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

Don Jordan was an American boxer born in Los Angeles, California and was the Welterweight Champion of the World from 1958 to 1960. His nickname was ‘Geronimo’. He was of Mexican and African American descent.

Félix Enríquez Alcalá is an American film and television director.

Anne Elizabeth Ramsay is an American actress best known for her role as Lisa Stemple on Mad About You, for which she shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Ensemble in a Comedy series.

Patrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist.

Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California's 25th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Education Committee.

Nadia Dajani is an American actress. She hosts the baseball comedy web series Caught Off Base with Nadia.

Timothy Stuart Jones is an American composer and musician. Jones has composed scores for film and television.

Joseph Erlanger was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements.