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

Joan Weldon was an American actress and singer in film, television, and theatre.

Joe Rickard is an American drummer, music producer, mixing engineer, and songwriter. He was the drummer for the band Red from 2008 through 2014 and Swedish metal band In Flames from 2016 through 2019. He then began primarily writing, mixing and producing, often working with music producer Howard Benson.

Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito, from a screenplay written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Based on Roald Dahl's 1988 novel of the same name, the film stars Mara Wilson as the title character with DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz and Pam Ferris in supporting roles. The film centers on a young genius girl named Matilda Wormwood, who develops psychokinetic abilities and uses them to deal with her disreputable family and Agatha Trunchbull, the ruthless, oppressive and tyrannical principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School. Produced by DeVito's Jersey Films and released theatrically in the United States on August 2, 1996 by Sony Pictures Releasing through TriStar Pictures label. Critics praised DeVito's direction and faithfulness to the spirit of the source material. The film grossed $33.5 million in the United States on a $36 million budget.

Luana Walters was a motion picture actress from Los Angeles, California.

Luke Brookshier was an American writer, storyboard artist and storyboard director. He is known as a storyboard director and writer for the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program" for writing the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Wigstruck". After SpongeBob, Brookshier went on to work as writer and storyboard artist in the first season of Uncle Grandpa. He studied animation at the California Institute of Arts. He was also a storyboard artist for the animated series Kim Possible and worked on the character layout for King of the Hill. He also had one of his shows turned into a Golden Book: Mr FancyPants!. He storyboarded the Gravity Falls episode, "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel" and the Wabbit episode, "Sun Valley Freeze".

Melinda O. Fee was an American actress who starred in films and on television.

Jerry Shigekazu Tondo is a Japanese American actor and voice actor known for providing the voice of the character "Chien-Po" in the animated film Mulan. Other titles Tondo has contributed to include Gung Ho, The Secret Saturdays and Mulan II.

A. Roland Fields was an American art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another two in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 39 films between 1942 and 1951.

David Berman is an American actor and full-time researcher on the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In the show he plays the role of Assistant Medical Examiner David "Super Dave" Phillips. The role was recurring at first, but, as of the tenth season, Berman has been promoted to a main character, appearing in the show's opening credits.

David McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplays for American History X (1998), Blow (2001) and S.W.A.T. (2003). He is also a film professor at Columbia University and Barnard College.