List of Famous people born in California, United States of America

Margaret Jessie Chung, born in Santa Barbara, California, was the first known American-born Chinese female physician. After graduating from the University of Southern California Medical School in 1916 and completing her internship and residency in Illinois, she established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 1920s.

Joshua Ryan Evans was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy Lenox in the soap opera Passions. Though he was 17 years old when Passions debuted, Evans had the appearance and voice of a small child due to achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. He was 3 feet 2 inches (97 cm) tall.

Darby Crash was an American punk rock vocalist and songwriter who, along with longtime friend Pat Smear, co-founded the punk rock band the Germs. He took his own life by way of an intentional heroin overdose.

Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood is an American actress, model, television personality and socialite. She starred with her family in Mrs. Eastwood & Company, a reality series broadcast on E!

Karrueche Tran is an American actress and model. From 2013 to 2016, she starred as Vivian Johnson in the web series The Bay. She is best known as Virginia Loc on TNT's series Claws.

Audrey Ann Wells was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. Her 1999 film Guinevere won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.

Timothy Fred Kennedy is a retired American mixed martial artist and current soldier. A professional from 2001 until 2016, he has fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, the WEC, ShoMMA, HDNet Fights, and represented the Chicago Red Bears in the IFL. Kennedy is one of the few fighters to simultaneously serve in the United States Army while also fighting professionally. He also is a television host, producer, and entrepreneur.

Jacob Bertrand is an American actor. Bertrand began his career as a child actor in the 2009 film Duress and in guest roles on television series such as The Cape and The Middle. He is known for playing the titular character in the 2014 Disney XD series Kirby Buckets, for playing the character Jack Malloy in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Swap which premiered in 2016, as well as for playing series regular Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz in the YouTube Premium and Netflix series Cobra Kai.

Alexandra Erinn Hayes is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her role as Dr. Lola Spratt on the Adult Swim sitcom Childrens Hospital, which she later reprised in the Netflix spinoff series Medical Police. She has played roles in a number of network sitcoms, including Alison on The Winner (2007), Melanie Clayton on Worst Week (2008–2009), and Sheila on Guys with Kids (2012–2013). In 2012, she had her first feature film role in the black comedy It's a Disaster. She also starred in the Amazon series The Dangerous Book for Boys and the first season of the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait.

Richard Eugene Piana was an American bodybuilder and businessman. He won the National Physique Committee (NPC) Mr. Teen California title in 1989, NPC Mr. California in 1998 and National Physique Committee (NPC) competitions in 2003 and 2009. Piana had his own nutrition product line called Rich Piana: 5% Nutrition. He publicly admitted that he had been using anabolic steroids, synthetic human growth hormone and insulin as part of his bodybuilding regimen during his career, starting when he was 18 years old. He had said he was aware that the steroids would do damage to his body, but had also said steroid use was a necessary part of competing at the highest levels of bodybuilding and that it was a risk he was willing to take.