa – actress
 * Bonnie Raitt – singer
 * Ben 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 driver
 * Robert Redford – actor and director
 * Nikki Reed – actress
 * Mason Reese – child actor
 * Autumn Reeser – actress (The O.C.)
 * Andy Reid – football coach
 * Tasha Reign – pornographic actress, nude model, producer, and sex columnist
 * Maria Remenyi – Miss USA 1966
 * Jeremy Renner – actor
 * Dane Reynolds – professional surfer (Quiksilver)
 * Ryan Reynolds – award winning actor born in Canada lives in California
 * Roddy Ricch – rapper
 * Christina Ricci – actress (The Addams Family)
 * Neil Raymond Ricco – poet and author
 * Robert Ri'chard – actor
 * Ariana Richards – actress
 * Kyle Richards – actress and television personality
 * Michael Richards – actor (Seinfeld)
 * Nicole Richie – actress
 * Sofia Richie – model
 * Sally Ride – astronaut (STS-7 and STS-41-G)
 * Isiah Rider – basketball player
 * Cathy Rigby – gymnast and actress (Peter Pan)
 * Molly Ringwald – actress
 * Jason Ritter – actor (son of John Ritter; grandson of Tex Ritter)
 * Jenni Rivera – singer
 * Naya Rivera – actress and singer
 * Ron Rivera – American football player and coach
 * Lil Rob – Chicano rapper
 * Tim Robbins – actor
 * Tony Robbins – life coach
 * Jackie Robinson – Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Major League Baseball's 20th-century color line
 * Julia Robinson – mathematician
 * Lela Rochon – actress
 * Sam Rockwell – actor
 * Aaron Rodgers – National Football League quarterback
 * Destiny Rogers – singer
 * Olivia Rodrigo – singer and actress
 * Paul Rodriguez – Mexican-born comedian, actor, singer and rapper
 * Dana Rohrabacher – member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Jimmy Rollins – baseball player
 * Jim Rome – sports radio host
 * Rebecca Romijn – model and actress
 * Tony Romo – football quarterback
 * Al Rosen – Major League Baseball MVP; four-time All-Star
 * 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 driver
 * Rachel Roy – fashion designer
 * Josiah Royce – philosopher
 * Pete Rozelle – National Football League commissioner
 * FaZe Rug – YouTuber
 * RuPaul – drag queen
 * Bill Russell – basketball player
 * Keri Russell – actress
 * Rene Russo – actress
 * Jesse Rutherford – musician
 * Marla Ruzicka – activist (Green Party)
 * Ronda Rousey – professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist, former UFC bantamweight champion
 * Megan Rapinoe – professional soccer player, Olympic gold medalist

