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

Brandon Edwin Cruz is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Eddie Corbett, son of widower Tom Corbett on the television comedy-drama series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Cruz is also a punk rock musician, having sung for such bands as Dr. Know, Dead Kennedys, and Flipper.

Frederick E.O. Toye is an American television director and occasional producer. His directorial work in 2016 includes an episode in the final season of The Good Wife, the 100th episode of Person of Interest, several episodes for BrainDead and the miniseries 11.22.63, and for the HBO series Westworld.

Amerish Babulal "Ami" Bera is an American physician and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 7th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, his district encompasses most of the eastern and southern suburbs of Sacramento, including Elk Grove, Folsom and Rancho Cordova.

Buddy Joe Hooker is a Hollywood actor, second unit director, stunt man and stunt coordinator. He is most famous for his expertise in designing and performing vehicle stunts for movies and television.

Philip Roman is an American animator and the director of all twelve Garfield primetime specials. He is the founder of animation studios Film Roman and Phil Roman Entertainment.

Peter Hill Lurie is an American voice actor, sports anchor and television personality who has worked in several television shows, movies, and dubbed anime, since the mid-1990s. He is well known as the voice of Vulcan Raven in the Metal Gear video game series, Marvel Comics supervillain Sabretooth and Paxton Fettel of F.E.A.R. series. He currently works as an HRTV, TVG Network anchor, and as an in-house host for Hoosier Park, and for Indiana Grand Racetrack as well.

Peter Fitzgerald is an American actor who played a dancer in the 1985 musical film A Chorus Line.

Pejman "Pej" Vahdat is an American actor best known for his role of Arastoo Vaziri in Bones, one of the many interns that work at the fictional Jeffersonian Institute. He started on the show in 2009. Before his acting career he attended San Diego State University, where he was a member of the tennis team. He also played Kash during the first season of the Showtime series Shameless. He is a fan of the Chicago Bulls, San Francisco Giants and San Francisco 49ers. In 2018, he appeared in the Farmers Insurance Group commercial "Parking Splat."

Bryan Spicer is an American film and television director.

Paul J. Smith was an American animator and director.