List of people from Newport Beach, California

This is a list of notable residents of Newport Beach, California.

Arts

 * Rikk Agnew, guitarist, vocalist of Social Distortion, Adolescents, Christian Death, and D.I.
 * Howard Alden, jazz guitarist
 * Steve Aoki, producer and DJ
 * Lauren Bacall, actress
 * Lewis Baltz, photographer
 * Richard L. Bare, television director
 * Drake Bell, singer-songwriter, actor, musician and voice actor
 * Joey Bishop, entertainer
 * Humphrey Bogart, actor, yachtsman
 * George Burns, entertainer
 * Nicolas Cage, actor
 * Jeanne Cagney, actress
 * William Cagney, producer
 * Dick Dale, musician, "King of the Surf Guitar"
 * JoAnn Dean Killingsworth, actress & dancer, first person to play Snow White at Disneyland
 * Dolores del Río, actress
 * Buddy Ebsen, actor
 * Stan Frazier, musician, record producer, restaurateur
 * Gunnar Gehl, singer-songwriter
 * Leo Howard, actor
 * Jeremy Jackson, actor
 * Chuck Jones, cartoon artist, animator of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
 * Heather Paige Kent (now Heather DuBrow), actress and reality TV star
 * David Denman, actor
 * Dean Koontz, writer
 * Brent Kutzle, musician and record producer, bassist and cellist for OneRepublic
 * Heather Locklear, actress
 * Lee Mallory, poet, retired professor
 * Leslie Mann, actress
 * Kelly McGillis, actress
 * Ted McGinley, actor
 * Helena Modjeska, actress
 * McG, film and television director and producer
 * Mark McGrath, singer, Sugar Ray
 * Mike Ness of Social Distortion
 * Anton Newcombe, guitarist, vocalist and founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre
 * Chuck Norris, martial artist and actor
 * Cathy Rigby, gymnast and actress
 * Ruen, American DJ and producer
 * Gwen Stefani, singer, No Doubt
 * Michael Steele (The Runaways, Elton Duck, The Bangles, Crash Wisdom)
 * Emma Stone, actress
 * Shirley Temple, actress
 * Dr. John Townsend, award-winning author
 * Thalia Tran, actress
 * Elise Trouw, musician
 * Lisa Tucker, singer and actor
 * Tom Tully, actor, The Lineup (1954–1960 CBS television series)
 * Mamie Van Doren, actress and sex symbol
 * John Wayne, actor and icon

Business

 * George Argyros, real estate investor, former owner of Seattle Mariners
 * Donald Bren, owner of Irvine Company
 * William H. Gross, co-founder of Pimco
 * John H. Meier, former business adviser to Howard Hughes
 * Michael Morhaime, cofounder and chief executive of Blizzard Entertainment
 * Randall Presley, real estate developer
 * Gary Primm, casino developer and former chairman, chief executive of Primm Valley Resorts and Primadonna Resorts Inc.
 * Richard Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association
 * Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom Corporation and owner of NHL's Anaheim Ducks

Sports

 * Geoff Abrams, tennis player
 * Nolan Arenado, MLB third baseman, St. Louis Cardinals
 * Carsten Ball, Australian tennis player
 * Matt Barkley, NFL quarterback, first freshman to start at that position for USC
 * Amanda Beard, swimmer and Olympic medalist
 * Steve Birnbaum (born 1991), American soccer player
 * Scott Boras, baseball player agent
 * Francois Botha, heavyweight boxer
 * Kobe Bryant, NBA player
 * Dane Cameron, race car driver
 * Sasha Cohen, figure skater
 * Gerrit Cole, MLB player, New York Yankees
 * Richie Collins, surfer
 * Fred Couples, golfer
 * Noah Davis (nicknamed Diesel; born 1997), MLB baseball pitcher, Colorado Rockies
 * Taylor Dent, tennis player
 * Roy Emerson, retired Australian tennis player
 * Ekaterina Gordeeva, figure skater
 * Betty Ann Grubb Stuart, tennis player
 * Brett Hansen-Dent, tennis player
 * Keith Hartwig, NFL player, Green Bay Packers
 * Kyle Hendricks, Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
 * Dwight Howard, NBA player, Houston Rockets
 * Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame baseball player, lived in Newport Beach
 * Jürgen Klinsmann, German football manager and former football player
 * Kevin Kouzmanoff, MLB player, San Diego Padres
 * Jillian Kraus (born 1986), water polo player
 * Ilia Kulik, figure skater
 * Joffery Lupul, NHL player, Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Bill Macatee, sportscaster
 * Karl Malone, retired NBA player
 * Todd Marinovich, quarterback for USC and Oakland Raiders
 * Noelle Maritz, soccer player for Arsenal and Switzerland
 * McKayla Maroney, retired olympic gymnast
 * Scott Niedermayer, retired NHL player
 * Dennis Rodman, retired NBA player
 * Trinity Rodman, soccer player for Washington Spirit and the United States
 * Josh Samuels (born 1991), Olympic water polo player
 * Jerry Simon (born 1968), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Leigh Steinberg, noted sports agent, said to be the model for the title character of Jerry Maguire
 * Allison Stokke, pole vaulter, model
 * Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, surfer
 * John Welbourn, NFL player, New England Patriots
 * C.J. Wilson, MLB starting pitcher for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
 * George Yardley, NBA player in Basketball Hall of Fame
 * Jason Zucker, NHL hockey player

Other

 * Michael Franzese, former mobster and caporegime in the New York-based Colombo crime family; was known as the "yuppie don" and is now a motivational speaker and writer
 * Mary Kay Letourneau, Washington sex offender and teacher; basis for 2023 drama May December