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

Leslie Donald Epstein is an American educator, essayist, and novelist. Epstein is currently Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University.

Todd Anthony Shaw, better known by the stage name Too Short, is an American rapper and record producer. Too Short became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 80s, with lyrics often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival. The latter, in songs such as "The Ghetto" and the former, in songs such as "Blow the Whistle".

Raymond Lee Daniels is an American Kenpoist, Karateka, Tae Kwon Do practitioner, kickboxer and mixed martial artist known for his flashy and aggressive style of fighting. He currently competes for Bellator MMA and Bellator Kickboxing, where he is the current Bellator Kickboxing Welterweight Champion.

Valorie Mae Curry is an American actress. Her roles include the series Veronica Mars (2005–06) and the films The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) and Blair Witch (2016). She starred on Fox's The Following (2013–14) and the PlayStation 4 tech demo Kara (2012) as the titular character, a role she reprised in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018).

Otis Jackson Jr., known professionally as Madlib, is an American DJ, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. One of the most prolific and critically acclaimed hip hop producers of the 2000s, he is widely known for his collaborations with MF DOOM, J Dilla, and Freddie Gibbs. Madlib has described himself as a "DJ first, producer second, and MC last."

Rudabeh Bakhtiar is an American journalist and television producer. She is a producer for Reuters in Washington, D.C. She is best known for anchoring CNN Headline News Tonight, as well as Anderson Cooper 360, Voice of America, and Reuters News.

Robert Richard "Bobby" Rose is an American former professional baseball player and current hitting coach for the Frederick Keys. He played on the California Angels in the Major League Baseball (MLB), and on the Yokohama BayStars of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Alan Gavin Ladd Jr. is an American film industry executive and producer. He is the son of actor Alan Ladd and Ladd's first wife Marjorie Jane, whom Ladd had met in high school.

Linda Dano is an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She is well-known for her roles in daytime drama, in particular Rae Cummings on One Life to Live and Felicia Gallant on Another World. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award five times, winning once in 1993 for her work on Another World. Dano also co-hosted the talk show Attitudes on Lifetime, and has had a long-running clothing and home-furnishings line with QVC, first partnering with the home shopping channel in 1993.

Kona McKay Schwenke was an American football defensive tackle who played college football at Notre Dame.