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List of people from California

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This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.

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A

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Jessica Alba
Herb Alpert
Jennifer Aniston

B

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Sara Bareilles
Drew Barrymore
Beck
Barbara Boxer
Ashley Benson
Candice Bergen
Jack Black
Mel Blanc
David Bluthenthal
Barry Bonds
Tom Brady
Ryan Braun
Alison Brie
Josh Brolin

C

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Cher
Julia Child
Sasha Cohen
Miranda Cosgrove
Kevin Costner
Kaley Cuoco
Jamie Lee Curtis
Doja Cat
Emma Chamberlain

D

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Cameron Diaz
Leonardo DiCaprio
Joe DiMaggio
Snoop Dogg
James H. Doolittle
Dr. Dre
Robert Duvall
Alexa Demie

E

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Clint Eastwood
Zac Efron
Billie Eilish

F

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Will Ferrell
Sally Field
Dianne Feinstein
Jodie Foster
Max Fried
Robert Frost

G

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Brad Garrett
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Donald Glover
Tony Gonzalez
Jeff Gordon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tony Gwynn
Jake Gyllenhaal

H

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Gene Hackman
Gigi Hadid
Merle Haggard
Tom Hanks
Kamala Harris
Tony Hawk
William Randolph Hearst
Jonah Hill
Paris Hilton
Dustin Hoffman
Alana Haim

I

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Gabriel Iglesias
Ice Cube

J

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Steve Jobs
Dwayne Johnson
Angelina Jolie
Kylie Jenner

K

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Kim Kardashian
Khloé Kardashian
Diane Keaton
Jason Kidd
Billie Jean King
Rodney King
Lisa Kudrow

L

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Shia LaBeouf
Bruce Lee
Janet Leigh
Lisa Leslie
Adam Levine
James Lofton
Jack London
George Lucas

M

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Jennette McCurdy
Katharine McPhee
Liza Minnelli
Ron Mix
Marilyn Monroe
Alex Morgan
Elisabeth Moss
Megan Mullally

N

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Richard Nixon

O

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Elizabeth Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

P

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Carson Palmer
Gwyneth Paltrow
George S. Patton
Sean Penn
Nancy Pelosi
Katy Perry

Q

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R

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Robert Redford
Sally Ride
Christina Ricci
Jackie Robinson
Aaron Rodgers
Molly Ringwald
Olivia Rodrigo

S

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Tom Seaver
O. J. Simpson
Duke Snider
Brenda Song
Mark Spitz
John Steinbeck
Kristen Stewart
Gwen Stefani

T

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Shirley Temple
Pat Tillman
Danny Trejo
Michael Trevino
Robin Thicke

U

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Chase Utley

V

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Julieta Venegas
Gwen Verdon

W

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Paul Walker
Bill Walton
Earl Warren
Shaun White
Ted Williams
Natalie Wood
Tiger Woods

X

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Y

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"Weird Al" Yankovic

Z

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Zendaya

Musical groups

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Black Eyed Peas
Blink-182
The Doors
Grateful Dead
Guns N' Roses
Metallica
The Monkees
P.O.D.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Van Halen
Weezer

California transplants

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John C. Fremont
Ronald Reagan
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Steven Spielberg
Ace Young

See also

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