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
- Mesereau, Thomas, Celebrity criminal defense lawyer
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