List of people from Orange County, California
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The following is a list of notable Orange County residents, past and present:
- Avenged Sevenfold, rock band
- Scott Aukerman, comedian/writer
- Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
- Drake Bell, actor
- Gary Carter, MLB player, member of MLB Hall of Fame
- Jimmy Bennett, actor
- Joey Bishop, comedian
- James P. Blaylock, fantasy author
- Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player
- Marlon Brando, film and stage actor
- Jackson Browne, popular musician
- Kobe Bryant, NBA player
- Jeff Buckley, singer/songwriter/musician
- James Cameron, movie director
- Michael Carona, sheriff
- Michael Chang, Professional Tennis Player
- Marc Cherry, Creator and Executive Producer of Desperate Housewives
- Dongfan Chung, stole space technology for the People's Republic of China,[1][2][3]
- Sasha Cohen, figure skater
- Lauren Conrad, TV-personality (The Hills)
- Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman Jim Morrison
- Kevin Costner, actor/director
- Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman
- Dick Dale, musician
- Lindsay Davenport, Professional Tennis Player
- Phil Dent, Retired Professional Tennis Player
- Taylor Dent, Professional Tennis Player
- Philip K. Dick, author and futurist
- Susan Egan, actress/singer
- Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of Secular Coalition for America, former Majority Whip Maine House
- Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar
- Will Ferrell, comedian
- Paul Frank, clothes designer
- Jeremy Gable, playwright
- Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman and media advisor for Al Qaeda as well as first American charged with treason since 1952
- Jim Gilchrist, politician
- Cuba Gooding Jr, actor
- Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of Indore from 1926 to 1961 (lived in Santa Ana from 1938–9). [1]
- Usha Devi Maharani Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, current ruler of Indore since 1961 (grew up in Santa Ana)
- Dexter Holland, musician and singer (The Offspring)
- Diane Keaton, actress
- Jürgen Klinsmann, coach of Germany's national football (soccer) team from 2004 to 2006 and former striker for the German national football team
- Dean Koontz, horror author
- Devinn Lane, porn star
- Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers former manager
- Adam LaRoche, Washington Nationals First Baseman
- Jason Lee, professional skateboarder/actor
- Karl Malone, former basketball player
- Penny Marshall, filmmaker
- Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
- Scott McGehee, filmmaker
- Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer
- Steve Martin, comedian
- Mark McGwire, baseball player
- Ian Mitchell, of the Bay City Rollers
- Mike Ness, a pioneer in O.C. punk music (Social Distortion)
- Nikki Nine, pornographic actress
- Richard Nixon, United States President
- Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist
- Alex Odeh, murdered Arab-American activist
- Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter
- Donny Osmond, singer/actor
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy (stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9)
- Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
- Dennis Rodman, former basketball player
- Jim Rome, Sports Radio Personality
- Gabe Rosales, guitarist, bassist, and rapper
- Keri Russell, actress
- Samoa Joe, multi-time World Heavyweight Professional Wrestling Champion
- Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion.[4]
- Larry Sherry, major league baseball 1959 World Series MVP
- Andrew Sims, Harry Potter site, MuggleNet President and MuggleCast host
- Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt
- Jeffree Star, internet celebrity
- Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer
- Jeff Timmons, of 98 Degrees
- Lisa Tucker, singer
- Toni Turner, author
- Milo Ventimiglia, actor
- Peter Vidmar, gymnast
- John Wayne, actor
- Tiger Woods, pro golfer
- Super Dragon, Professional Wrestler and one of the six owners of the PWG promotion.
[edit] References
- ^ Serrano, Richard A.; Reza, H.G. (February 12, 2008). "Orange County man is accused of being a spy". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-espionage12feb12,0,2611396.story. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ Taxin, Amy (July 16, 2009). "Chinese-Born Engineer Guilty of Economic Espionage". The Associated Press. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/WireStory?id=8100411. Retrieved August 4, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Associated Press, "U.S. court sentences Chinese spy", February 9, 2010.
- ^ "Monte Scheinblum Shines When He's Hitting Off the Tee", Bucky Albers, Dayton Daily News, May 19, 1993, Retrieved December 23, 2010
