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

Christian Devi Brando was an American actor who was one of the eleven children of actor Marlon Brando, and the only one Brando had with actress Anna Kashfi.

Christian Marquise Wood is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. He has also played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, and Detroit Pistons.

Dustin Luis Pedroia is an American baseball second baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is a four-time All-Star and an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player award winner, who has also received four Gold Glove Awards and a single Silver Slugger award.

Jonathan Murray Chu is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993.

Oliver Tree Nickell is an American singer-songwriter, producer, rapper, comedian, and filmmaker from Santa Cruz, California. He signed to Atlantic Records in 2017, after his song "When I'm Down" became popular.

Monica Cecilia Abbott is an American professional softball player, former collegiate All-American and silver medal winning Team USA Olympian, a left-handed softball pitcher originally from Salinas, California. She pitched for the Tennessee Lady Vols in college and professionally in NPF, and in the Japan Softball League. In international competition, she played for Team USA from 2005 including the national softball team winning a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Abbott is the NCAA Division I leader in wins, strikeouts, shutouts and innings.

Gregory Gutfeld is an American television producer, commentator, author, editor, and comedian. He is the host of The Greg Gutfeld Show and one of five co-hosts and panelists on the political talk show The Five, both on the Fox News Channel. Previously, Gutfeld hosted Red Eye, also on the Fox News Channel. Gutfeld is a registered Libertarian and is self-described as non-religious.

Mandela Van Peebles is an American rapper, film and television actor and producer, who has appeared in movies such as We the Party, Baadasssss!, and Jigsaw.

Satoshi Hirayama was an American baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Carp in Japan's Central League. Hirayama was an All-Star twice in Japan.

Colbert Michael “Cole” Hamels is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2015), Texas Rangers (2015–2018), Chicago Cubs (2018–2019), and Atlanta Braves (2020). Originally from San Diego, California, Hamels excelled at Rancho Bernardo High School both academically and athletically. The Phillies drafted Hamels out of high school, in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft, and he began playing in the Phillies’ minor league system. Numerous issues, including an injury sustained in a bar fight, among other injuries, occurred during Hamels’ first few minor league seasons. When he reached the Triple-A level, he was the top pitcher in the Phillies' minor league system in 2006.