Famous California People

• Abdul, Paula (San Fernando)

  Original American Idol judge and singer of "Straight Up"

• Adams, Ansel (San Francisco)

  Nature photographer of the American west

• Affleck, Ben (Berkeley)

  The star and director of the Oscar-winning film Argo

• Aikman, Troy

  Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, 1989-2000

• Alba, Jessica (Pomona)

  The star of TV's Dark Angel

• Aldridge, Lily (Los Angeles)

  The model in the Levi's "I Walk the Line" commercial

• Ali, Mahershala (Oakland)

  Two-time Oscar-winner for 'Moonlight' and 'Green Book'

• Anderson, Paul Thomas (Studio City)

  The writer/director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood

• Aniston, Jennifer (Sherman Oaks)

  Rachel on the TV series Friends

• Applegate, Christina (Los Angeles)

  Kelly Bundy on the TV series Married With Children

• Arlington Springs Woman (Santa Rosa Island)

  Oldest human bones in North America

• Austin, Tracy (Palos Verdes)

  The teen U.S. Open champ who beat Evert and Navratilova

• Banks, Tyra (Los Angeles)

  Supermodel host of The Tyra Banks Show

• Barbeau, Adrienne (Sacramento)

  The buxom star of the B-movies The Fog and Swamp Thing

• Barbie (Los Angeles)

  That skinny blonde doll created by Mattel in 1959

• Barrymore, Drew (Los Angeles)

  Star of the movie Charlie's Angels and E.T.

• Bay, Michael (Los Angeles)

  The high-octane director of the Transformers films

• Beck (Los Angeles)

  Creator of the 1996 album Odelay

• Bell, Drake (Orange County)

  The co-star of Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh

• Berkus, Nate (Los Angeles)

  Tsunami-surviving decorator and Oprah regular

• Bigelow, Kathryn (San Carlos)

  The Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker

• Bixby, Bill (San Francisco)

  Dr. David Banner on TV's The Incredible Hulk

• Black, Jack (Hermosa Beach)

  The wild-eyed star of School of Rock

• Black, Rebecca (Anaheim Hills)

  The teen Internet sensation who sang "Friday"

• Blalock, Jolene (San Diego)

  T'Pol on TV's Enterprise

• Blanc, Mel (San Francisco)

  The voice of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes cartoons

• Bloom, Rachel (Los Angeles)

  The star and co-creator of TV's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'

• Bonds, Barry (Riverside)

  Major league baseball's all-time home run leader

• Bono, Chaz (Los Angeles)

  The only child of Sonny and Cher

• Boon, D. (San Pedro)

  Guitarist and singer for punk band Minutemen

• Bourret, Caprice (Whittier)

  British model and creator of the By Caprice lingerie line

• Brady, Tom (San Mateo)

  Quarterback of the New England Patriots and four-time Super Bowl MVP

• Bratt, Benjamin (San Francisco)

  Hunky star of Law & Order and The Cleaner

• Breitbart, Andrew (Los Angeles)

  The right-wing activist who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner

• Breyer, Stephen (San Francisco)

   Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994

• Bridges, Jeff (Los Angeles)

  The star of True Grit and Crazy Heart

• Bridges, Lloyd (San Leandro)

  Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt

• Brody, Adam (San Diego)

  Seth from TV's The O.C.

• Brolin, Josh (Los Angeles)

  Llewelyn Moss in the movie No Country for Old Men

• Brown, Jerry (San Francisco)

  The governor of California from 1975-83 and 2011-present

• Brubeck, David (Concord)

  The jazz pianist who did the song "Take Five"

• Burton, Tim (Burbank)

  The director of the comedy-horror film Beetlejuice

• Bush, Reggie (San Diego)

  The USC football star who gave back his Heisman Trophy

• Butler, Octavia (Pasadena)

  The African-American feminist science fiction author who won a MacArthur "genius" grant

• Bynes, Amanda (Thousand Oaks)

  The star of TV's What I Like About You

• Cage, John (Los Angeles)

  Composer of the silent piano piece 4' 33"

• Cage, Nicolas (Long Beach)

  The action film star who won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas

• California Chrome (Coalinga)

  The horse who didn't quite win the Triple Crown in 2014

• Cardellini, Linda (Redwood City)

  Star of Freaks and Geeks and E.R.

