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

Tedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the University of Arizona, and was a two-time consensus All-American. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and played his entire professional career with the Patriots. Bruschi won three Super Bowls and was a two-time All-Pro selection.

Jeremy Dunn Jackson is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Hobie Buchannon on the television show Baywatch.

Bernard J. Tyson was an American health executive. He was the CEO of integrated managed care consortium Kaiser Permanente, the largest such organization in the United States, which provides health care to 12 million people.

Ashley Zukerman is an Australian-American actor known for playing Dr. Charlie Isaacs on WGN America's Manhattan, Senior Constable Michael Sandrelli in Australian drama series Rush, and Jesse Banks in the Australian political thriller The Code, for which he received an AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama in 2014. He has recently portrayed recurring roles in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor and Succession.

Ryan Kenwood Hollins is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was a 7-foot (2.1 m) center who was a journeyman in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for nine teams in 10 seasons. He played briefly in Europe before ending his career.

Jessica Marie Penne is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She was the first Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. She also competed in the first women's bout in Bellator Fighting Championships.

Rebecca Ann Heineman is an American video game designer and programmer. A long-time veteran of the video game industry, Heineman was a founding member of video game companies Interplay Productions, Logicware, Contraband Entertainment, and Olde Sküül. She has been chief executive officer for Olde Sküül since 2013.

Kenneth Lee Stills Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Oklahoma. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

John Ethan Morrison is an American actor, known professionally as Ethan Wayne. He is the son of actor John Wayne, and his third wife, Pilar Pallete. He grew up in Newport Beach, California, where he shared his father's love of the ocean and outdoors. His name was chosen in direct relation to John Wayne's character in The Searchers.

Edwin Meese III is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980) and the Reagan White House (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th United States Attorney General (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned following the Wedtech scandal.