List of Famous people born in Oxnard, United States of America
Tony Ferguson
Anthony Armand Ferguson Padilla is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. Ferguson has been competing professionally since 2008, and has been with the UFC since he won The Ultimate Fighter 13. In addition to his wrestling background, Ferguson has also trained boxing, jiu-jitsu, muay thai, and wing chun. As of December 24, 2020, he is #5 in the UFC men's lightweight rankings.
Anderson .Paak
Brandon Paak Anderson, known professionally as Anderson .Paak, is an Afro-American and Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Oxnard, California. He released his debut mixtape, O.B.E. Vol. 1 in 2012 and went on to release Venice in 2014. He later followed up with Malibu, in 2016, which received a nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammy Awards, followed by Oxnard, in 2018 and Ventura, in 2019. At the 61st Grammy Awards, Paak won his first Grammy award for Best Rap Performance with the song "Bubblin". He again won a Grammy Award in 2020 for "Best R&B Album" with Ventura and one for Best R&B Performance for "Come Home".
Dan Tullis Jr.
Dan Tullis Jr. is an American actor most notable for his role as Officer Dan on the sitcom Married... with Children. He has also appeared in other shows such as The District, Home Improvement, 227 and Rachel Gunn, R.N.. He is the radio and television spokesman for SelectQuote, a life insurance company. Tullis identifies himself by name at the start of each ad so as to avoid confusion with Dennis Haysbert, the spokesman for Allstate.
Jaime Hernandez
Jaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the alternative comic book Love and Rockets with his brothers Gilbert and Mario.
Robbie Jones
Robert Lee Jones III is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Quentin Fields in One Tree Hill. In 2009, Jones starred in the film Hurricane Season with Forest Whitaker. In 2010, he starred in the series Hellcats, in which he portrayed Lewis Flynn. His most recent film role was in Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor alongside Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Lance Gross.
Rich Moore
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.
Bob Stephenson
Robert J. Stephenson is an American film and television actor, film producer and screenwriter who is probably best known as Sheriff Jimmy Taylor on the CBS TV series Jericho.
William P. Clark
William Patrick Clark Jr. was an American rancher, judge, and public servant who served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 to 1985.
Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Alan Combs is an American character actor known for starring in horror films, such as Re-Animator, and appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek and the DC animated universe television franchises.
Bud Houser
Lemuel Clarence "Bud" Houser was an American field athlete. He won Olympic gold medals in the discus throw in 1924 and 1928 and in the shot put in 1924.