• Carlson, Tucker (San Francisco)

  The conservative talking head from 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'

• Carradine, David (Hollywood)

  The star of TV's Kung Fu and the Kill Bill movies

• Carradine, Keith (San Mateo)

  Lanky, Oscar-winning singer of "I'm Easy"

• Chamberlain, Richard (Beverly Hills)

  Star of Shogun and other miniseries

• Chastain, Jessica

  The female lead in Zero Dark Thirty

• Cher (El Centro)

  Half of the pop duo Sonny & Cher

• Chestnut, Joey (Vallejo)

  The man who ate 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes

• Chick, Jack T. (Los Angeles)

  Creator of those little Christian comic books

• Child, Julia (Pasadena)

  The popular chef who wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking

• Cholodenko, Lisa (Los Angeles)

  The director of Laurel Canyon and The Kids Are All Right

• Church, Thomas Haden

  The has-been hunk Jack in the movie Sideways

• Clarke, Melinda (Dana Point)

  Julie Cooper-Nichol on TV's The O.C.

• Clauson, Hailey

  Sports Illustrated cover model for 2016

• Cleo, Miss (Los Angeles)

  Jamaican-sounding infomercial psychic

• Cohen, Sasha (Westwood)

  2006 U.S. national figure skating champion

• Coleman, Zendaya (Oakland)

  Rocky Blue of TV's Shake It Up

• Colfer, Chris (Clovis)

  Kurt Hummel on the TV series Glee

• Collins, Jason (Northridge)

  The first active NBA player to say publicly that he was gay

• Conrad, Lauren (Laguna Beach)

  "LC" from Laguna Beach and The Hills

• Cosgrove, Miranda (Los Angeles)

  The star of the TV show iCarly

• Costner, Kevin (Los Angeles)

  Star of Dances With Wolves

• Coughlin, Natalie (Emeryville)

  The swimmer who won five medals at the 2004 Olympics

• Cox, Nikki (Los Angeles)

  Star of TV's Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas

• Cranston, Bryan (Canoga Park)

  Walter White in the TV show Breaking Bad

• Cromwell, James (Los Angeles)

  Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe

• Crosby, David (Los Angeles)

  Singer/guitarist for Crosby, Stills & Nash

• Crosby, Mary (Los Angeles)

  Kristin Shepard, who shot J.R. in TV's Dallas

• Cuoco, Kaley (Camarillo)

  Penny on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory

• Curtis, Jamie Lee (Los Angeles)

  The star of Halloween and A Fish Called Wanda

• Daly, John (Carmichael)

  Crowd-pleasing golfer whose motto is "Grip it and rip it"

• Danson, Ted (San Diego)

   He played bar owner Sam Malone on Cheers

• Davenport, Lindsay (Palos Verdes)

  Winner of the 1999 Wimbledon tennis tournament

• De La Hoya, Oscar (Montebello)

  Middleweight boxing star of the 1990s

• Derek, Bo (Long Beach)

  Buxom co-star of the movie 10

• Dern, Laura (Los Angeles)

  The star of Jurassic Park and Little Women

• Des Barres, Pamela (Reseda)

  Groupie author of I'm With the Band

• Deschanel, Zooey (Los Angeles)

  The doe-eyed star of (500) Days of Summer and New Girl

• Diaz, Cameron (Long Beach)

  The title character in the movie Something About Mary

• DiCaprio, Leonardo (Los Angeles)

  Heartthrob star of the 1997 film Titanic

• Didion, Joan (Sacramento)

