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

Herbert Ritts Jr. was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape.

Robin Mattson is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the daytime soap operas General Hospital, Santa Barbara, and All My Children.

Margaret Kerry is an American actress and radio host, best known for her work as the model for Tinker Bell in the 1953 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature, Peter Pan.

Joseph Maxwell Kasch is an American actor and musician. He played Zigzag in Holes (2003), T-Dog in Waiting... (2005), and Troy in Shrooms (2007).

Michael Jeffrey Gilden was an American actor. The 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall Gilden had a form of dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles.

Hayes Edward "Big Ed" Sanders was an American heavyweight boxer who won an Olympic gold medal in 1952.

Alecia Hillis is an American actress who has appeared in television and film, and voices a number of characters in video games. She is widely known for her work as Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII series, and Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Stephen Mirrione is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for his editing of the film Traffic (2000).

Alexander Murray Hannum was a professional basketball player and coach. Hannum coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and one American Basketball Association (ABA) team to championships. In 1998 Hannum was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.