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

James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello also known by his stage name Dntel, is an American electronic music artist and DJ.

Miguel Aarón López Hernández is an American luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio. His ring name is Spanish for "The Son of the Mystery King". He is the first-born son of the luchador Rey Misterio Sr. He is also the cousin of Rey Mysterio. He mainly works on the independent circuit in the United States, especially in California and in Mexico, especially in Tijuana, Baja California.

Dominic Scott Kay is an American retired actor, singer and entrepreneur. He was born in Los Angeles, California.

Sidney Chapman Wagner was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Cinematography for the films Northwest Passage and Dragon Seed. Wagner died in April 1947, after he felt ill, in Hollywood, California, at the age of 47. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Cyril J. O'Reilly is an American film and television actor, writer and producer.

James Susumu Ishida is a Japanese-American character actor who has had a role in various projects over the course of his over 30 years-long career in films and television.

Carlotta Monti was an American film actress, who was W. C. Fields' companion in his last years.

James E. Thomas is an American screenwriter based in California. With his brother John Thomas, he wrote and/or was substantially involved with the screenplays of several films - including Predator (1987), The Rescue (1988), Predator 2 (1990), Two-Fisted Tales (1992), Executive Decision (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), Mission to Mars (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and the short-lived TV series Hard Time on Planet Earth.

Vito Giusto Scotti was an American character actor who played many roles on Broadway, in films, and later on television, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid 1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances in a career spanning 50 years and for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Born of Italian heritage, he was seen playing everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor, to an Indian travel agent.

Jimmy Hunt is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as David in Invaders from Mars (1953). In the 1986 remake of the same film he plays the police chief.