   The author of Slouching Toward Bethlehem

• Diller, Barry (San Francisco)

  The former Paramount and Fox TV executive who now runs InterActiveCorp

• DiMaggio, Joe (Martinez)

  "Joltin' Joe," legendary Yankee center fielder

• Dogg, Snoop (Long Beach)

  Languid West Coast rapper and celebr-izzle

• Dolphy, Eric (Los Angeles)

  The way-out reed man who recorded Out to Lunch

• Donovan, Landon (Ontario)

  Star forward for the Los Angeles Galaxy

• Doolittle, James Harold (Alameda)

  Leader of the bomber attack on Tokyo in 1942

• Dr. Dre (Los Angeles)

  Founding member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A.

• Driver, Adam (San Diego)

  Kylo Ren in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

• Duncan, Isadora (San Francisco)

  Free-spirited modern dancer of the early 1900s

• Duvall, Robert (San Diego)

  Oscar-winning star of Tender Mercies

• DuVernay, Ava (Long Beach)

  The director of the movie Selma

• Eastwood, Clint (San Francisco)

  Star of the Dirty Harry films

• Eckhart, Aaron (Cupertino)

  Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight

• Efron, Zac (San Luis Obispo)

  Troy Bolton in the High School Musical movies

• Eilish, Billie (Los Angeles)

  The teen pop singer who did 2019's "Bad Guy"

• Elfman, Jenna (Los Angeles)

  Dharma on TV's Dharma & Greg

• Ellingson, Lindsay

  Star of the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

• Ellis (Los Angeles)

  The MLB player who pitched a no-hitter on LSD

• Ellis, Bret Easton (Los Angeles)

  The author of Less Than Zero

• Ellis, Don (Los Angeles)

  The experimental post-bop jazz musician who invented the "superbone"

• Ensign, John (Roseville)

  The adulterous Nevada senator whose parents gave money to his mistress

• Farrow, Mia (Los Angeles)

  The waifish star of Rosemary's Baby

• Federline, Kevin (Fresno)

  Britney Spears's husband

• Ferguson, Stacy "Fergie" (Whittier)

  The Wild Orchid member who joined the Black Eyed Peas

• Ferrell, Will (Irvine)

  The SNL star who was in the movie Anchorman

• Ferrera, America (Los Angeles)

  The star of TV's Ugly Betty

• Field, Sally (Pasadena)

  The Oscar winning star of Norma Rae

• Fisher

  The star of the movie 'Eighth Grade'

• Fisher, Carrie (Los Angeles)

  Princess Leia in Star Wars

• Fossey, Dian (San Francisco)

  The author of Gorillas in the Mist

• Foster, Jodie (Los Angeles)

  The star of The Silence of the Lambs

• Foy, Mackenzie (Los Angeles)

  Young Murph in the movie Interstellar

• Franco, James (Palo Alto)

  Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man movies

• Frog, Michigan J. (Hollywood)

  That wacky singing cartoon frog

• Frost, Robert (San Francisco)

  The poet who wrote "The Road Not Taken"

• Frye, Soleil Moon (Glendora)

  TV's Punky Brewster

• Furlong, Edward (Glendale)

  Young John Connor in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day

• Garcia, Jerry (San Francisco)

  Leader of The Grateful Dead

• Garciaparra, Nomar (Whittier)

  The All-Star shortstop who married Mia Hamm

• Garfield, Andrew (Los Angeles)

  Eduardo Saverin in the movie The Social Network

• Gerwig, Greta (Sacramento)

  The star of the move 'Frances Ha'

• Gilbreth, Lillian (Oakland)

  The engineer and efficiency expert and mom of 'Cheaper by the Dozen'

• Glover, Donald (Edwards Air Force Base)

  Star and creator of 'Atlanta', and rapper Childish Gambino

• Gordon, Dexter (Los Angeles)

  Long, tall tenor sax jazz legend

• Gordon-Levitt, Joseph (Los Angeles)

  Star of Brick and The Lookout

• Griffin, Merv (San Mateo)

  TV host who created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!

