FAMOUS CALIFORNIANS
Marcus Allen football player San Diego
Luis Walter Alvarez inventor, San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton author, San Francisco
David Belasco playwright and producer, San Francisco
Shirley Temple Black actress, ambassador, Santa Monica
Sonny Bono-Singer and Politician
Robert Bower inventor, Santa Monica
Dave Brubeck musician, Concord
Charlie Chaplin-actor
Julia Child chef, television, Pasadena
Coolio rap artist, Los Angeles
Frederick G. Cottrell inventor, Oakland
Leonardo DiCaprio actor Hollywood
Joe DiMaggio baseball player, Martinez
Walt Disney-innovator
James H. Doolittle air force general, Alameda
Isadora Duncan dancer, San Francisco
Clint Eastwood-actor
John Frémont explorer, San Francisco
Robert Frost poet, San Fancisco
Jerry Garcia guitarist, singer, San Francisco
Charles P. Ginsburg inventor, San Francisco
Richard Pancho Gonzales tennis player, Los Angeles
Jeff Gordon car racer, Vallejo
William Randolph Hearst publisher, San Francisco
Mariel Hemingway actress, Mill Valley
Sidney Howard playwright, Oakland
Anthony M. Kennedy jurist, Sacramento
Jack London author, San Francisco
George Lucas filmmaker, Modesto
Theodore Harold Maiman inventor, Los Angeles
Mark McGwire baseball player, Pomona
Aimee Semple McPherson evangelist, Ontario
Dominique Moreanir gymnast, Hollywood
Emma Nevada opera singer, Alpha
Richard M. Nixon U.S. president, Yorba Linda
Isamu Noguchi sculptor, Los Angeles
George S. Patton, Jr. general, San Gabriel
Robert Redford actor, Santa Monica
Sally K. Ride astronaut, Encino
William Saroyan author, Fresno
Steven Speilberg-director
Lincoln Steffens journalist, author, San Francisco
John Steinbeck author, Salinas
Adlai Stevenson statesman, Los Angeles
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Hollywood
Earl Warren jurist, Los Angeles
Serena & Venus Williams tennis players, Lynwood
Myra Wilson actress, Burbank
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods golfer, Cypress
Ice Cube-actor and rapper
Mariano Vallejo
Father Junipero Serra
John Muir
Herbert Hoover
Richard Nixon
Ronald Regan
George Patton
Ansel Adams
Dorthea Lange
Allen Allensworth
Cesar Chavez
George Shima
Dolores Huerta
Caroline Serverance
Levi Strauss
John Sutter
Steve Wozniak
David Packard
William Hewlett
Steve Jobs
Leland Stanford
Maya Angelou
Robert Frost
Oscar De La Hoya
Kobe Bryant
Barry Bonds
Tony Hawk
Michelle Kwan
Jackie Robinson
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Vladimir Guerrero
Ladainian Tomlinson
Howard Hughes
Chuck Yeager
Ellen Ochoa
Diego Rivera
Judith Baca
Jessica Alba
Tyra Banks
David Beckham
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player
Ansel Adams, photographer
Scott Adams, cartoonist
Jessica Alba, actress
Marcus Allen, football player
Sasha Alexander, actress
Walter Alston, baseball manager
Lance Alworth, football player
Lyle Alzado, football player
David Anders, actor
Paul Anderson, director
Judd Apatow, writer, director, and producer
Gene Autry, cowboy actor/singer and baseball owner
Lauren Bacall, actress
Scott Baio, actor
Daniel Baldwin, actor
Tyra Banks, model and TV talk show host
Kevan Barlow, football player
Sylura Barron, Black activist, first African-American woman delegate to a presidential convention
Mischa Barton, actress
Noah Baumbach, screenwriter and director
Fred Beasley, football player
David Beckham, soccer player
Kate Beckinsale, actress
Irene Bedard, actress and singer
Buckland Beery, actor
Noah Beery, actor
Noah Beery Jr., actor
Wallace Beery, actor
Kristen Bell, actress
Tobin Bell, actor
Belle Jennings Benchley, first woman in the world to direct a major zoo
Elmer Bernstein, composer
Joey Bishop, actor and comedian
Cara Black, novelist
Shirley Temple Black, actress
George Blanda, football player
Humphrey Bogart, actor
Barry Bonds, baseball player
Jerry Bono, costume designer
Sonny Bono, singer, songwriter, and U.S. representative
Roelof Botha, partner, Sequoia Capital
Barbara Boxer, U.S. senator
Benjamin Bratt, actor
Drew Brees, football player
Walter Brennan, actor
Beau Bridges, actor
Jeff Bridges, actor
Lloyd Bridges, actor
Sergey Brin, Google founder
Georgia “Tiny” Broadwick, pioneer woman parachuter and first person to make an intentional freefall jump
Adam Brody, actor
Joe Brooks, actor
Pierce Brosnan, actor
