List of people from Marin County, California

This is a list of people from Marin County, California, people born in, raised in, or strongly associated with the county.




 * Josh Akognon, basketball player
 * Juan Alderete de la Peña, Grammy-winning bassist
 * Isabel Allende, writer
 * Sam Andrew, musician
 * Dave Archer (painter), artist
 * Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1926, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease)
 * Tom Barbash, author
 * Arj Barker, comedian
 * John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media, founder of Wired magazine, and author of The Search
 * Melba Beals, civil rights activist
 * Michael Bloomfield, blues guitarist
 * Barbara Boxer, former United States Senator
 * Terry Bozzio, musician
 * Fairuza Balk, actress, born in Point Reyes Station
 * Jesse Barish, musician
 * Richard Brautigan, author
 * Joe Breeze, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, mountain bike pioneer and industry leader
 * Laurel Burch, artist
 * Merritt Butrick, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1977, actor (Square Pegs; James T. Kirk's son, David Marcus, in Star Trek)
 * Yvonne Cagle, Novato High School, Class of 1977, M.D., NASA Astronaut
 * Gunnar Carlsson, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, Swindells Professor of Mathematics Stanford University
 * Pete Carroll, Redwood High School, Class of 1969, head football coach of the Seahawks
 * Edwin Catmull, President of the Disney–Pixar Studios
 * Bill Champlin, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1965, musician, Sons of Champlin, Chicago
 * Chris Chaney, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1988, musician, Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel
 * Brenda Chapman, animation director
 * Sam Chapman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1934, athlete (high school and college all star, California Golden Bears; MLB)
 * Craig Chaquico, guitarist from Jefferson Starship
 * Maxine Chernoff, author
 * Julia Child, Katherine Branson School, Class of 1930; host of The French Chef
 * John Cipollina, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1964, lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service
 * Signy Coleman, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1978, model, actress
 * Elmer Collett, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1962, lineman, NFL
 * Jack Conte, musician, Pomplamoose
 * Peter Coyote, actor
 * Les Crane, radio announcer and talk show host
 * David Crosby, musician
 * Martin Cruz Smith, author
 * Charlie Cunningham, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1967, mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame)
 * Jake Curhan (born 1998), American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL)
 * Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now
 * Nataly Dawn, singer, Pomplamoose
 * Joe DeMaestri, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1946, MLB shortstop
 * Philip K. Dick, science fiction author, lived in Point Reyes Station 1958–1963 and in San Rafael and Santa Venetia through 1972
 * Mike Dirnt, bass player, Green Day
 * Allen Drury, novelist, 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Advise and Consent
 * George Duke, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, jazz pianist
 * David Dukes, actor, Redwood High School
 * Louis Durra, jazz pianist
 * Clint Eastwood, actor and director
 * Dave Eggers, author
 * Daniel Ellsberg, whistle blower, writer and anti-war activist
 * Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player
 * Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
 * Cerridwen Fallingstar, historical novelist and Wiccan priestess
 * Mimi Farina, musician, singer, non-profit director and sister of Joan Baez and widow of Richard Farina
 * Jake Farrow, actor and writer
 * David Fincher, film director
 * Jack Finney, author, The Body Snatchers, Time and Again
 * Gary Fisher, mountain biking pioneer
 * Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
 * Ken Flax, Olympic athlete, hammer throw
 * Tyler Florence, celebrity chef
 * Phil Frank, cartoonist
 * David Freiberg, musician
 * Jerry Garcia, musician, of The Grateful Dead
 * Leonard Gardner, novelist, author of Fat City
 * Adriana Giramonti, chef
 * Jared Goff, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 2013, quarterback, NFL
 * Bill Graham, promoter and founder of the Fillmore West in San Francisco
 * David Grisman, mandolinist and composer
 * Pete Gross, broadcaster for Seattle Seahawks
 * Gary Gruber, physicist, educator, and author, Gruber's Complete Guide series for standardized test preparation
 * Sammy Hagar, singer
 * Anna Halprin, choreographer
 * Oren Harari, business professor at University of San Francisco, author, speaker
 * David Haskell, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1966, actor
 * Annette Haven, ex-porn star
 * S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, president of San Francisco State University, US Senator (1977–1983)
 * Sterling Hayden, actor
 * Matt Hazeltine, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1951, linebacker, NFL
 * Mariel Hemingway, actress, born in Mill Valley
 * Jon Hendricks, jazz lyricist, singer
 * George Herms, Beat Artist, museum director
 * James Hetfield, Metallica lead singer, rhythm guitar
 * J. R. Hildebrand, auto racing driver
 * George Hill, four-time national pairs figure skating champion
 * Lester Holt, NBC News anchor
 * Tess Uriza Holthe, author
 * Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
 * Zakir Hussain, musician, San Anselmo
 * Sam Vogel Jauz, American DJ/Music Producer
 * Maz Jobrani, comedian and actor
 * Booker T. Jones, musician
 * Janis Joplin, singer; her last known residence was in Larkspur, California
 * Isabelle Keith, actress
 * Charlie Kelly, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1963, roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
 * Ali Akbar Khan, musician, Ali Akbar Khan College of Music
 * Lisa Kindred, blues and folk singer and guitarist
 * Klaus Kinski, actor (died in the Marin County town of Lagunitas)
 * Harmony Korine, film director, (born in Bolinas)
 * Walter Egel Kuhlman, abstract expressionist artist
 * Jef Labes, keyboardist
 * Travis LaBoy, Marin Catholic High School, Class of 1999, linebacker, NFL