• Groban, Josh (Los Angeles)

  Singer of "You Raise Me Up"

• Grubbs, Jaimie

  The cocktail waitress who claimed she had an affair with golfer Tiger Woods

• Guaraldi, Vince (San Francisco)

  The jazz pianist who wrote the music for Charlie Brown

• Gulbis, Natalie (Sacramento)

  The LPGA golfer with her own swimsuit calendar

• Gyllenhaal, Jake (Los Angeles)

  The guy who co-starred with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain

• Hackman, Gene (San Bernadino)

  Popeye Doyle in The French Connection

• Haddish (Los Angeles)

  She played Dina in the 2017 comedy 'Girls Trip'

• Haggard, Merle (Bakersfield)

  The Okie from Muskogee

• Hamill, Mark (Oakland)

  Luke Skywalker in Star Wars

• Handler, Daniel (San Francisco)

  Pseudonymous author of A Series of Unfortunate Events

• Hanks, Tom (Concord)

  The Oscar-winning star of Forrest Gump

• Harmon, Mark (Burbank)

  Jethro Gibbs on the TV series NCIS

• Harris, Kamala (Oakland) (Bakersfield)

  The Democratic nominee for vice president in the 2020 elections

• Harryhausen, Ray (Los Angeles)

  The stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts

• Hatcher, Teri (Sunnyvale)

  Lovelorn mom Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives

• Hawk, Tony (Carlsbad)

  The star of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

• Haynes, Todd (Los Angeles)

  The director of Far From Heaven and TV's Mildred Pierce

• Head, Edith (San Bernadino)

  Oscar-winning costume designer for Hollywood movies from 1924-82

• Hearst, Patty (San Francisco)

  The kidnapped heiress who turned bank robber

• Hearst, William Randolph (San Francisco)

  Founder of the Hearst newspaper chain

• Hernandez, Jaime (Oxnard)

  The illustrator who co-created Love and Rockets

• Hill, Jonah (Los Angeles)

  The loud, keyed-up star of Superbad

• Hirsch, Emile (Los Angeles)

  The young star of the movie Into the Wild

• Hoffman, Dustin (Los Angeles)

  Benjamin in The Graduate

• Horton, Johnny (Los Angeles)

  Singer of 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans"

• Hudgens, Vanessa Anne (Salinas)

  Zac Efron's co-star in the High School Musical films

• Hudson, Kate (Los Angeles)

  Penny Lane in the movie Almost Famous

• Hunt, Helen (Los Angeles)

  The star of Mad About You

• Huntsman, Jon (Palo Alto)

  The Governor of Utah, 2005-2009

• Hussle, Nipsey (Los Angeles)

  Grammy nominated rapper who did the album 'Victory Lap'

• Ice Cube (Los Angeles)

  Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop

• Imus, Don (Riverside)

  The host of the radio show Imus In the Morning

• Ireland, Kathy (Santa Barbara)

  Sports Illustrated swimsuit model

• Ivins, Molly (Monterey)

  Feisty columnist and liberal Texan

• Jackson, Paris (Los Angeles)

  The daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson

• James, Etta (Los Angeles)

  R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry"

• James, Jesse (TV personality) (Lynnwood)

  The star of TV's Monster Garage and ex-husband of Sandra Bullock

• Jenkins, Patty

  The director of 2017's 'Wonder Woman'

• Jenner, Kendall (Los Angeles)

  The taller, younger half-sister to Kim Kardashian

• Jobs, Steve (San Francisco)

  The co-founder of Apple computers

• Johnson, Jimmie (El Cajon)

  The winner of four consecutive NASCAR championships, 2006-09

• Johnston, Daniel (Sacramento)

  The eccentric singer/songwriter of 'Hi, How Are You?'

