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

Kenneth Street Jr. was an American chemist. He was part of the team that discovered elements 97 and 98 in 1949 and 1950.

Amy Skylark Foster is a Canadian songwriter and author. She is the daughter of record producer and songwriter David Foster and Bonnie Jean Cook.

Nicholas B. Suntzeff is an American University Distinguished Professor and holds the Mitchell/Heep/Munnerlyn Chair of Observational Astronomy in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M University where he is Director of the Astronomy Program. He is an observational astronomer specializing in cosmology, supernovae, stellar populations, and astronomical instrumentation. With Brian Schmidt he founded the High-z Supernova Search Team, which was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 to Schmidt and Adam Riess.

Edwin Mattison McMillan was an American physicist and Nobel laureate credited with being the first-ever to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg in 1951.

Jennifer Jenkins DeLonge is an American entrepreneur, product and interior designer based in Southern California. She was married to former Blink-182 band member Tom DeLonge.

Anthony A. "Tony" Strickland is a former California State Senator who represented the 19th District from 2008-2012. Strickland is a member of the Republican Party and a former Assemblyman, representing the 37th District from 1998 to 2004. He is currently the President and CEO of Strong America, an advocacy group and PAC.

Mary Carvellas, better known as Mary Carver, was an American actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. She may be best known for her role as matriarch Cecilia Simon on the series Simon & Simon. She appeared in 153 episodes of Simon & Simon from 1981 to 1989 over eight seasons.

Shelby Ann Narito Rabara is an American actress and dancer who has appeared in a number of films, television series and commercials as both an actress and a dancer. Rabara is known for providing the voice of Peridot on the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future.

Eric Anderson is an American actor and singer. On Broadway, he has originated roles in Waitress, Kinky Boots, The Last Ship, Rocky, and Soul Doctor, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He portrayed Mr. O’Malley in The Greatest Showman (2017).