Jerry Brown, California governor
Tim Brown, football player
Willie Brown, state representative and San Francisco mayor
Kobe Bryant, basketball player
Geoffrey Burbidge, astronomer
Margaret Burbidge, astronomer
Darren Burrows, actor
Leo Buscaglia, psychologist and author
Reggie Bush, football player
Joey Buttafuoco, bozo
Paul Byrd, baseball player
Orlando Cabrera, baseball player
Nicholas Cage, actor
Sammy Cahn, lyricist
James Callahan, actor
Cam Cameron, football coach
Jack Canfield, speaker and book author
Frank Capra, director
Margaret Anne Cargill, philanthropist
Ron Carpool, author
Jim Carrey, actor and comedian
Pete Carroll, football coach
Bud Carson, football coach
Johnny Carson, comedian and talk show host
Andre Carter, football player
Kristin Cavallari, actress
Jim Caviezel, actor
Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player
Wes Chandler, football player
Lon Chaney Jr., actor
Chevy Chase, actor and comedian
Thomas Haden Church, actor
Harry “Flash” Clarke, football player
James Coburn, actor
Bram Cohen, BitTorrent creator
Sacha Baron Cohen, actor
Nat King Cole, singer
Bartolo Colon, baseball player
Kerry Collins, football player
Kevin Connolly, actor
Jackie Coogan, actor
Gary Cooper, actor
Don Coryell, football coach
Kevin Costner, actor
Marisa Coughlan, actress
Courtney Cox, actress
Bing Crosby, singer and actor
David Crosby, singer and musician
Floyd Crosby, cinematographer
Mark Cuban, Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner
Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer and actor
Miley Cyrus, actress and singer
Claire Danes, actress
Stan Daniels, writer and producer
Ted Danson, actor
Marion Davies, actress
Al Davis, football team owner
Bette Davis, actress
Gray Davis, California governor
Sid Davis, educational filmmaker
Doris Day, actress
Eddie DeBartolo, football team owner
Vincent DeDomenico, founder of Rice-A-Roni
Julie Delpy, actress
Patrick Dempsey, actor
John Denver, singer and songwriter
Cote de Pablo, actress
Bella DePaulo, author
Cameron Diaz, actress
Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
Eric Dickerson, football player
Joan Didion, novelist
Keir Dillon, snowboarder
Kevin Dillon, actor
Maynard Dixon, painter
John Dobson, sidewalk astronomer
John Doucette, actor
Joanne Dru, actress
Don Drysdale, baseball player
Hilary Duff, singer and actress
Dominique Dunne, actress
Rhea Durham, model
Lenny Dykstra, baseball player
Wyatt Earp, gunman
Clint Eastwood, actor, director, and producer
Megalyn Echikunwoke, actress
Zac Efron, actor
Carmen Electra, actress
Erika Eleniak, actress
Sidney Ellis, screenwriter
Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder and billionaire
Ari Emanuel, talent agency head
Robert Enders, director and producer
Dennis Erickson, football coach
Melissa Etheridge, singer and songwriter
Michael Evans, actor
Robert Evans, producer
Fabio, model
Philo Farnsworth, inventor of television
Richard Farnsworth, actor
Evan Farrell, bassist, Rogue Wave
Nicolai Fechin, artist
Diane Feinstein, U.S. senator
Freddie Fields, agent
David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo.com
Jenna Fischer, actress
Danielle Fishel, actress
Eddie Fisher, singer
Eric Fleming, actor
Doug Flutie, football player
Darlene Flynn, world record-breaking shoe-related items collector
Errol Flynn, actor
Clara Shortridge Foltz, first woman to run for governor in California
Betty Ford, first lady, founder of the Betty Ford Clinic
Gerald Ford, U.S. president
Harrison Ford, actor
Tom Ford, fashion designer
Willa Ford, singer
Courtney Fort, actress
Dan Fouts, football player
Matthew Fox, actor
Vivica A. Fox, actress
Jeff Foxworthy, comedian
William Friedkin, director
Peter Gabel, president of New College of California and author of The Bank Teller
Clark Gable, actor
Roman Gabriel, football player
Rich Gannon, football player
Greta Garbo, actress
Nomar Garcviaparra, baseball player
Erle Stanley Gardner, detective novelist
Judy Garland, singer and actress
Brad Garrett, actor
Mike Garrett, football player
Antonio Gates, football player
David Geffen, music mogul
Frank Gehry, architect
Balthazar Getty, actor
Mel Gibson, actor
Allen Ginsberg, poet
Dan Glickman, head of the Motion Picture Association of America
Greg Godek, speaker and book author
Samuel Goldwyn, producer
