List of people from Costa Mesa, California

This is a list of notable residents of Costa Mesa, California.

Notable people

 * Rony Argueta, soccer player
 * Mike Barrowman, Olympic swimmer
 * Jay Bentley, bassist with Bad Religion
 * Kathryn Card, actress, died in Costa Mesa
 * Cris Crotz, actress, former Miss Nevada
 * Sharon Day-Monroe, Olympic high jumper
 * Lon Milo Duquette, occultist, writer and musician
 * James Gammon, actor (part-time resident; died there)
 * Jake Gibb, beach volleyball Olympian
 * The Growlers, rock band
 * Laurie Hernandez, Olympic gymnast
 * Dave Hester, star of A&E TV's Storage Wars
 * Mitchell Hurwitz, creator of the television sitcom Arrested Development and co-creator of The Ellen Show
 * Tom Jancar, contemporary art dealer Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
 * Jake Knapp, golfer, PGA Tour player, 2024 Mexico Open Champion
 * Mitch Lucker, vocalist of deathcore band Suicide Silence (buried there)
 * Bill Madden, singer-songwriter and musician (former resident)
 * Misty May-Treanor, three-time Olympic gold-medalist in beach volleyball
 * Tarek El Moussa, star of HGTV's Flip or Flop
 * Xeno Müller, Olympic gold and silver medalist in rowing (single sculls)
 * Mike Ness, singer and guitarist of the punk band Social Distortion (former resident)
 * Of Mice & Men, metalcore band
 * Jaime Pressly, actress, went to CMHS
 * Kyla Ross, gymnast
 * Philip Sahagun, martial arts champion, Cirque Du Soleil artist and coach
 * Jesse Sapolu, former NFL player
 * Fanny Bixby Spencer, philanthropist and antiwar activist
 * Jason Thornberry, author (former resident)
 * Alex Varkatzas, metalcore band Atreyu's former frontman and half of the project I Am War
 * Brett Young, country singer, went to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa