List of Famous people born in California, United States of America
Claudell Washington
Claudell Washington was an American baseball outfielder who played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and California Angels from 1974 until 1990. He batted and threw left-handed.
Cheryl Crane
Cheryl Christina Crane is an American retired real estate broker, former model, and author. She is the only child of actress Lana Turner, from her marriage to actor-turned-restaurateur Steve Crane, her second husband. She was the subject of significant media attention in 1958 when, at fourteen years old, she stabbed to death her mother's lover, Johnny Stompanato, during a domestic struggle; she was not charged, and his death was deemed a justifiable homicide.
Yvette Monreal
Yvette Monreal is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles, California, she is known for her work as Senna Galan in Matador (2014), Reagan in MTV's Faking It (2014), and Yolanda Montez in The CW’s Stargirl (2020). She also appears in the action film Rambo: Last Blood as John Rambo's niece.
Lisa Marie Varon
Lisa Marie Varon is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and bodybuilder best known for her time as a WWE Diva under the ring name Victoria and her time spent as an Impact Wrestling Knockout under the ring name Tara. Varon held both companies woman's championships on several occasions.
Chris Conte
Christopher Michael Conte is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.
Stephanie Ho
Stephanie Ho is a Hong Kong singer, actress and golfer. She is currently signed to TVB management. She is also a current Hong Kong National Golf Ladies' Squad Team representative.
B-Real
Louis Mario Freese, known by his stage name B-Real, is an American rapper and actor. He is one of two lead rappers in the hip hop group Cypress Hill, a part of the supergroup Serial Killers and was one of the frontmen of rap rock group Prophets of Rage (2016–2019).
William H. Orrick, III
William Horsley Orrick III is an American lawyer and judge. A native of San Francisco, Orrick has been a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2013. He formerly had a long career as a lawyer in private practice in San Francisco, and served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Obama administration.
Kristoffer Domeij
Kristoffer Bryan Domeij was a United States Army soldier who is recognized as the U.S. soldier with the most deployments to be killed in action; before his death he had fourteen deployments over ten years. He served four deployments in Iraq and at least nine in Afghanistan; he trained as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller and was recognized as epitomizing the Ranger motto "Rangers lead the way". After a distinguished and highly decorated career, he was killed by a roadside improvised explosive device, along with two other Rangers, in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. The Joint Fires Observer classroom building at Fort Sill is named in his honor. He and three other rangers are honored by the Army with a memorial obelisk. A film was made in his memory.
Sistine Stallone
Sistine Rose Stallone is an American model and actress. She made her acting debut as Nicole in the survival horror film 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, directed by Johannes Roberts.