S

 * Sonny Sandoval – musician
 * Katey Sagal – actress (Futurama)
 * Halston Sage – actress
 * Andy Samberg – actor and comedian
 * Daniel Samohin (born 1998) – Israeli Olympic figure skater
 * Josh Samuels (born 1991) – Olympic water polo player
 * Jessica Sanchez – singer-songwriter
 * Saweetie – rapper, singer-songwriter
 * Samia – musician
 * Monte Scheinblum (born 1967) – 1992 U.S. and world long-driving golf champion
 * Eli Schenkel (born 1992) – Canadian Olympic fencer
 * Wally Schlotter – film producer
 * Casey Schmitt (born 1999) – infielder for the San Francisco Giants
 * Rob Schneider – actor
 * Schoolboy Q – rapper
 * Dave Schultz – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
 * Mark Schultz – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
 * Arnold Schwarzenegger – Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, businessman, and Governor of California (2003–11)
 * Patrick Schwarzenegger – actor, model, and son of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
 * Jason Schwartzman (born 1980) – actor
 * Cathy Scott – true crime author, journalist
 * Tom Seaver – baseball player
 * Jason Sehorn – NFL cornerback
 * Christian Serratos – actress (The Walking Dead)
 * Mike Seidman (born 1981) – NFL tight end
 * Logan Seavey – racing driver
 * Jason Segel – actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author
 * Vic Seixas – Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player
 * Edgar Seligman (1867–1958) – San Francisco-born British six-time fencing champion and two-time Olympic fencing medalist
 * Adam G. Sevani – actor and dancer
 * Atticus Shaffer – actor
 * Tupac Shakur – actor/rapper
 * Samantha Shapiro (born 1993) – gymnast
 * Sharon Shapiro – gymnast
 * Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
 * Ryan Sheckler – skateboarder
 * Charlie Sheen – actor
 * Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
 * Richard Sherman – NFL cornerback
 * Marley Shelton – actress
 * Ryan Sherriff (born 1990) – Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Larry Sherry (1935–2006) – baseball pitcher
 * Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
 * Mike Shinoda – musician (Linkin Park)
 * Too Short – rapper
 * Alicia Silverstone – actress (Clueless)
 * Jerry Simon (born 1968) – American-Israeli basketball player
 * Diamon Simpson (born 1987) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * O. J. Simpson – retired football player (Buffalo Bills), actor, and convicted felon
 * Simon Singer (born 1941) – world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
 * Nikki Sixx – musician (Mötley Crüe)
 * Skrillex – DJ and musician
 * Alexandra Slade – actress
 * Matthew Slater – NFL wide receiver and special teams gunner
 * Cameron Smith – college football player USC Trojans
 * Jaden Smith – actor, rapper, singer-songwriter
 * Regan Smith (born 2002) – Olympic swimmer, broke multiple world records in swimming
 * Steve Smith Sr. – NFL wide receiver
 * JuJu Smith-Schuster – NFL wide receiver
 * Duke Snider – baseball player
 * Snow Tha Product – rapper
 * Anastasia Soare – Romanian-American businesswoman and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills
 * Liza Soberano – Filipino-American actress, model, and singer
 * Brenda Song – actress
 * Song Oh-kyun – activist
 * Frank Spellman (1922–2017) – Olympic champion weightlifter
 * Mark Spitz – nine-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
 * John Stamos – actor
 * Leland Stanford – railroad tycoon
 * Jeffree Star – makeup artist
 * Martin Starr – actor
 * Michael Stuhlbarg – actor
 * Gwen Stefani – singer-songwriter, and fashion designer
 * Maggie Steffens (born 1993) – professional water polo player, two-time Olympic gold medalist
 * 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-songwriter
 * Amandla Stenberg – actress
 * Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight – Wikipedian
 * Daniel Steres (born 1990) – professional soccer player with the LA Galaxy
 * Brett Sterling – ice hockey player
 * Todd Steussie – football player
 * Ted Stevens (1923-2010) – U.S. Senator from Alaska (1968-2009) and Solicitor of the Department of Interior (1960-1961)
 * Booboo Stewart – actor
 * Fivel Stewart – actress
 * Kristen Stewart – actress
 * Lindsey Stirling – violinist
 * Robert Stock (born 1989) – Major League Baseball baseball pitcher
 * Spencer 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 shipfitter
 * Jackson Stormo (born 1999) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Darryl Strawberry – baseball player
 * Beaumelle Sturtevant-Peet – temperance activist and suffragist
 * Jeremy Sumpter – actor
 * Stephen Swartz – singer and musician
 * Jodie Sweetin – actress
 * Alison Sweeney – actress
 * Emelie Tracy Y. Swett – poet, author, educator

