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

Eric Etebari is an American actor, model and musician. He appeared in Witchblade, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Lincoln Lawyer. He is also known for his portrayal of Dallas in the video game PAYDAY 2.

Michael Andrews, also known as Elgin Park, is an American multi-instrumental musician, producer, and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with Gary Jules for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, and which became the 2003 UK Christmas number one. He is a founding member of the San Diego genre-defying band The Greyboy Allstars, where he goes by the moniker Elgin Park.

Frank Elmore Ross was an American astronomer and physicist. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Altadena, California. In 1901 he received his doctorate from the University of California. In 1905 he became director of the International Latitude Observatory station at Gaithersburg, Maryland. In 1915 he became a physicist for Eastman Kodak Company at Rochester, New York. He accepted a position at the Yerkes Observatory in 1924 and worked there until his retirement in 1939.

Veda Hlubinka-Cook is a co-founder of Metaweb. She was a video game programmer at Broderbund in the 1980s. She designed and wrote the games Gumball and D/Generation; was the model for one of the characters in Jordan Mechner's game Prince of Persia; and was technical director for The Last Express. She came out as transgender in 2017.

Matthew Landy Steen is a former member of Weather Underground Organization, Students for a Democratic Society and Yippies. In 1972 he was indicted on federal conspiracy and bank robbery charges to finance radical leftist Weatherman activities, sentenced to a ten-year federal prison term.

Fay Okell Bainter was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michael Eldon Burgess is an American actor known for his sinister television portrayal of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer.

Donovan Scott is an American character actor best known for his role as cadet Leslie Barbara in the 1984 film Police Academy, in which he was part of an ensemble cast led by Steve Guttenberg.

Michael Anthony Magnante is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed relief pitcher for four teams.