Kristin Gore, novelist and comedy writer
Kelsey Grammer, actor
Coleen Gray, actress
Jake Green, actor
Dabbs Greer, actor
Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
Adrian Grenier, actor
Merv Griffin, talk show host, game show creator, and hotelier
Matt Groening, cartoonist and creator of The Simpsons TV show
Lance Gross, actor
Mahesh Grossman, author
Peter Guber, movie producer
James Gunn, director and screenwriter
Ray Guy, football player
Tony Gwynn, baseball player
Gene Hackman, actor
Pat Haden, football player
Merle Haggard, country singer and songwriter
Mia Hamm, soccer player
Bong Soo Han, martial arts grand master, introduced hapkido to the West
Stanley Myron Handelman, comedian
Tom Hanks, actor
Mark Victor Hanson, speaker and book author
Kelly Harmon, actress and model
Mark Harmon, actor
Tom Harmon, football player
Nikki Haskell, fitness guru
David Hasselhoff, actor and singer
Salma Hayek, actress
Helga Hayse, author, Financial Intimacy
William Randolph Hearst, publisher
Anne Heche, actress
Katharine Hepburn, actress
Ted Hendricks, football player
Don Herbert, host of Mr. Wizard TV show
Faith Hill, country singer
Paris Hilton, celebutante
Eric Hoffer, longshoreman, philosopher, and author
Reid Hoffman, founder LinkedIn
Bob Hope, comedian and actor
Dennis Hopper, actor
Khaled Hosseini, novelist
Kenny Howery, managing partner, the Founders Fund
Edwin Hubble, astronomer
Vanessa Hudgens, actress and singer
Torii Hunter, baseball player
Ice-T, rapper and actor
Phil Jackson, basketball coach
Reggie Jackson, baseball player
Sebastian Janikowski, football player
Wes Jackson, plant geneticist
Ron Jaworski, football player
John Jefferson, football player
Bruce Jenner, Olympic decathlete
Roy Jenson, actor and football player
Jewel, singer and songwriter
Steve Jobs, Apple Computer founder
Chad Johnson, football player
Charles Johnson, financier
Magic Johnson, basketball player
Rian Johnson, producer
Rupert Johnson, financier
Charlie Joiner, football player
Wesley Jonathan, actor
Marcia Mae Jones, actress
Lamont Jordan, football player
Louis Jordan, songwriter
Milla Jovovich, actress
Nate Kaeding, football player
Kris Kardashian, model
Jawed Karim, co-founder, YouTube
Catherine Keener, actress
Harvey Keitel, actor
David Kelley, director and producer
Marjorie Kellogg, novelist and playwright
Adam Kennedy, baseball player
Michael Kidd, choreographer
Q'orianka Kilcher, actress
Flora Kimball, first woman master of a Grange in the U.S.
Jimmy Kimmel, comedian and talk show host
Yolanda King, social activist and actress
Heidi Klum, supermodel
Don Knotts, actor and comedian
Elyse Knox, actress
Mike Koenigs, Internet marketing expert
Sandy Koufax, baseball player
Amanda Kroetsch, author
Otto Kruger, actor
Nick Lachey, singer
John Lackey, baseball player
Frankie Laine, singer
Lorenzo Lamas, actor
Robert Langridge, geneticist
Sherry Lansing, movie executive
Sharon Leal, actress
Gus Lee, novelist, China Boy
Jason Lee, actor
Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress
Matt Leinart, football player
Jay Leno, comedian and talk show host
Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer
Max Levchin, CEO, Slide
Michael Levine, publicist and book author
Rush Limbaugh, radio talk show host and author
Art Linkletter, TV show host
Jack Linkletter, TV show host
Ray Liotta, actor
Heather Locklear, actress
Lindsay Lohan, actress
Alison Lohman, actress
Howie Long, football player
Ronnie Lott, football player
Mike Love, singer of the Beach Boys
Sid Luft, director
David Lynch, director and producer
Marshawn Lynch, football player
Michael Lynton, movie executive
Shirley MacLaine, actress
John Madden, football coach
Tobey Maguire, actor
Delbert Mann, director
Kevin Mann, producer
Leslie Mann, actress
Martin Manulis, producer
Juan Marichel, baseball player
Steve Mariucci, football coach
Ron Martino Jr., filmmaker
Tommy Mason, football player
Willy Mays, baseball player
Judith Mazel, Beverly Hills diet author
Keenan McCardell, football player
Jenny McCarthy, actress
Willie McCovey, baseball player
Daniel McFadden, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Tim McGraw, country singer
Julian McMahon, actor
Mike Medavoy, radio host
Eva Mendez, actress
Ursula Mentjes, author
Jack Mercer, cartoon voice, Popeye the Sailorman and Felix the Cat