• Jolie, Angelina (Los Angeles)

  The Oscar-winning star of Girl, Interrupted and other films

• Jones, Rashida (Los Angeles)

  Deadpan comedy actress from The Office and Parks and Recreation

• Jordan, Michael B. (Santa Ana)

  The star of Fruitvale Station

• Judd, Ashley (Los Angeles)

  The acting member of the famous Judd family

• Kardashian, Khloe (Los Angeles)

  Co-star of the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians

• Kardashian, Kimberly (Los Angeles)

  The alpha-sister star of Keeping Up With the Kardashians

• Kardashian, Kourtney (Los Angeles)

  Co-star of the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians

• Keaton, Diane (Los Angeles)

  Woody Allen's co-star in Annie Hall

• Kelly, Minka (Los Angeles)

  Cheerleader Lyla Garrity on the TV show Friday Night Lights

• Kennedy, Anthony M. (Sacramento)

  U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1998-2018

• Kesha (Los Angeles)

  Singer of the party single "TiK ToK"

• 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

• King Kong (Hollywood)

  Star of 1933's King Kong

• King, Regina (Los Angeles)

  The Oscar-winning star of the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk

• King, Rodney (Sacramento)

  The motorist whose 1991 beating set off the 1992 L.A. riots

• Kinkade, Thomas (Placerville)

  The "Painter of Light" who became a multimillionaire businessman

• Knight, Suge (Compton)

  Dr. Dre's partner in founding Death Row Records

• Koko the Gorilla (San Francisco)

  The gorilla who used human sign language

• Krueger, Freddy (Hollywood)

  The scary guy from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise

• Kudrow, Lisa (Encino)

  Phoebe on TV's Friends

• Kwan, Michelle (Torrance)

  Chinese-American five-time world figure skating champ

• LaBeouf, Shia (Los Angeles)

  Star of Disturbia and Eagle Eye

• LaLanne, Jack (San Francisco)

  The host of the 1950s fitness show The Jack LaLanne Show

• Lamar, Kendrick (Compton)

  The rapper who did "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

• Larson, Brie (Sacramento)

  The actress who won an Oscar as the mom in the movie Room

• Lee, Amy (Riverside)

  Vocalist for the rock band Evanescence

• Lee, Bruce (San Francisco)

  The martial artist who starred in Enter the Dragon

• Lee, Jason (Orange)

  The title character from TV's My Name is Earl

• Le Guin, Ursula K. (Berkeley)

  The sci-fi author of The Earthsea Trilogy

• Leigh, Janet (Merced)

  The sexy star of Hitchcock's Psycho

• Leigh, Jennifer Jason (Los Angeles)

  The woman in the movie The Hateful Eight

• Lewinsky, Monica (San Francisco)

  The intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton

• Lil' Fizz (Los Angeles)

  The singer who played Rashann in the movie You Got Served

• Lin, Jeremy (Los Angeles)

  The Asian-American point guard who became a sudden NBA star in 2012

• Linkin Park

  Best-selling performers of Hybrid Theory

• Lively, Blake (Tarzana)

  Serena on TV's Gossip Girl

• Locklear, Heather (Los Angeles)

  The nasty Amanda on Melrose Place

• Loc, Tone (Los Angeles)

  Rapper of 1989's "Wild Thing"

• London, Jack (San Francisco)

  Author of Call of the Wild

• Lopez, George (Mission Hills)

  Star of the ABC comedy George Lopez

• Lopez, Mario (San Diego)

  A. C. Slater from TV's Saved By The Bell

• Lopez, Nancy (Torrance)

  Great golfer

• Love, Courtney (San Francisco)

  The widow of Kurt Cobain

• Lucas, George (Modesto)

  The creator of Star Wars

• Maddow, Rachel (Castro Valley)

  The host of TV's The Rachel Maddow Show

• Maguire, Tobey (Santa Monica)

  Spider-Man in the movies

• Malek, Rami (Los Angeles)

  The Oscar-winning star the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody

• Mantooth, Randolph (Sacramento)

  Johnny Gage on TV's Emergency!

