List of people from California

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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. This list is arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

0–9[edit]

A[edit]

Jessica Alba
Herb Alpert
Jennifer Aniston

B[edit]

Sara Bareilles
Drew Barrymore
Beck
Barbara Boxer
Ashley Benson
Candice Bergen
Jack Black
Mel Blanc
David Bluthenthal
Barry Bonds
Tom Brady
Ryan Braun
Alison Brie
Josh Brolin

C[edit]

Cher
Julia Child
Sasha Cohen
Miranda Cosgrove
Kevin Costner
Kaley Cuoco
Jamie Lee Curtis
Doja Cat
Emma Chamberlain

D[edit]

Cameron Diaz
Leonardo DiCaprio
Joe DiMaggio
Snoop Dogg
James H. Doolittle
Dr. Dre
Robert Duvall
Alexa Demie

E[edit]

Clint Eastwood
Zac Efron
Billie Eilish

F[edit]

Will Ferrell
Sally Field
Dianne Feinstein
Jodie Foster
Max Fried
Robert Frost

G[edit]

Brad Garrett
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Donald Glover
Tony Gonzalez
Jeff Gordon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tony Gwynn
Jake Gyllenhaal

H[edit]

Gene Hackman
Gigi Hadid
Merle Haggard
Tom Hanks
Kamala Harris
Tony Hawk
William Randolph Hearst
Jonah Hill
Paris Hilton
Dustin Hoffman
Alana Haim

I[edit]

Gabriel Iglesias
Ice Cube

J[edit]

Steve Jobs
Dwayne Johnson
Angelina Jolie
Kylie Jenner

K[edit]

Kim Kardashian
Khloé Kardashian
Diane Keaton
Jason Kidd
Billie Jean King
Rodney King
Lisa Kudrow

L[edit]

Shia LaBeouf
Bruce Lee
Janet Leigh
Lisa Leslie
Adam Levine
James Lofton
Jack London
George Lucas

M[edit]

Jennette McCurdy
Katharine McPhee
Liza Minnelli
Ron Mix
Marilyn Monroe
Alex Morgan
Elisabeth Moss
Megan Mullally

N[edit]

Richard Nixon

O[edit]

Elizabeth Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

P[edit]

Carson Palmer
Gwyneth Paltrow
George S. Patton
Sean Penn
Nancy Pelosi
Paul Pierce

Q[edit]

R[edit]

Robert Redford
Sally Ride
Christina Ricci
Jackie Robinson
Aaron Rodgers
Molly Ringwald
Olivia Rodrigo

S[edit]

Tom Seaver
O. J. Simpson
Duke Snider
Brenda Song
Mark Spitz
John Steinbeck
Kristen Stewart
Saweetie

T[edit]

Shirley Temple
Pat Tillman
Danny Trejo
Michael Trevino
Tinashe

U[edit]

Chase Utley

V[edit]

Julieta Venegas
Gwen Verdon

W[edit]

Paul Walker
Bill Walton
Earl Warren
Shaun White
Ted Williams
Natalie Wood
Tiger Woods

X[edit]

Y[edit]

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Z[edit]

Zendaya

Musical groups[edit]

Black Eyed Peas
Blink-182
The Doors
Grateful Dead
Guns N' Roses
Metallica
The Monkees
P.O.D.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Van Halen
Weezer

California transplants[edit]

John C. Fremont
Ronald Reagan
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Steven Spielberg
Ace Young

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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