Shawne Merriman, football player
AJ Michalka, singer
Aly Michalka, singer
Albert Michelson, scientist and the first American Nobel Prize winner
Michael Milken, former junk bond king
Dawn Miller, producer and movie executive
Jill Jackson Miller, actress and composer of The Peace Song
Siena Miller, actress
Bill Miner, outlaw
Thomas Mitchell, actor
Cuttino Mobley, basketball player
Marilyn Monroe, actress
Joe Montana, football player
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and philanthropist
Pat Morita, actor
Randy Moss, football player
Tahj Mowry, actor
Tamara Mowry, actress
Tia Mowry, actress
John Muir, naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club
Dermot Mulroney, actor
Chuck Muncie, football player
Eddie Murphy, actor and comedian
Erin Murphy, actress
Elon Musk, founder of X.com and chairman of Tesla Motors
Lorenzo Neal, football player
Gunnar Nelson, singer
Harriet Nelson, actress
Matthew Nelson, singer
Ozzie Nelson, actor
Ricky Nelson, singer and actor
Kristen Harmon Nelson, actress
Tracy Nelson, actress
Jeremy Newberry, football player
Janis Cooke Newman, author, The Russian Word for Snow
Gavin Newsom, San Francisco mayor
Jack Nicolson, actor
Richard M. Nixon, U.S. president
Mike Nolan, football coach
Nick Nolte, actor
Luke Nosek, managing partner, the Founders Fund
Robert Noyce, inventor of the microchip
Bob Oates, sportswriter
Jerry O'Connell, actor
Chris O'Donnell, actor
Tim Olyphant, actor
Pam Omidyar, Ebay billionaire and philanthropist
Pierre Omidyar, Ebay billionaire and philanthropist
Shaquille O'Neal, basketball player
Ozzy Osbourne, rock star
Sharon Osbourne, talk show host
Donald Osterbrock, astrophysicist
Buck Owens, country singer
Larry Page, Google founder
Brad Paisley, country singer
Jack Palance, actor
Carson Palmer, football player
Hayden Panettiere, actress
Tony Parrish, football player
T. R. Pearson, novelist
Anthony Pellicano, celebrity sleuth
Robin Wright Penn, actress
Sean Penn, actor
Pauley Perrette, actress, poet, singer
Matthew Perry, actor
Arnold Peter, entertainment attorney
Julian Peterson, football player
Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
Wade Phillips, football coach
Bobby Pickett, singer and songwriter, Monster Mash
Brad Pitt, actor
Jeremy Piven, actor
Suzanne Pleshette, actress
Ahmed Plummer, football player
Sidney Poitier, football player
Willis Polk, architect
Jerry Porter, football player
Tom Poston, actor
Dan Poynter, self-publishing expert
Jaime Pressly, actress
Victoria Principal, actress
Wolfgang Puck, chef and restaurant entrepreneur
Bonnie Raitt, singer
John Raitt, singer
Al Rantel, radio talk show host
Gary Raskin, entertainment attorney
Brett Ratner, director
Tim Rattay, football player
John Ratzenberger, actor
Kim Raver, actress
Nancy Davis Reagan, actress and first lady
Ronald Reagan, actor, California governor, and U.S. president
Robert Redford, actor and director
Sumner Redstone, Viacom chairman and billionaire
Ralph Reed, actor
Keanu Reeves, actor
Paul Reiser, actor
Debbie Reynolds, singer and actress
Jerry Rice, football player
Don Rickles, comedian
Denise Richards, actress
Nicole Ritchie, actress
Richard Riordan, Los Angeles mayor
Tom Ritchey, mountain bike inventor
John Ritter, actor
Tex Ritter, actor and country singer
John Robinson, football coach
Dale Rogers, cowgirl singer/actress
Roy Rogers, cowboy singer/actor
Rebecca Romijn, actress
Mickey Rooney, actor
Frank Rosenfelt, movie executive
Brandon Routh, actor
Barbara Rubin, entertainment attorney
Corey Rudl, Internet marketer
Mark Ruffalo, actor
Mary Ellen Ruffalo, actress
Myrton Running Wolf, film editor and actor
David Sacks, CEO, Geni and Room 9 Entertainment
Jonas Salk, developer of polio vaccine
Sealhenry Samuel, aka Seal, singer
Merle Sande, infectious diseases expert
Deion Sanders, football player
Carlos Santana, guitarist
Ervin Santana, baseball player
Warren Sapp, football player
Anneila Sargent, astronomer
Vidal Sassoon, hair care designer
Ben Savage, actor
George Schlatter, producer
Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and California governor
Mike Scioscia, baseball coach
Martin Scorsese, director
Charles Schwab, stockbroker, Charles Schwab & Co.
Ryan Seacrest, TV host
Kate O. Sessions, nursery owner and city park developer