• Margolis, Cindy (Los Angeles)

  The former "most downloaded woman on the Web"

• May-Treanor, Misty (Los Angeles)

  Three-time gold medalist in Olympic beach volleyball

• McGinley, Ted (Newport Beach)

  Jefferson D'Arcy on TV's Married With Children

• McGwire, Mark (Pomona)

  The steroid-enhanced slugger who broke the single-season home run record in 1998

• McKellar, Danica (La Jolla)

  Kevin's dream girl on The Wonder Years

• McNamara, Robert S. (San Francisco)

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961-68

• McPhee, Katharine (Sherman Oaks)

  2006 American Idol runner-up

• Metallica

  The heavy metal band who did "Enter Sandman"

• Mickelson, Phil (San Diego)

  Winner of the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Masters golf tournaments

• Miller, Marisa (Santa Cruz)

  Surfer-girl model for Sports Illustrated and others

• Minnelli, Liza (Los Angeles)

  Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret

• Mintz-Plasse, Christopher (Los Angeles)

  McLovin from the movie Superbad

• Monkees, The (Los Angeles)

  The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer"

• Monroe, Marilyn (Los Angeles)

  Hollywood's most famous blonde sex symbol

• Morgan, Alex (Diamond Bar)

  Speedy, goal-scoring forward for the U.S. National women's soccer team

• Moxley, Martha (San Francisco)

  The young victim who was the subject of the book A Murder in Greenwich

• Nixon, Richard M. (Yorba Linda)

  The U.S. president who resigned after the Watergate scandal

• O'Brien, Willis (Oakland)

  The animator of the original King Kong

• Ocean, Frank (Long Beach)

   The hip-hop creator of the the album channel ORANGE

• Oleynik, Larisa

  Star of The Secret World of Alex Mack

• Olsen, Ashley (Sherman Oaks)

  The older of the famous Olsen Twins

• Olsen, Elizabeth (Sherman Oaks)

  The star of the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene

• Olsen, Mary-Kate (Sherman Oaks)

  The younger of the famous Olsen Twins

• Olsen Twins, The (Sherman Oaks)

  The twins from TV's Full House

• Omarion (Los Angeles)

  R&B crooner of the 2005 album O

• Osment, Emily (Los Angeles)

  Lilly on TV's Hannah Montana

• Paltrow, Gwyneth (Los Angeles)

  The Oscar-winning star of the movie Shakespeare in Love

• Panetta, Leon (Monterey)

  U.S Secretary of Defense, 2011-13

• Patton, George S. (San Gabriel)

  Commander of the U.S. Third Army in World War II

• Peck, Gregory (La Jolla)

  The actor who played Atticus Finch in the movie To Kill A Mockingbird

• Peckinpah, Sam (Fresno)

  The movie director who made The Wild Bunch

• Penn, Sean (Burbank)

  The intense actor who won Oscars for Mystic River and Milk

• Perry, Katy (Santa Barbara)

  The saucy singer of "I Kissed a Girl"

• Pine, Chris (Los Angeles)

  Captain Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek

• Pinsky, Drew (Pasadena)

  The host of Loveline and Celebrity Rehab

• Pitts, Leonard Jr. (Orange)

  Author of "We'll Go Forward From This Moment"

• Porter, Bill

  The plucky salesman with cerebral palsy who inspired the film Door to Door

• Prejean, Carrie (San Diego)

  The Miss California who said she's against gay marriage

• Prinze, Freddie Jr. (Los Angeles)

  Dark-eyed star of the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer

• Rae, Issa (Los Angeles)

