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

Jaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the alternative comic book Love and Rockets with his brothers Gilbert and Mario.

Jennifer Diane Grant is an American actress. The daughter of actors Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon, she is best known for roles in the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Movie Stars.

John Meredyth Lucas was an American writer, director and producer, primarily for television.

John M. Gilroy is an American film editor whose work includes Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy, Warrior, Pacific Rim, Nightcrawler and Suicide Squad.

Sergio Francisco Romo is a Mexican-American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, and Minnesota Twins. A right-hander who has served as a closer during his career, his main pitch is his slider.

Jennifer Crystal Foley is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Christie Parker in Once and Again and Rachel Taub on House.

Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959) and The Long Goodbye (1973). She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before the film went into production. She was the first woman shortlisted for the Hugo Award. In 2020, she won a Retro Hugo for her novel The Nemesis From Terra, originally published as "Shadow Over Mars".

John Leonard Schwartzman, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer, best known for his work on Jurassic World, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Rock and Seabiscuit, for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.