List of people from California
Partial list of well-known people from California
- Alexakis, Art
- Arden, Eve
- Blanc, Mel
- Brooks, Albert
- Brown, Jerry
- Budge, Don
- Cage, John
- Cranston, Alan
- D'Aquino, Iva Toguri
- de la Rocha, Zack
- Doolittle, Jimmy
- Folger, Abigail
- Garcia, Jeff
- Haggard, Merle
- Hanks, Tom
- Hearst, William Randolph
- Kennedy, Anthony
- Kingston, Maxine Hong
- London, Jack
- Lucas, George
- Madden, John
- Minnelli, Liza
- Monroe, Marilyn
- Nixon, Richard
- Partch, Harry
- Peck, Gregory
- Pfeiffer, Michelle
- Peterson, Laci
- Ricci, Christina
- Rorabacher, Dana
- Sarkisian, Cherilyn (Cher)
- Seau, Junior
- Stack, Robert
- Steinbeck, John
- Vliet, Don Glen (Captain Beefheart)
- Warren, Earl
- Wood, Beatrice
- Woods, Tiger
California transplants
- de Anza, Juan Bautista, Spanish explorer
- Brannan, Samuel, American newspaper publisher
- Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, Spanish explorer
- Chavez, Cesar, American labor leader
- Fr�mont, John C, American General, military Governor of California
- Ghirardelli, Domingo, Italian chocolateer
- Lick, James, American real estate baron
- Montana, Joe, American football player
- Muir, John, American naturalist
- Norton I, British self proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
- de Portol�, Gaspar, Spanish explorer
- Regan, Ronald, President of the United States
- Santana, Carlos, Mexican musician
- Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Austrian bodybuilder, actor, Governor of California
- Seaborg, Glenn, American chemist
- Serra, Junipero, Spanish missionary
- Stanford, Leland, American railroad baron, Governor of California
- Strauss, Levi, Bavarian clothing manufacturer
- Sutter, John, Swiss real estate baron
- Twain, Mark, American humorist and author
- Winchester, Sarah, American heiress, eccentric
- Young, Steve, American football player