 * Ned Lagin, artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist
 * Anne Lamott, writer
 * Jim Lange, TV game show host (The Dating Game)
 * John Lasseter, film director and Disney executive
 * Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey), Tamalpais High School, Class of ~1947, founder of Church of Satan
 * Ralph Lazar, artist
 * Bill Lee, Terra Linda High School, Class of 1964, MLB pitcher
 * John Leslie Nuzzo, pornographic actor and director
 * Barry Levinson, film director
 * Jane Levy, actress (Suburgatory)
 * Huey Lewis, singer
 * Kevin Lima, film director
 * Tim Lincecum, baseball player
 * John Walker Lindh, American who fought for the Taliban
 * Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair
 * Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist
 * Sondra Locke, actress and director
 * Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria
 * George Lucas, film director, founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. Creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Owner of Skywalker Ranch
 * Andy Luckey, Redwood High School, Class of 1983, television producer, author, illustrator
 * Ray Lynch, composer and mathematician
 * Seán Mac Falls, poet
 * Peter Magadini, drummer, composer
 * Duster Mails, MLB pitcher; appeared in 1920 World Series
 * Zekial Marko, pulp fiction writer, film & television series writer
 * Brian Maxwell, marathon runner and, with his wife to be, Jennifer Biddulph, developer and founder of Powerbar
 * Joyce Maynard, author
 * Montgomery McFate, anthropologist, chief social scientist for Human Terrain System
 * Terry McGovern, actor, voice, radio, Director of Marin Actors' Workshop
 * Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician, of The Grateful Dead
 * Bridgit Mendler, actress
 * Tom Merritt, technology journalist and broadcaster
 * Artie Mitchell, pornographic film producer
 * Van Morrison, singer and songwriter
 * Jonny Moseley, gold medal-winning Olympic skier
 * Maria Muldaur, singer-songwriter, "Midnight at the Oasis"
 * Walter Murch, film editor
 * Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, current Governor of California
 * Connie Nielsen, actress
 * Eric Norstad, ceramicist and architect
 * Don Novello, actor and writer
 * Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
 * Arthur Okamura, screen print artist illustrator
 * Karl Olson, Tamalpais High School, MLB outfielder
 * George Demont Otis, artist
 * William L. Patterson, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1911, attorney; civil rights pioneer
 * Pat Paulsen, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1945, statesman; comic, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
 * Sean Penn, actor, activist
 * Jacquie Phelan, mountain biking pioneer and racing champion; now freelance cycle skills trainer and writer
 * Kathleen Quinlan, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1972, actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, Oliver Stone's The Doors)
 * Bill Rafferty, former game show host, comedian
 * Bonnie Raitt, singer
 * Reminisce, street artist, sculptor
 * Marc Reisner, environmentalist, author
 * Howard Rheingold, author
 * Meghan Rienks, actress
 * Hal Riney, advertising executive
 * Jason Roberts, author
 * Pernell Roberts, actor, civil rights activist
 * Chris Robinson (singer), singer, The Black Crowes
 * Brande Roderick, model and actress
 * Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian royal and artist
 * Dennis B. Ross, U.S. diplomat and author
 * George H. Ruge, San Francisco radio pioneer
 * Joe Ryan Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins
 * Kay Ryan, United States Poet Laureate
 * Dana Sabraw, U.S. District Judge
 * Mort Sahl, comedian
 * Carlos Santana, musician
 * Aram Saroyan, poet
 * Strawberry Saroyan, novelist
 * Michael Savage, conservative radio host
 * Eric P. Schmitt, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
 * Charles R. Schwab, investor
 * Erik Scott, award-winning bass player, musician, writer, producer
 * Vic Seixas (born 1923), Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player
 * Tupac Shakur, Tamalpais High School, rapper, poet, and actor
 * Peter Shor, Tamalpais High School, mathematician, MIT; MacArthur Fellow
 * Grace Slick, musician, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship
 * Gary Snyder, poet
 * Tom Snyder, television talk host
 * Myron Spaulding, boat designer and builder, sailboat racer and concert violinist
 * John Stewart, musician, songwriter, Kingston Trio
 * David Strathairn, Redwood High School, actor
 * Nicholas Suntzeff, Redwood High School, cosmologist, Texas A&M, Gruber Prize in Cosmology
 * Lisa Swerling, artist
 * Amy Tan, author
 * Gage Taylor, visionary artist
 * Dina Temple-Raston, journalist for National Public Radio, author
 * Twinka Thiebaud, writer and model
 * Bill Thompson, Manager of Jefferson Airplane
 * Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tamalpais High School, Class of 1985, actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim)
 * Scott Thunes, musician
 * Peter Tork, musician, member of The Monkees
 * Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer
 * Lee Unkrich, employee at Pixar and director of Toy Story 3
 * Jean Varda, artist
 * Max Venable, baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
 * Will Venable, baseball player for the San Diego Padres
 * Winston Venable, football player for the Chicago Bears
 * Vendela Vida, author
 * John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle entertainment critic
 * Alan Watts, writer
 * Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer), Tamalpais High School, Class of 1976, actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters)
 * Bob Weir, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of Grateful Dead
 * Lou Welch, poet
 * Brett Wickens, designer
 * Archie Williams, 1936 Summer Olympics 400m winner
 * Robin Williams, actor, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, Redwood High School graduate
 * Tony Williams, drummer
 * Cintra Wilson, Tamalpais High School, writer
 * Robin Wright, actress
 * Jesse Colin Young, singer-songwriter of 1970s and 1980s, "Song for Julia"
 * Saul Zaentz, film producer
 * Barry Zito, baseball player
 * Barry Zito, baseball player