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

José Moreno Hernández is a former NASA astronaut and American engineer.

Kelli Brianne Garner is an American actress who has appeared in a variety of independent and mainstream films, television, and theater.

James "Jimmy" Owen Sullivan, also known by his stage name The Rev, was an American musician. He is best known as the drummer, songwriter, backing vocalist, and founding member of American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. The Rev was widely regarded and critically acclaimed for his work on the band's albums, and contributed entire songs composed by himself, such as "Afterlife", "A Little Piece of Heaven", and "Almost Easy".

Owen Porter Churchill was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Joshua Kadison is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer. He is perhaps best known for the Top 40 hits "Jessie" and "Beautiful in My Eyes" from his debut album Painted Desert Serenade. He is the son of actress Gloria Castillo, who was the inspiration behind his song "Mama's Arms." His musical style and voice are similar to Elton John.

Leah Marie Pipes is an American actress. She starred in the television series Life Is Wild, the slasher film Sorority Row and the CW's The Originals.

Alice Marble was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships (1936–1940): five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles.

Ron Jones is an American writer and formerly a teacher in Palo Alto, California. He is internationally known for the adaptation of his The Third Wave classroom exercise, which inspired the made-for-TV movie The Wave and other works, including a theatrical film in 2008. The original TV movie won the Emmy and Peabody Awards. His books The Acorn People and B-Ball have also been made into TV dramas. Jones lives in San Francisco, California where he regularly performs as a storyteller.

Madeline Carroll is an American actress known for starring as Juli Baker in Flipped, as Molly Johnson in Swing Vote, as Farren in The Spy Next Door, and as Willow O'Neil The Magic of Belle Isle.

Sara Hershkowitz is an American coloratura soprano, who made an international career based in Germany. She is known for roles in Mozart and Strauss operas, such as Konstanze, the Queen of the Night, Sophie and Zerbinetta, but also for contemporary music such as Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre.