List of Famous people born in California, United States of America
Rain Pryor
Rain Pryor is an American actress and comedian. She is the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor.
Marcela Valladolid
Marcela Luz Valladolid-Rodriguez is an American chef and author. She was the host of the Food Network television series Mexican Made Easy, and a judge on the Food Network television series Best Baker in America.
Austin Barnes
Austin Scott Barnes is an American professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Barnes was selected by the Florida Marlins in the eighth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut with the Dodgers in 2015 and helped the team win the 2020 World Series. In addition to catching, Barnes has also played as an infielder.
David Mendenhall
David Athen Mendenhall is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Space Raiders, Over the Top, The Transformers: The Movie and They Still Call Me Bruce.
Eddie Bravo
Edgar A. Bravo is an American martial arts instructor, podcaster, stand-up comedian and musician. After earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. He is also the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) grappling competition and the EBI ruleset. He is a recurring guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast.
Taron Johnson
Taron Johnson is an American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Weber State. He played high school football at Sheldon High School in Sacramento, California.
Jackson Robert Scott
Jackson Robert Scott is an American child actor known for playing Georgie Denbrough in the films It Chapter One (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) and Bode Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–).
Rich Dauer
Richard Fremont Dauer is an American baseball former infielder and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent his entire 10-year MLB playing career with the Baltimore Orioles, winning the 1983 World Series. He was primarily a second baseman, but also played third base. Following his career as a player, he spent 19 seasons as an MLB coach for numerous teams, winning the World Series in 2017 as the first base coach for the Houston Astros.
Jack Bannon
John James Bannon was an American television and stage actor, known as Jack Bannon. He was best known for his role as Art Donovan on Lou Grant, a role he played for the duration of the series, from 1977 to 1982.
Sarah McDaniel
Sarah Rose McDaniel is an American model. She appeared in the music video for Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker's songs "Summer Breaking" and "Daffodils", and was the cover girl for Playboy magazine's first non-nude issue in March 2016.