Austin, Tracy (Palos Verdes)
The teen U.S. Open champ who beat Evert and Navratilova
Famous Athletes from California
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Bonds, Barry (Riverside)
Major league baseball's all-time home run leader -
Brady, Tom (San Mateo)
The NFL quarterback who played to age 45 and won seven Super Bowls -
Bush, Reggie (San Diego)
The USC football star who gave back his Heisman Trophy -
California Chrome (Coalinga)
The horse who didn't quite win the Triple Crown in 2014 -
Cohen, Sasha (Westwood)
2006 U.S. national figure skating champion -
Collins, Jason (Northridge)
The first active NBA player to say publicly that he was gay -
Coughlin, Natalie (Emeryville)
The swimmer who won five medals at the 2004 Olympics -
Daly, John (Carmichael)
Crowd-pleasing golfer whose motto is "Grip it and rip it" -
Davenport, Lindsay (Palos Verdes)
Winner of the 1999 Wimbledon tennis tournament -
De La Hoya, Oscar (Montebello)
Middleweight boxing star of the 1990s -
DiMaggio, Joe (Martinez)
"Joltin' Joe," legendary Yankee center fielder -
Donovan, Landon (Ontario)
Star forward for the Los Angeles Galaxy -
Ellis, Dock (Los Angeles)
The MLB player who pitched a no-hitter on LSD -
Garciaparra, Nomar (Whittier)
The All-Star shortstop who married Mia Hamm -
Hawk, Tony (Carlsbad)
The star of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater -
Johnson, Jimmie (El Cajon)
The winner of four consecutive NASCAR championships, 2006-09 -
Kidd, Jason (San Francisco)
Point guard for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks -
King, Billie Jean (Long Beach)
The tennis champ who won 39 Grand Slam titles -
Kwan, Michelle (Torrance)
Chinese-American five-time world figure skating champ -
Lin, Jeremy (Los Angeles)
The Asian-American point guard who became a sudden NBA star in 2012 -
Lopez, Nancy (Torrance)
Great golfer -
May-Treanor, Misty (Los Angeles)
Three-time gold medalist in Olympic beach volleyball -
McGwire, Mark (Pomona)
The steroid-enhanced slugger who broke the single-season home run record in 1998 -
Mickelson, Phil (San Diego)
Winner of the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Masters golf tournaments -
Morgan, Alex (Diamond Bar)
Speedy, goal-scoring forward for the U.S. National women's soccer team -
Romo, Tony (San Diego)
Bench-to-stardom Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 2003-present -
Sheckler, Ryan (San Clemente)
Youngest-ever pro skateboarder and star of TV's Life of Ryan -
Simpson, O. J. (San Francisco)
The NFL Hall of Famer charged with murder in 1994 -
Tillman, Pat (Fremont)
The NFL-playing soldier killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan -
Torres, Dara (Beverly Hills)
The 41-year-old who swam at the 2008 Olympics -
White, Shaun (San Diego)
The red-haired gold medalist snowboarder -
Williams, Esther (Los Angeles)
The swimming beauty who was a movie star in the 1940s -
Williams, Ted (San Diego)
The last American major leaguer to hit .400 -
Williams, Venus (Lynwood)
Sister of Serena Williams and five-time winner of Wimbledon -
Woods, Tiger (Cypress)
The biggest golf superstar of the 21st century