  The creator of the Web series Awkward Black Girl

• Redford, Robert (Santa Monica)

  Star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

• Reed, Nikki (Los Angeles)

  Co-writer of Thirteen and co-star of Twilight

• Renner, Jeremy (Modesto)

  The star of the movie The Hurt Locker

• Ricci, Christina (Santa Monica)

  Wednesday in the Addams Family movies

• Richards, Michael (Culver City)

  Cosmo Kramer on TV's Seinfeld

• Richardson, Bill (Pasadena)

  The governor of New Mexico, 2003-2011

• Richie, Nicole (Berkeley)

  Paris Hilton's co-star in the reality series The Simple Life

• Ride, Sally (Encino)

  The first American woman in space

• Ringwald, Molly (Roseville)

  Teen star of Sixteen Candles

• Ripley, Robert L. (Santa Rosa)

  Founder of Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

• Rivera, Jenni (Long Beach)

  The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda"

• Robbins, Tim

  Oscar-winning star of Mystic River and Bull Durham

• Robertson, Cliff (La Jolla)

  The Oscar-winning star of the 1968 film Charly

• Rock, The (Hayward)

  Professional wrestling heavyweight and star of The Game Plan

• Rockwell, Sam (Daly City)

  Star of the 2009 sci-fi film Moon

• Rome, Jim (Tarzana)

  The cocky host of Jim Rome is Burning on ESPN

• Romijn, Rebecca (Berkeley)

  The sleek blue Mystique in the X-Men movies

• Romo, Tony (San Diego)

  Bench-to-stardom Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 2003-present

• Rousey, Ronda (Riverside County)

  The first female Ultimate Fighting Champion

• Russell, Keri (Fountain Valley)

  The star of TV's Felicity and The Americans

• Russo, Rene (Burbank)

  Co-star of the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair

• Ryan, Kay (San Jose)

  The 16th Poet Laureate consultant to the Library of Congress

• Samberg, Andy (Berkeley)

  The mop-haired SNL actor who did the "Lazy Sunday" video

• Scanlan, Teresa (Colton)

  Miss America of 2011

• Schreiber, Liev (San Francisco)

  Sabretooth in the X-Men Wolverine movie

• Schwartzman, Jason (Los Angeles)

   The guy from Rushmore and Bored to Death

• Segel, Jason (Los Angeles)

  Nick from Freaks and Geeks and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

• Selfridge, Thomas E. (San Francisco)

  The first air crash fatality

• Seymour, Stephanie (San Diego)

  Victoria's Secret model and former girlfriend of Axl Rose

• Shapiro, Ben (Los Angeles)

  The conservative gadfly who started The Daily Wire

• Sheckler, Ryan (San Clemente)

  Youngest-ever pro skateboarder and star of TV's Life of Ryan

• Sheehan, Cindy

  The "Peace Mom" who protested against the Iraq War

• Silverstone, Alicia (San Francisco)

  The star of the movie Clueless

• Simpson, O. J. (San Francisco)

  The NFL Hall of Famer charged with murder in 1994

• Singleton, John (Los Angeles)

  The writer and director of Boyz N the Hood

• Smith, Jaden (Los Angeles)

  Will Smith's son and the star of the Karate Kid remake

• Smollett, Jussie (Santa Rosa)

  The actor from 'Empire' charged for faking an attack

• Snyder, Gary (San Francisco)

  Pulitzer-winning Beat poet who wrote Turtle Island

• Sojourner (Mars Rover) (Pasadena)

  The first rolling robot to land on Mars

• Solis, Hilda (Los Angeles)

  U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2009-present

• Somers, Suzanne (San Bruno)

  Chrissy on TV's Three's Company

• Spelling, Tori (Los Angeles)

  Donna Martin on Beverly Hills 90210

• SquarePants, SpongeBob (Burbank)

  Goofy and guileless undersea cartoon hero

• Stefani, Gwen (Fullerton)

