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

Konrad Albert Reuland was an American football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He attended the University of Notre Dame, and later went to Stanford University. Undrafted out of college, he signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2011, and was also a member of the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, and Baltimore Ravens.

Jason Francesco Schwartzman is an American actor. He frequently collaborates with Wes Anderson, such as Rushmore (1998), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). His other film roles include Slackers (2002), Spun (2003), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Shopgirl (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), Funny People (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Klaus (2019). He also starred as a writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective in the HBO series Bored to Death (2009–2011), and as crime boss Josto Fadda in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2020).

Gregory Martin Daniels is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director. He has worked on several television series, including The Office, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Parks and Recreation, and King of the Hill, four of which were named among James Poniewozik's "All Time 100 TV Shows" list in 2007. Daniels attended Harvard University where he became friends with Conan O'Brien. His first writing credit was for Not Necessarily the News, before they were laid off due to budget cuts. He eventually became a writer for two long-running series: Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.

Bianca Jasmine Lawson is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her regular roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior, Pretty Little Liars, and Rogue. She has also had recurring roles in the series Sister, Sister, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Steve Harvey Show, Dawson's Creek, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, and Witches of East End. In 2016, Lawson began starring in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Queen Sugar.

Celeste Epiphany Waite is a British singer and songwriter. In 2019, she became the fifth artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Rising Star Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. Her debut album Not Your Muse was released in 2021 and debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

Mitchell Adam "Mitch" Lucker was an American vocalist and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist for the American deathcore band Suicide Silence.

Juana Maria, better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, was a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. She lived alone on San Nicolas Island off the coast of Alta California from 1835 until her removal from the island in 1853. Scott O'Dell's award-winning children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) was inspired by her story. She was the last native speaker of the Nicoleño language.

Tracey Elaine Edmonds is an American businesswoman, television producer and personality. She is the CEO of Edmonds Entertainment Group Inc and Alrightnow.com and is a former host of the television show Extra. She currently sits on the national board of directors for the Producers Guild of America.

Salvatore Paul Belleci is an American television personality and model maker, best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked with Industrial Light and Magic on films including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. The Federation battleships and podracers are some of Belleci's pieces.

Stanley Alan Van Gundy is an American basketball coach and current head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018. From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat but resigned in 2005 mid-season, turning the job over to Pat Riley. Van Gundy then coached the Orlando Magic for five seasons from 2007 to 2012, leading them to the 2009 NBA Finals. He is the brother of former New York Knicks and Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy.