The following people were born in Los Angeles, California:

A

• Willie Aames, actor
• Herb Alpert, musician, composer
• Garret Anderson, baseball player - Anaheim Angels
• Angelyne, "celebrity"
• Anne Archer, actress
• Desi Arnaz Jr., actor, musician
• Mackenzie Astin actor

B

• Baby LeRoy , actor
• Fay Bainter, actress
• Tyra Banks, fashion model
• Michael Bay, director
• Ed Begley Jr., actor
• John Beradino, actor
• Busby Berkeley, choreographer, director
• Candice Bergen, actress
• Barbara Billingsley, actress
• Thora Birch, actress
• Chastity Bono, gay rights activist
• Richard Boone, actor
• Leigh Brackett, writer
• Nicholas Brendon, actor
• Eileen Brennan, actress
• Jeff Bridges, actor
• James Brolin, actor
• Josh Brolin, actor
• Alton Brown, chef, television host
• Jake Busey , actor

C

• Scott Caan, actor
• John Cage, composer
• Stephen J. Cannell, director, writer, producer
• Leo Carrillo, actor
• Patrick Cassidy , actor
• Shaun Cassidy, singer, actor, producer
• Richard Chamberlain, actor
• Marge Champion , actress, dancer
• Charles Chaplin Jr., actor
• Sydney Chaplin, actor
• Jack Chick, evangelist
• Mindy Cohn, actress
• Ry Cooder, musician, composer
• Jackie Coogan, actor
• Jackie Cooper, actor
• Alan Copeland , composer
• Nikki Cox, actress
• Johnny Crawford , actor
• Richard Crenna, actor, director
• James Cromwell, director
• Tandy Cronyn , actress
• David Crosby, musician
• Gary Crosby, actor
• Andraé Crouch , musician
• Ice Cube, musician, composer, actor

D

• Ben Davidson , American football player
• Milton DeLugg, composer, band leader
• Laura Dern, actress
• Zooey Deschanel, actress
• Roy Edward Disney, producer
• Micky Dolenz, actor, musician
• Morton Downey Jr., talk show host
• Dr. Dre, musician, composer
• Clea DuVall, actress

E

• Jenna Elfman, actress
• Bret Easton Ellis, novelist

F

• Mia Farrow, actress
• David Faustino, actor
• Carrie Fisher, actress, writer, producer
• Bridget Fonda, actress
• Jodie Foster, actress, director, producer
• Stan Freberg, voice actor

G

• John Gavin, actor
• Balthazar Getty, actor
• Melissa Gilbert, actress, director, labor union president
• Sharon Gless, actress
• Tony Goldwyn, actor
• Pancho Gonzales, tennis star
• Dexter Gordon, composer
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt , actor

H

• Randa Haines , director, producer
• H. R. Haldeman, Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff
• Alan Hale Jr., actor
• Jack Haley Jr. , actor, director, writer, producer
• Mariska Hargitay, actress
• Ray Harryhausen, special effects director
• Dustin Hoffman, actor
• Tim Holt, actor
• Kate Hudson, actress
• D.L. Hughley, actor, comedian
• Helen Hunt, actress

J

• Etta James, singer
• Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
• Florence Griffith Joyner, track and field runner
• Jack Jones, singer, actor
• Jerry Jones, American football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys

K

• Chris Kattan, actor, comedian
• Julie Kavner, actress, voice actor
• Diane Keaton, actress
• Riley Kehoe , fashion model
• Jack Kemp, American football player, politician
• Val Kilmer, actor
• Dave Koz, composer, musician
• Robby Krieger, musician
• Henry Kuttner, writer

L

• Shia LaBeouf, actor
• Matthew Laborteaux , actor
• Patrick Labyorteaux , actor
• Alan Ladd Jr. , director, producer
• Juliet Landau, actress
• Michele Lee, actress
• Jason Scott Lee, actor
• Chris Lemmon, actor
• Tone Loc, musician

M

• Cheech Marin, comedian, musician, actor
• Leo McCarey, actor, composer, director, writer, producer
• Kent McCord , actor
• Maureen McCormick, actress
• Kristy McNichol, actress
• Lee Meriwether, actress, Miss America
• Penelope Ann Miller, actress
• Liza Minnelli, actress, singer
• Christopher Mitchum, actor, writer, director
• Marilyn Monroe, actress
• Warren Moon, American football player
• Walter Mosley, novelist
• Megan Mullally, actress

N

• Laraine Newman, actress
• Randy Newman, composer, musician
• Thomas Newman, composer
• Julie Newmar, actress
• Larry Niven, science fiction writer
• Jeanette Nolan , actress
• Christian Nyby, producer, film editor, director

O

• Rockne S. O'Bannon, director, writer, producer
• Ryan O'Neal, actor
• Tatum O'Neal, actress
• Edward James Olmos, actor, writer, producer, director
• Haley Joel Osment, actor

P

• Chynna Phillips, singer
• Mike Post, composer,
• Tyrone Power Jr. , actor
• Freddie Prinze Jr., actor
• Rain Pryor , actress

R

• Ron Reagan, television host, ballet dancer
• Giovanni Ribisi, actor
• Sally Ride, astronaut
• Herb Ritts, director
• Charles Ruggles, actor

S

• Susan Saint James, actress
• Jay Sandrich , director, producer
• William Schallert, actor
• Jason Schwartzman, actor, musician
• Melody Thomas Scott, actress
• Harry Shearer, actor, comedian, musician, composer
• James Sikking , actor
• Jonathan Silverman, actor
• John Singleton, director, writer, producer
• Duke Snider, baseball player
• Randy Spelling, actor
• Tori Spelling, actress
• George Stevens Jr. , director, writer, producer
• Adlai Stevenson, politician
• Jill St. John, actress
• Madeleine Stowe, actress
• Darryl Strawberry, baseball player
• Jeff Stryker, pornographic film actor
• Cree Summer, actress
• Jo Swerling Jr. , director, writer, producer

T

• George Takei, actor
• Russ Tamblyn, actor, dancer
• Dean Torrence, musician
• Robert Towne, director, writer, producer

V

• Ritchie Valens, musician, composer
• Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson acolyte
• Gwen Verdon, actress, dancer

W

• Andrew W. K., musician, composer
• Burt Ward, actor
• Lindsay Wagner, actress
• Earl Warren, Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States
• Doodles Weaver, comedian
• Sylvester Weaver , television executive
• Esther Williams, actress, swimmer
• Rita Wilson, actress
• Paul Winfield, actor
• Anna May Wong, actress

Z

• Richard D. Zanuck, producer