T



 * Amber Tamblyn – actress (Joan of Arcadia)
 * Russ Tamblyn – actor (West Side Story)
 * Amy Tan – writer (The Joy Luck Club)
 * Isaiah Taylor (born 1994) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Scout Taylor-Compton – actress (Halloween)
 * Technoblade – YouTuber (1999–2022)
 * Brian Teacher – tennis player (ranked as high as # 7), Australian Open champion, and coach
 * TeeFlii – rapper and producer
 * Aimee Teegarden – actress and model
 * Rowdy Tellez – baseball player
 * Eliot Teltscher – tennis player
 * Shirley Temple – child film star, former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, and Czechoslovakia
 * Zack Test – rugby union player
 * Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach
 * Robin Thicke – singer
 * Nosaj Thing – producer
 * Klay Thompson – basketball player
 * Stephen Thompson Jr. (born 1997) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Tessa Thompson – actress
 * Pat Tillman – football player and soldier
 * Jennifer Tilly – actress
 * Tinashe – singer
 * Kenneth Tobey – actor
 * Mark Tollefsen (born 1992) – basketball player, 2018-19 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Shaun Tomson (born 1955) – South African world champion surfer
 * Dara Torres (born 1967) – competitive swimmer, first American swimmer to become a five-time Olympian
 * Alessandra Torresani – actress
 * Josie Totah – actress
 * Pat Toomay – former football player
 * Toypurina – Native American medicine woman
 * Alan Trammell – baseball player
 * Karrueche Tran – actress and model
 * Danny Trejo – actor
 * Michael Trevino – actor
 * Michael Trucco – actor (Battlestar Galactica)
 * Robert Trujillo – bassist (Metallica)
 * Justin Timberlake – singer
 * Mark Tuan – rapper
 * Dakarai Tucker (born 1994) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Lisa Tucker – singer
 * Mark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball player
 * Christy Turlington – model
 * Bree Turner – actress (Grimm)
 * Justin Turner – baseball player
 * Ryan Turell (born 1999) – basketball player for the G-League Motor City Cruise, Yeshiva University.
 * Tyga – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor
 * Aisha Tyler – actress
 * Ty Dolla Sign – rapper
 * Tyler, the Creator – rapper and record producer (Odd Future)
 * Luca de la Torre – soccer player

U

 * Ben Underwood – blind teen best known as one of the world's most proficient echolocators
 * Chase Utley – baseball player
 * Edred Utomi – actor
 * The Usos – professional wrestlers

V



 * Jasmine V – singer
 * Aaron Valdes (born 1993) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Ritchie Valens – singer
 * Karen Valentine – actress
 * Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo – Mexican general and American politician
 * Jason Vargas – baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
 * Elle Varner – singer
 * Jake Varner – Olympic freestyle wrestler, gold medalist at 2012 Summer Olympics
 * Andrew Vasquez – Native American flute player
 * Jhonen Vasquez – comic-book writer and artist
 * Jovan Vavic – USC water polo coach
 * Cain Velasquez – professional wrestler
 * Stephen Venard – lawman
 * Julieta Venegas – singer and musician
 * Milo Ventimiglia – actor
 * Ken Venturi – golfer
 * Gwen Verdon – actress
 * Victoria Vetri – model and actress
 * Robert M. Viale – U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
 * Antonio Villaraigosa – 51st Mayor of Los Angeles
 * Roy Marlin Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels

