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

Jean Ellen Taylor is an American mathematician who is a professor emerita at Rutgers University and visiting faculty at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University.

Burnett "Burny" Mattinson is an American storyboarder for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Starting work in 1953, Burny has been, and still is part of Disney today. Mattinson was honored as an inductee of the Disney Legends program in 2008. Mattinson is officially the longest serving employee of The Walt Disney Company.

Dennis William Etchison was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. Etchison referred to his own work as "rather dark, depressing, almost pathologically inward fiction about the individual in relation to the world". Stephen King has called Dennis Etchison "one hell of a fiction writer" and he has been called "the most original living horror writer in America".

Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on Dexter (2009), Portia Bellefleur on True Blood (2011), Lily on Parenthood (2012), Tonia Pyne on Murder in the First (2014), Kate Taylor on Revenge (2014), Kelly Kline on Supernatural (2016–2018) and Nora Darhk on Legends of Tomorrow (2017–2020). She also played the lead role in the Lifetime television film Kept Woman (2015).

Donald Leroy Bren is an American businessman who is chairman and owner of the Irvine Company, a US real estate development company. Bren's net worth is $17 billion, making him number 32 on the 2020 Forbes 400 list.

Susan Rasinski McCaw is a businesswoman, former diplomat and philanthropist. She served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Austria (2005-2007) and is currently President of SRM Capital Investments, a private investment firm. Previously, she was President of COM Investments and a Principal at Robertson Stephens & Co., a San Francisco-based investment bank. McCaw also worked as an Associate in Robertson Stephens Venture Capital Group. McCaw started her career as a Business Analyst for McKinsey & Company in New York and Hong Kong.

Jennifer Todd is an American film producer. She has served as President of Film at the Mark Gordon Company and President of Pearl Street Films, the production company of actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. As of June 2018 Todd has had a first look deal with Amblin/Dreamworks for her company Jennifer Todd Pictures.