List of Famous people born in Los Angeles, United States of America
Nanette Barragán
Nanette Diaz Barragán is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 44th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Hermosa Beach City councilmember from 2013 to 2015.
Russ T. Alsobrook
Sam Whipple
Sampson E. Whipple was an American actor best remembered for his role as Dr. John Ballard on the TV series Seven Days.
Joe Whyte
Joseph Whyte is an American actor, voice actor, animator and visual effects artist.
Luisa Leschin
Luisa Leschin is an American television producer, actress, and voice-over artist who currently serves as co-executive producer for the Amazon Studios TV series Just Add Magic. She was awarded with Norman Lear Writer's award at the 34th annual Imagen Award's in the year 2019.
John D.olivas
John Daniel "Danny" Olivas is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128. He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min.
Kevin Young
Kevin C. Young is a former American athlete. He was the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the final of this event he set a world record and Olympic record of 46.78 seconds, the first time 47 seconds was broken, and a world record that stood for nearly 29 years until it was broken by Karsten Warholm on July 1, 2021.
Mike Day
Mike Day is a BMX cyclist who has competed professionally since 1994. He won the silver medal in the men's BMX at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Gregory Goodman
Gregory Goodman is an American film producer.
Matt Uelmen
Matt Uelmen is an American video game music composer and sound designer. He is best known for his work in Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, which was recognized with the inaugural Excellence in Audio award by the IGDA in 2001. He also worked as a sound designer for the real-time strategy game StarCraft, and worked on World of Warcraft's expansion The Burning Crusade in 2007. From 2009 until the studio's closure in 2017, Matt Uelmen worked as a member of the Runic Games team, as a composer and sound designer for the Torchlight games.