List of people from Los Angeles

The following is a list of notable people who were born in, or are residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Los Angeles, California. Those born in Los Angeles have their names printed in bold. Note that Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos.

A

Ben Affleck

• Willie Aames ; actor
• Paula Abdul – singer, choreographer
• Ben Affleck – actor
• Amy Adams – actress
• Gary Alexander – major league baseball player
• Francia Almendárez – actress
• Herb Alpert – musician, composer
• Garret Anderson – professional baseball player for the Atlanta Braves
• Cheerleader Melissa – professional wrestler
• Tiffanie Anderson – singer from Girlicious
• Mike Andrews (born 1943) – major league baseball player
• Angelyne – "celebrity"
• Jennifer Aniston – actress
• