Notable People from California

Peter Del Monte

Italian film director (1943–2021)

Don Imus

American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author (1940 – 2019)

Judee Sill

American singer (1944–1979)

Bob Hite

American musician (1943–1981)

Lance Larson

American swimmer

Bobby Sherman

American singer and actor

Wade Domínguez

American actor (1966-1998)

Dimitri Diatchenko

American actor (1968–2020)

Mary Kay Letourneau

American schoolteacher convicted of the statutory rape of a 12/13-year old boy (1962-2020)

Rebecca Heineman

American video game programmer (1963–2025)

Mary Anderson

American stage actress (1859-1940)

Ida May Park

Screenwriter, Film director (1879-1954)

Paul Hurst

American actor and film director (1888-1953)

Dale Fuller

American actress (1885 – 1948)

James W. Horne

American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881–1942)

John Norton

American athlete (1893-1979)

Harley Earl

American designer (1893-1969)

Adela Rogers St. Johns

American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter (1894-1988)

Marie Mosquini

American film actress (1899–1983)

Malcolm St. Clair

Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor (1897-1952)

Frank Fay

American actor and comedian (1891-1961)

Marshall Neilan

American actor and filmmaker (1891–1958)

Irene Hervey

American actress (1909-1998)

Mel Ramos

American artist (1935-2018)

Michael Galitzen

American competitive diver

Sybil Seely

American actress (1902–1984)

Derrick Henry Lehmer

American mathematician (1905-1991)

Douglass Montgomery

American actor (1907-1966)

Don Edmunds

racecar driver

William P. Clark

American judge, Reagan advisor (1931-2013)

Robert Francis

American actor (1930-1955)

Sonny Barger

American outlaw biker (1938–2022)

Arthur Ayrault

American rower (1935–1990)

Dwayne Hickman

American actor (1934–2022)

Ted Dabney

American electronic engineer, the co-founder of Atari, Inc. (1937–2018)

Robert Wall

American martial artist (1939–2022)

Diane Disney Miller

daughter of Walt Disney and Lillian Disney

Joe Ruby

American writer (1933–2020)

Ron Dellums

American politician and former Mayor of Oakland, CA (1935–2018)

Sean Flynn

American photojournalist

Barbara Acklin

American singer-songwriter (1943–1998)

Neil Campbell

American scientist (1946-2004)

Wayne Collett

American sprinter (1949–2010)

Duke Cunningham

former U.S. House of Representatives member, convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion

Johnny Crawford

American actor and singer (1946–2021)

Lowell George

American musician (1945-1979)

Edwin Hawkins

American musician (1943–2018)

Steve Clark

American swimmer

Amy Fuller

American rower (1968–2023)