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

Virginia Gilmore was an American film, stage, and television actress.

Virginia Lee O'Brien was an American actress, singer, and radio personality known for her comedic singing roles in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals of the 1940s.

Joel Cox is an American film editor. He is best known for collaborating with Clint Eastwood in over 30 films.

David Stephen Koz is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.

Daniel W. Bradley is an important American virologist who, along with Michael Houghton, Qui-Lim Choo and George Kuo at Chiron Corporation, worked to help isolate the Hepatitis C virus in 1989. He graduated from San José State University in 1964 before going on to receive a master's degree in biochemistry from the University of California and a doctorate from the University of Arizona. He worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention starting in 1971. He received the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award of the American Association of Blood Banks in 1992, the Robert Koch Prize in 1993, and the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2013.

Cameron Arthur Clarke is an American voice actor, known for his voice work in animation, video games and commercials. Among his notable roles are Leonardo and Rocksteady in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original Streamline Pictures English dub of Akira, and Liquid Snake in the Metal Gear series. He often serves as a voice double for Matthew Broderick. He currently voices Fancy-Fancy and Hokey Wolf.

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian is an American screenwriter, director, film editor, and producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List (1993) and has also earned Oscar nominations for Awakenings, Gangs of New York, Moneyball and The Irishman. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company. In 2016, he created, wrote and directed the HBO limited series The Night Of.

Scott Joseph McKnight is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Colorado and was drafted by the New York Jets in the 7th round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He has written episodes of television for CSI: Cyber.

Sean Patrick Michael McNamara is an American film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter.