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

Gilliam Chynna Phillips is an American singer and actress, and a member of the vocal group Wilson Phillips. She is the daughter of The Mamas & the Papas band members John and Michelle Phillips, and the half-sister of Mackenzie and Bijou Phillips.

Billy Eppler is an American baseball executive. He works for William Morris Endeavor. He was the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2015 to 2020. He previously served as the New York Yankees' director of professional scouting and assistant general manager.

Kehlani Ashley Parrish is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Kehlani is originally from Oakland, California, where she achieved initial fame as a member of the teen group Poplyfe.

Gregory Sestero is an American actor and author best known for his role as Mark in the 2003 cult film The Room, as well as for his memoir The Disaster Artist, about his experiences making The Room, which itself was later adapted into a 2017 film.

William James Adams Jr., better known by his stage name will.i.am, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, television personality and actor. He is the founding and lead member of the musical group Black Eyed Peas.

Justin Matthew Turner is an American professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers. He played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds, and made his major league debut in 2009. With the Dodgers, Turner was an All-Star in 2017, and won the 2017 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award. He won the 2020 World Series with the Dodgers.

Anna May Wong was an American actress, considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio.

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, yielding more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters." Le Guin herself said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".

Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. is an American actor and comedian most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012, and as Coach in the Fox sitcom New Girl. In 2014, he starred in the comedy film Let's Be Cops, and provided the voice of Wasabi in Big Hero 6.

Óscar Gutiérrez, better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is widely regarded as the greatest cruiserweight in pro wrestling history.