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

Rodney Marinelli is an American football coach who is the defensive line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He has been a defensive coach for several college and professional teams, serving primarily as a defensive line coach when he has not been a coordinator. From 2006 until 2008, Marinelli was the head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions, where he oversaw their infamous winless 2008 season.

Jason Rezaian is an Iranian-American journalist who served as Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post. He was convicted of espionage in a closed-door trial in Iran in 2015.

Julia Aide Shumate Avila is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Previously she has competed in Invicta FC, HD MMA, XKO MMA, Total Warrior Combat and King of the Cage (KOTC). As July 30, 2020, she is #15 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings.

Rachel Swimmer, known professionally as Tasha Reign, is an American pornographic actress, nude model, producer, and sex columnist known for her appearances in Playboy and Penthouse magazine.

Steven Richard Wright is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. Wright has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, having made his MLB debut in 2013; he was an All-Star in 2016. He is known for his knuckleball pitch.

Micah Stephen Williams is an American former actor, best known for his recurring role as Emmett on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie.

Summer Elisabeth Sanders is an American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, actress, former competition swimmer and Olympic champion from 1992.

Seniesa Carmen Estrada is an American professional boxer. She has held the WBC Silver light flyweight title since 2018 and previously the WBA interim flyweight title from 2019 to March 2020. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's fifth best active female light flyweight by The Ring and ninth by BoxRec.

Ashlee Nicole Evans-Smith is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's women's flyweight and bantamweight divisions.

John Thomas Young was an American professional baseball player. He also scouted and worked in the front office. Young played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1971. He founded Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI), a youth baseball program aimed at increasing participation among African Americans in baseball.