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

Anthony Robert Gose is an American professional baseball pitcher and outfielder for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He changed positions, from center fielder to pitcher, following the 2016 season. He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Detroit Tigers.

Şebnem Nehazat Kimyacıoğlu is a Turkish-American player in the Turkish Women's Basketball Team. She is an alumnus from Pinewood High School in California and graduated from Stanford before returning to Turkey. Şebnem's sister, Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, is also a star basketball player still attending college at Santa Clara University.

Ian Hideo Levy is an American-born Japanese language author. Levy was born in California and educated in Taiwan, the US, and Japan. He is one of the first Americans to write modern literature in Japanese, and his work has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize and the Yomiuri Prize, among other literary prizes.

Rich Moore is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor. In addition to directing the films Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and co-directing Zootopia (2016) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) for Walt Disney Animation Studios, he has worked on the animated television series The Simpsons, The Critic and Futurama. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a three-time Annie Award winner and an Academy Award winner.

Francisco Rivera Jr. is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in XMMA. A professional since 2008, he has also competed for the WEC and Tachi Palace Fights. Rivera is known for his heavy hands and wild fighting style.

Scott Michael McClain is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who is a scout in Nippon Professional Baseball.

William David Gould is an American musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist of Faith No More.

John Speraw is an American volleyball coach. He is the head coach of the U.S.A. men's volleyball team and the head coach for the UCLA men’s volleyball team. He was the former coach of UC Irvine volleyball program, where he led the team to three national titles in six years. Speraw graduated from UCLA in 1995 with a B.S. degree in micro-biology and molecular genetics.

Charles Roven is an American film producer and the president and co-founder of Atlas Entertainment. He is known for producing the superhero films The Dark Knight Trilogy, Suicide Squad, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and more.

Mitchell David Lively is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Bravos de León of the Mexican League. He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).