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

Kathryn Joan "Kate" Schmidt is an American former world record holder in the javelin throw. A native of California, graduate of Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, and alumnus of UCLA, she won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. She qualified for the 1980 Olympics, but did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She placed fourth at the 1984 Olympic Trials.

Ray Moyer was an American set decorator. He won three Academy Awards and was nominated for nine more in the category Best Art Direction. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and died in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Ellen Trainor was an American character actress best known for her roles as LAPD psychiatrist Dr. Stephanie Woods in the Lethal Weapon films, newscaster Gail Wallens in Die Hard and Ricochet, and working mother Irene Walsh in The Goonies. She also appeared in numerous other well-known films including Romancing the Stone, The Monster Squad, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, and Freaky Friday (2003).

Laraine Newman is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer, who was part of the original cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live and played the main villain Lawanda Dumore in the 1991 film Problem Child 2.

Debi Derryberry is an American voice actress, who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games.

Roxana Zal is an American actress. In 1984, at the age of 14, she became youngest Primetime Emmy Award winner for her title role in the television film Something About Amelia.

Joanne Brackeen is an American jazz pianist and music educator.

Megan Lynne Dodds is a British-American actress. She played Kate in the 2006 series Not Going Out, alongside Lee Mack and Tim Vine, and has appeared in the series Spooks, House, Detroit 1-8-7, and CSI: NY, and the films Ever After, The Contract, and Chatroom. Her stage work includes having played the title role in the stage production My Name is Rachel Corrie (2006), which won the London Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in that year.

Diana Alice Bellamy was an American character actress of stage, film, and television, during the 1980s and mid-2000s, who was often cast in both comedic and dramatic roles to great acclaim. Bellamy is known for her starring role as Head Nurse Maggie Poole in the NBC comedy 13 East, as Principal Cecilia Hall in Popular, and as Mrs. Pananides in Outbreak and Air Force One.