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

Gina Ravera is an American actress. She has appeared in the films Showgirls (1995), Soul Food (1997), Kiss the Girls (1997), and The Great Debaters (2007). She co-starred as detective Irene Daniels in the TNT crime drama series The Closer (2005-2009).

Ryan Ochoa is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing the role of Lanny on the Disney XD series Pair of Kings, and for his recurring role of Chuck Chambers on the Nickelodeon series iCarly.

Helen Luella Koford, better known as Terry Moore, is an American film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952).

Kaari Upson was an American artist. The bulk of Upson’s career was devoted to a single series titled The Larry Project – paintings, installations, performances, and films inspired by a collection of one man's personal items she found in 2003. The Larry Project was exhibited at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2008, as part of their program Hammer Projects. Her work resides in the public collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and is known for exploring themes of psychoanalysis, obsession, memory, and the body. She had lived and worked in Los Angeles.

Christopher Richard Pontius is a former American soccer player.

Mary Kendall Browne was an American professional tennis player and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California.

Patrick Villiers Farrow was an American sculptor and peace and environmental activist.

Stuart Cornfeld was an American film producer, and actor. He was business partner with Ben Stiller in the company, Red Hour Productions.