W



 * Aly Wagner – retired soccer player
 * Rachel Wacholder (born 1975) – professional beach volleyball player and model
 * Bobby Wagner – NFL linebacker
 * Lindsay Wagner – actress
 * Tom Waits – musician and composer
 * Paul Walker – actor (The Fast and the Furious)
 * William Wall – filmmaker
 * Bill Walsh – football coach
 * Laurie Walters – actress (Eight Is Enough)
 * Bill Walton – Hall of Fame basketball player
 * Luke Walton – basketball player
 * Andre Ward – 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal-winning boxer
 * Zhavia Ward – singer
 * Earl Warren – 30th Governor of California and 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969)
 * Rick Warren – pastor and author
 * Ryn Weaver – singer
 * Stormi Webster – Kylie Jenner’s daughter
 * Scott Weiland – singer-songwriter
 * Caspar Weinberger – United States Secretary of Defense
 * Phil Weintraub (1907–1987) – Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder
 * Bob Weir – musician (Grateful Dead)
 * Zack Weiss – American-Israeli Major League Baseball player
 * Abbey Weitzeil – Olympic swimmer
 * Brian Welch – musician and guitarist (Korn)
 * North West – musician
 * Russell Westbrook – basketball player
 * Chanel West Coast – television personality, rapper, and singer
 * Jill Whelan – actress (Airplane!)
 * Adam Wheeler – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Stephen Girard Whipple – 49er, newspaper editor, Union Army officer, and politician
 * Shaun White – snowboarder
 * Mae Whitman – actress and singer
 * Brandon Whitt – NASCAR driver
 * Sidney Wicks – basketball player
 * Jordan Wilimovsky (born 1994) – Olympic pool swimmer and open water swimmer
 * will.i.am – rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and member of The Black Eyed Peas
 * Barry Williams – actor
 * Derrick Williams – basketball player with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague; formerly with five NBA teams
 * Jamaal Williams – football player
 * Emily Williams – early 20th-century architect
 * Esther Williams – actress
 * John Williams – composer
 * Paul Williams – architect
 * Serena Williams – tennis player
 * Ted Williams – Hall of Fame baseball player
 * Venus Williams – tennis player
 * Dave Williamson – stand-up comedian
 * Dontrelle Willis – baseball player (Miami Marlins)
 * Helen Wills – tennis player
 * Brian Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)
 * Carl Wilson – musician (The Beach Boys)
 * Rita Wilson – actress
 * Jacarra Winchester – world champion in women's freestyle wrestling
 * Ariel Winter – actress (Modern Family)
 * Josh Wise – NASCAR driver
 * Jeff Withey (born 1990) – player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League
 * Tamara Witmer – model
 * Zachary Wohlman – boxer
 * Wally Wolf (1930–1997) – swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion
 * Matthew Wolff – professional golfer
 * Nat Wolff – actor and musician
 * Sara Wolfkind – actress (Grimcutty)
 * Chris Wondolowski – professional soccer player
 * Linda Wong – pornographic actress
 * Victor 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 – artist
 * Natalie Wood – actress (This Property Is Condemned)
 * David Woodard – conductor and writer
 * John Wooden – college basketball coach
 * Cynthia Woodhead – swimmer
 * Shailene Woodley – actress
 * Tiger Woods – golfer
 * Steve Wozniak – inventor of the Apple Computer
 * Jason Wright – American football player and executive
 * Noah Wyle – actor
 * Ali Wong – stand-up comedian and actress

X

 * Lil Xan – rapper

Y



 * Kristi Yamaguchi – professional figure skater
 * Elliott Yamin – singer
 * Jenny Y Yang – chemist
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic – parodist and musician
 * Steve Yeager – Major League Baseball catcher
 * Yeat – rapper
 * Anton Yelchin – actor
 * YG – rapper and actor
 * Charlyne Yi – actress and comedian
 * Tina Yothers – actress (Family Ties)
 * Kevin Youkilis – All-Star Major League Baseball player
 * Adrian Young – No Doubt's drummer
 * Emily Mae Young – actress
 * Nick Young – actor
 * Nick Young – professional basketball player
 * Joon Yun – radiologist

Z



 * Frank Zamboni – inventor
 * Joanna Zeiger – Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author
 * Zendaya – actress and singer
 * Anthony Zerbe – actor
 * ZHU – electronic music producer and singer
 * Zoya – folk singer
 * Elmo Zumwalt – Chief of Naval Operations
 * Daphne Zuniga – actress
 * Danielle von Zerneck – actress

