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

Natalie Jenette Lander is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. She is the daughter of actors David Lander and Kathy Fields. She is known for her work on ABC's The Middle, where she plays Debbie. Other TV credits include Castle, Touch, and Hannah Montana. Lander is also known for her work in video games, such as the voice of Kinzie Kensington in the Saints Row series. She placed fifth in the reality competition Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods, which aired on MTV.

Jaelan Everett Phillips is an American football defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He played college football at UCLA for two seasons before medically retiring after the 2018 season due to suffering several concussions and other injuries. He then began to study music production at the Los Angeles City College before transferring to the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in 2019, where he would also return to football and play for the Miami Hurricanes. Phillips would later be drafted by the Dolphins in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Steven Montez is an American football quarterback for the Washington Football Team of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado and signed as an undrafted free agent with Washington in 2020.

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 live action film Peter Pan, Jacob in the 2014 disaster film Into the Storm, and the recurring role of J. D. McCoy in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2008–2010).

William McClellan Chapin was an American child actor, known for a considerable number of screen and TV performances from 1943 to 1959 and best remembered for both his roles as the "diaper manager" Christie Cooper in the 1953 family feature The Kid from Left Field and little John Harper in Charles Laughton's 1955 film noir movie The Night of the Hunter.

Makonnen Kamali Sheran, better known by his stage name iLoveMakonnen, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His rise to fame began in 2014, after Canadian rapper Drake released a remix to his song "Tuesday".

Allison Scagliotti is an American actress, musician and director, best known for her roles in Drake & Josh, Warehouse 13, and Stitchers.

Yusuf Gatewood is an American actor best known for playing Vincent Griffith and Finn Mikaelson in The Originals and Doug in the 2005 film The Interpreter. His television work includes guest roles on the television series Hack (2003), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006) and CSI: Miami (2007). He is now playing Raymond Chestnut on the Netflix Original Series, The Umbrella Academy (2020).

Jacquelyn Phillips Lacey is an American politician who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 3, 2012 to December 7, 2020. Lacey is the first woman, and first African-American, to serve as LA District Attorney since the office was created in 1850. As a district attorney, she has been described as part of a "tough-on-crime" movement.

Jason Paul Collins is an American former professional basketball player who was a center for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal, where he was an All-American in 2000–01. Collins was selected by the Houston Rockets as the 18th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft. He went on to play for the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets.