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

Charles Richard Shyer is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Shyer's films are predominantly comedies, often with a romantic-comedy overtone. His films include Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), and Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent Trap (1998), The Affair of the Necklace (2001), Alfie (2004), and Ieri, Oggi Domani (2012).

Leland Harrison (Lee) Hartwell is former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt, for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells.

John Robert Stillman billed professionally as Jack Wrangler was an American gay and straight pornographic film actor, theatrical producer, and director and writer. Open about his homosexuality and adult film work throughout his career, Wrangler was considered an icon of the gay-liberation movement.

Bernard M. Oliver, also known as Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers. He was the founder and director of Hewlett Packard (HP) laboratories until his retirement in 1981. He is also a recognized pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Oliver was president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1965. In 1986, Oliver was a National Medal of Science recipient for Engineering Science and on February 11, 2004 it was announced that Oliver had been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Tawny Moyer, born March 30, 1957 to Neil and Harlene Moyer, is an American actress who starred in film and television. She is likely best known for her role as Jill Franco, the nurse in the 1981 horror film Halloween II. Her first feature role was in the 1978 film California Suite. She is married to actor Patrick St. Esprit.

Chase Louis De Jong is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. De Jong was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2017. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros. He throws a fastball, cut fastball, slider, curve, and change-up.

Ted Berman was an American film director, animator, and screenwriter, known for his work with Disney, including Bambi, Fantasia, and The Black Cauldron.

Ted Griffin is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous, Matchstick Men, and Ocean's Eleven.

Craig Barron is an American visual effects artist, currently Creative Director at Magnopus, a Los Angeles media company that produces augmented and virtual-reality experiences.

Thomas Everett "Thom" Eberhardt is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Eberhardt has won two awards and two nominations. He is most noted for his work on Captain Ron, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and the cult classic Night of the Comet.