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

Melissa Anderson is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she worked as Alissa Flash and Raisha Saeed. She is currently performing on the independent circuit for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes, where she is a former two-time Shimmer Champion. In 2013, Anderson was ranked number 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's annual Top 50 Females list.

Russell Garcia, QSM was a composer and arranger who wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast.

Timothy Todd McCord is the current bassist of the American rock band Evanescence. He replaced bassist Will Boyd who left the band in mid-2006. Previously, McCord was best known for playing guitar for the band The Revolution Smile from 2000 to 2004. McCord is also a member of the Japanese music label, Brave Wave Productions. McCord has two children through his wife, Danielle: Maddie and Declan. He also has two stepdaughters, Alyssa and Arianna.

Jermone Gregory Finn, sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer, mix engineer, and musician. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists, such as Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio, Green Day, Morrissey, MxPx, and Rancid. Finn was known for the warm guitar tone present on albums he produced, as well as the "punchy" sound of his mixes. He was instrumental in developing the polished sound of pop-punk in its second wave of popularity between the mid-1990s and early 2000s.

Axel Alonso is an American comic book creator and former journalist, best known as the former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics, a role which he held from January 2011 until November 2017. Alonso began his career as a journalist for New York's Daily News. He later worked as an editor at DC Comics from 1994 to 2000, during which he edited a number of books published under their Vertigo line, such as Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Hellblazer, Preacher and 100 Bullets. In 2000 he went to work for Marvel Comics as a Senior Editor. While there he edited Spider-Man and X-Men-related books before ascending to vice president, Executive Editor in 2010, and Editor-in-Chief in January 2011, replacing Joe Quesada. He has also worked as a writer and inker.

Joshua Keck Harder is an American politician and venture capital investor who has served as the U.S. Representative for California's 10th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated Republican incumbent Jeff Denham in the 2018 election. In 2020, he was reelected by a significantly larger margin than in 2018.

Danny Hassel is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Dan Jordan in the 1988 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and in the 1989 sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.

Kimberly Merle Schrier is an American politician and former physician who is the U.S. Representative from Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.