List of Famous people born in California, United States of America
Tucker Reed
Aisling Tucker Moore-Reed, known by her pen name Tucker Reed, is an American blogger, author, journalist, feminist activist and convicted killer. Reed co-authored the young adult novel Amber House published in October 2012 and its sequel Neverwas, released internationally in January 2014.
Shane Bieber
Shane Robert Bieber is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Indians in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. Bieber made his MLB debut with Cleveland in 2018, was named an All-Star in 2019, and received the American League's 2020 Cy Young Award.
Scott Heineman
Scott Matthew Heineman is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds.
Josh Shaw
Joshua James Shaw is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC).
Brian Grazer
Brian Thomas Grazer is an American film and television producer. He founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986, with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $15 billion. Grazer was personally nominated for four Academy Awards for Splash (1984), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Frost/Nixon (2008). His films and TV series have been nominated for 43 Academy Awards and 198 Emmys.
Denise Crosby
Denise Michelle Crosby is an American actress and model, best known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in season one of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Yar's daughter, the half-Romulan Commander Sela, in subsequent seasons. She is also known for her numerous film and television roles, and for starring in and producing the film Trekkies.
Jenette Goldstein
Jenette Elise Goldstein is an American actress, best known for her Saturn Award-winning role as Private Vasquez in the 1986 science fiction horror action film Aliens, as the foster mother in Terminator 2, as Diamondback in Near Dark (1987) and Detective Megan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), and as the Irish Mother in Titanic (1997). She also appeared in 2 episode of the TV series Star Trek: Short Treks (2019) as the USS Enterprise Computer.
Cecilia Peck
Cecilia Peck is an American film producer, director and actress. She is the only daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani.
Elmo Zumwalt
Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. was a United States Navy officer and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in United States military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed United States Navy personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions. After he retired from a 32-year navy career, he launched an unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate.
Doug Harvey
Harold Douglas Harvey was an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB), who worked in the National League (NL) from 1962 through 1992.