List of Famous people born in California, United States of America
Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan
Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan is a Thai-American model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Thailand World 2018. She represented Thailand at the Miss World 2018 pageant and was crowned Runner-Up and Continental Queen of Asia. In July 2022, Nicolene was announced as one of the top 30 finalist for Miss Universe Thailand 2022 and finished as 1st runner-up.
Johnny Morris
Johnny Edward Morris is a former American football running back/wide receiver in the National Football League. He spent his entire ten-year career with the Chicago Bears, and is the franchise's all-time leader in receiving yards with 5,059. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara. Morris won an NFL championship in 1963. In 1964, he had his best season with 93 receptions for 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Kyle Mooney
Kyle James Kozub Mooney is an American actor, comedian, and writer who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live since 2013. His man-on-the-street interviews have been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald.
River Cracraft
River Cracraft is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington State University.
Kerry King
Kerry Ray King is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and remained a member for nearly four decades.
Jonathan Lipnicki
Jonathan William Lipnicki is an American actor and producer and is known for his roles as a child actor. He has appeared in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Stuart Little (1999) and its 2002 sequel Stuart Little 2, The Little Vampire (2000), Like Mike (2002) and Broil (2020).
Madelyn Deutch
Madelyn Deutch is an American actress, director, writer and musician. She is known for writing, starring in, and composing the musical score for her feature film The Year Of Spectacular Men.
Fabian Núñez
Fabian Núñez is an American politician and labor union adviser. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three two-year terms as a member of the California State Assembly, leaving office in late 2008. During his last two terms, Nunez was the Assembly Speaker, the 66th person to hold that position.
Cari Champion
Cari Champion is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She has worked as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel and as the host of ESPN2's First Take. In July 2014, Champion became an anchor for ESPN's flagship program SportsCenter. After almost six years at the network, she left ESPN in February 2020. She now co-hosts Cari & Jemele (Won't) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on TV network.
Kimberly Kevon Williams
Kimberly Kevon Williams is an American actress known for her recurring role as Shayne Thomas in the HBO series The Comeback.