Musical groups

 * Adema – nu metal band
 * AFI – rock band
 * Alien Ant Farm – rock band
 * As I Lay Dying – metal band
 * Atreyu – metalcore band
 * Audioslave – rock band
 * Avenged Sevenfold – metal band
 * Bad Religion – punk band
 * The Bangles – pop band
 * The Beach Boys – pop band
 * Bikini Girls – pop band
 * The Bird and the Bee – indie duo
 * Black Eyed Peas – pop/rap group
 * Black Flag – hardcore band
 * Blind Melon – psychedelic rock band
 * Blink-182 – pop/punk band
 * Body Count – rap/metal band
 * The Byrds – folk rock band
 * Circle Jerks – punk band
 * Coal Chamber – nu metal band
 * Concrete Blonde – alternative band
 * Counting Crows – rock band
 * Crazy Town – rap/rock band
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival – rock band
 * Cypress Hill – hip hop band
 * Dead Kennedys – rock band
 * Deftones – progressive metal band
 * The Donnas – rock band
 * The Doors – rock band
 * The Eagles – rock band
 * Eels – alternative band
 * Faith No More – alternative band
 * Far East Movement – hip hop band
 * Fear Factory – metal band
 * Fishbone – alternative band
 * Flogging Molly – Celtic punk band
 * Geraldine Fibbers – alternative band
 * Germs – punk band
 * The Go-Go's – pop band
 * Grateful Dead – folk rock band
 * Green Day – rock band
 * Guns N' Roses – hard rock band
 * Hed PE – rap/rock band
 * Hollywood Undead – rap/metal band
 * Hoobastank – rock band
 * In Fear And Faith – metal band
 * Incubus – rock band
 * Jane's Addiction – alternative band
 * Jefferson Airplane – rock band
 * Journey – rock band
 * Julien-K – synth band
 * Korn – nu metal band
 * Lifehouse – pop rock band
 * Linkin Park – alternative rock band
 * Machine Head – heavy metal band
 * Mad at the World – Christian rock band
 * Maroon 5 – rock band
 * Megadeth – metal band
 * Metallica – metal band
 * Minutemen – punk band
 * The Monkees – pop band
 * Mötley Crüe – hard rock band
 * Mr. Bungle – experimental rock band
 * N.W.A – hip hop group
 * No Doubt – ska-punk band
 * The O.C. Supertones – ska band
 * Of Mice & Men – metalcore band
 * The Offspring – rock band
 * Oingo Boingo – new wave band
 * Orgy – synth
 * Otep – heavy metal band
 * P.O.D. – rock band
 * Papa Roach – rap/metal band
 * Prophets of Rage – rap/metal band
 * Queens of the Stone Age – rock band
 * Rage Against the Machine – rap/metal band
 * Ratt – hard rock band
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers – rock band
 * Sixx:A.M. – rock band
 * Slayer – metal band
 * Smile Empty Soul – post-grunge band
 * Snot – rock band
 * Social Distortion – punk band
 * Spineshank – metal band
 * Static-X – industrial metal band
 * Stone Temple Pilots – hard rock band
 * Sublime – ska-punk and dub band
 * Suicidal Tendencies – punk/metal band
 * Suicide Silence – metal band
 * Switchfoot – rock band
 * System of a Down – metal band
 * Tesla – hard rock band
 * Third Eye Blind – rock band
 * Thrice – rock band
 * Tool – progressive metal band
 * Trapt – rock band
 * Van Halen – hard rock band
 * Velvet Revolver – hard rock band
 * The Wallflowers – rock band
 * Weezer – alternative rock band
 * X – alternative/punk band

California transplants



 * Samuel Brannan – newspaper publisher
 * Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo – Spanish explorer
 * César Chávez – labor leader
 * Juan Bautista de Anza – Spanish explorer
 * Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorer
 * Larry Ellison – co-founder of Oracle Corporation
 * John C. Frémont – explorer, military officer, U.S. senator from California
 * Domingo 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 comedian
 * Steve Jurvetson – venture capitalist (a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
 * James Lick – real estate baron
 * Steve Martin – actor, author, comedian, and director
 * Johnny Mathis – singer ("Chances Are")
 * Fritz Maytag – former owner of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco; chairman of the board of the Maytag Dairy Farms
 * Thomas Mesereau – criminal defense lawyer
 * Joe Montana – National Football League quarterback
 * Joe Morgan – baseball player
 * John Muir – naturalist
 * Joshua A. Norton – British self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"
 * Buck Owens – country music performer
 * Ronald Reagan – actor and 40th president of the United States
 * Carlos Santana – Mexican musician
 * Michael Savage – author, political commentator, radio host
 * Charles M. Schulz – cartoonist
 * Arnold Schwarzenegger – governor of California, actor, and bodybuilder
 * Vin Scully – announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Glenn T. Seaborg – chemist
 * Junipero Serra – Spanish missionary
 * Steven Spielberg – director
 * Leland Stanford – railroad baron, governor of California, and founder of Stanford University
 * Ken Starr – lawyer and university law dean
 * Levi Strauss – Bavarian clothing manufacturer
 * John Sutter – Swiss real estate baron
 * Mark Twain – humorist and author
 * Lars 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 – singer
 * Steve Young – National Football League quarterback