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

Erik Thomas von Detten is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles in Escape to Witch Mountain, Toy Story, Brink!, Meego, The Princess Diaries, Complete Savages, and So Weird.

Levon "Fred" Agabashian was an American racer of midget cars and Indy cars.

Jascha Akili Washington is an American actor and songwriter.

Robert Charles Edner is an American actor, singer, dancer, and rapper. He was a member of the boy band Varsity Fanclub.

Howard Mason Georgi III is an American theoretical physicist and the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University. He is also Director of Undergraduate Studies in Physics. He was Co-Master and then Faculty Dean of Leverett House with his wife, Ann Blake Georgi, from 1998 to 2018. His early work was in Grand Unification and gauge coupling unification within SU(5) and SO(10) groups.

Peter C. Thibeaux is a retired American professional basketball small forward who played two season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Golden State Warriors. He was drafted by the Warriors in the fourth round from Saint Mary's College of California.

Shawn Harrison is an American actor best known for his role as Waldo Faldo, the dim-witted but lovable chef-in-training on the ABC sitcom Family Matters from 1990 to 1996.

Carl Jefferson was an American jazz record producer, and was the founder of the Concord Records label.

Jeffrey Beecroft is an American production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Dances with Wolves.

Claude Stout Brinegar was the third United States Secretary of Transportation, serving from February 2, 1973, to February 1, 1975. Holding a PhD from Stanford University in economic research, Brinegar had previously been an oil company executive. Brinegar was Secretary of Transportation during the 1973 oil crisis.