This is a partial list of well-known people from California.

Native Californians

• Alexakis, Art - Musician
• Arden, Eve - Actress
• Blanc, Mel - Cartoon voice actor
• Brooks, Albert - Actor/Director
• Brown, Alton - Television host
• Brown, Jerry - Governor of California, Mayor of Oakland
• Brown, Pat - Governor of California
• Brown, Willie - Speaker of the California Assembly, Mayor of San Francisco
• Budge, Don - Tennis player
• Cage, John - Composer
• Campbell, Ben Nighthorse - U.S. Senator from Colorado
• Chow, Amy - Gymnast
• Cranston, Alan - U.S. Senator from California
• D'Aquino, Iva Toguri (Tokyo Rose) - Radio broadcaster
• de la Rocha, Zack - Singer
• Diaz, Cameron - actress
• Doolittle, Jimmy - U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General
• Folger, Abigail - Murder victim
• Frost, Robert - poet
• Garcia, Jeff - American football player
• Haggard, Merle - Country music singer
• Hanks, Tom - Actor
• Hearst, William Randolph - Newspaper publisher
• James, Jesse G. - Actor & CEO
• Kennedy, Anthony - Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Kingston, Maxine Hong - Author
• Kwan, Michelle - Figure skater
• Law, Rick - Illustrator/Producer
• London, Jack - Author
• Lucas, George - billionaire filmaker
• Mineta, Norm - U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Transportation
• Minnelli, Liza - Singer
• Monroe, Marilyn - Actress
• Nixon, Richard - President of the United States
• Olsen, Mary-Kate and Ashley - Actresses and entrepreneurs
• Leon Panetta - White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton
• Partch, Harry - Composer
• Peck, Gregory - Actor
• Pfeiffer, Michelle - Actreess
• Peterson, Laci - Murder victom
• Ricci, Christina - Actress
• Rorabacher, Dana - Member of the United States House of Representatives
• Sarkisian, Cherilyn (Cher) - Singer
• Seau, Junior - American football player
• Stack, Robert - Actor
• Steinbeck, John - Author
• Vliet, Don Glen (Captain Beefheart) - Musician
• Warren, Earl - Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Williams, Paul R. - Architect
• Wood, Beatrice - Artist
• Woods, Tiger - Golfer

California transplants

• de Anza, Juan Bautista, Spanish explorer
• Brannan, Samuel, American newspaper publisher
• Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, Spanish explorer
• Chávez, César, American labor leader
• Frémont, John C., American General, military Governor of California
• Ghirardelli, Domingo, Italian chocolateer
• Hearn, "Chick", NBA Basketball announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Hope, Bob, comedian
• Lick, James, American real estate baron
• Madden, John, American football coach/commentator
• Martin, Steve, Actor, director, comedian
• Montana, Joe, American football player
• Muir, John, American naturalist
• Norton I, British self proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
• Owens, Buck, Country music performer
• de Portolá, Gaspar, Spanish explorer
• Reagan, Ronald, President of the United States
• Santana, Carlos, Mexican musician
• Schulz, Charles, cartoonist
• Scully, Vin, announcer for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
• Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Austrian bodybuilder, actor, Governor of California
• Seaborg, Glenn, American chemist
• Serra, Junipero, Spanish missionary
• Spielberg, Steven, billionaire director
• Stanford, Leland, American railroad baron, Governor of California
• Starr, Kenneth, lawyer, university law dean
• Strauss, Levi, Bavarian clothing manufacturer
• Sutter, John, Swiss real estate baron
• Twain, Mark, American humorist and author
• Winchester, Sarah, American heiress, eccentric
• Yeager, Chuck, US Air Force test pilot
• Young, Steve, American football player

unknown

• Disney, Roy Edward, billionaire, nephew of Walt Disney
• Ellison, Lawrence, richest Californian
• Jobs, Steven, billionaire computer pioneer

Related topics

• List of people by U.S. state

See also

• List of Los Angeles natives