  The platinum-blonde singer of "Hollaback Girl"

• Steinbeck, John (Salinas)

  Author of The Grapes of Wrath

• Steinfeld, Hailee (Thousand Oaks)

  Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit

• Stevenson, Adlai (Los Angeles)

  Presidential runner-up of 1952 and 1956

• Stewart, Kristen (Los Angeles)

  Bella Swan in the Twilight movies

• Strathairn, David (San Francisco)

  The star of Good Night, and Good Luck

• Suleman, Nadya (Fullerton)

  The woman who gave birth to octuplets in 2009

• Sumpter, Jeremy (Monterey)

  Star of the 2003 movie Peter Pan

• Takei, George (Los Angeles)

  Lt. Sulu on the TV series Star Trek

• Tambor, Jeffrey (San Francisco)

  The star of 'Transparen't and 'Arrested Development'

• Tan, Amy (Oakland)

  Author of The Joy Luck Club

• Temple, Shirley (Santa Monica)

  The dimpled, child movie star of the 1930s

• The Game (Compton)

  Rapper who did 2005's The Documentary

• Thiessen, Tiffani (Long Beach)

  Co-star of TV's Saved By The Bell

• Tillman, Pat (Fremont)

  The NFL-playing soldier killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan

• Tilly, Jennifer (Harbor City)

  The poker-playing, mousy-voiced actress who starred in Bound

• Torres, Dara (Beverly Hills)

  The 41-year-old who swam at the 2008 Olympics

• Turlington, Christy (Walnut Creek)

  Lanky, yoga-loving model for Calvin Klein

• Valens, Ritchie (Pacoima)

  The teen star who sang 'La Bamba'

• Verdon, Gwen (Culver City)

  The original Lola in Broadway's Damn Yankees

• Waits, Tom (Pomona)

  Raspy-voiced singer of "The Piano Has Been Drinking"

• Walker, Paul (Glendale)

  The clean-cut cop from The Fast and the Furious

• Walsh, Kate (San Jose)

  Dr. Addison Montgomery Shepherd from Grey's Anatomy

• Warren, Earl (Los Angeles)

  Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69

• Warren, Rick (San Jose)

  "Purpose-driven" pastor and author

• Washington, John David (Los Angeles)

  The star of Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman'

• Weiland, Scott

  The frontman for the band Stone Temple Pilots

• West, North (Los Angeles)

  The daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

• Wheaton, Wil (Burbank)

  Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation

• White, Shaun (San Diego)

  The red-haired gold medalist snowboarder

• Wild Orchid

  Photogenic singing trio who recorded "Talk to Me"

• Williams, Barry (Santa Monica)

  Greg on TV's The Brady Bunch

• Williams, Esther (Los Angeles)

  The swimming beauty who was a movie star in the 1940s

• Williams, Gluyas (San Francisco)

  The witty cartoonist who illustrated Robert Benchley's writings

• 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

• Wilson, Dennis (Hawthorne)

  The drummer for The Beach Boys

• Wolff, Nat (Los Angeles)

  Lead singer for The Naked Brothers Band

• Woodley, Shailene (Simi Valley)

  The star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Spectacular Now

• Wood, Natalie (San Francisco)

  The girl who doubts Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street

• Woods, Tiger (Cypress)

  The biggest golf superstar of the 21st century

• Wozniak, Steve (San Jose)

  The co-founder of Apple Computers who wasn't Steve Jobs

• Wyle, Noah (Hollywood)

  Dr. John Carter on TV's E.R.

• Yanagihara, Hanya (Los Angeles)

  The author of A Little Life

• Yankovic, Weird Al (Lynwood)

  Singer of "I Lost on Jeopardy" and other parody tunes

• Yep, Laurence (San Francisco)

  Author of the 1975 book Dragonwings

• Zuniga, Daphne (San Francisco)

  Jo on TV's Melrose Place

See also: Index of all US States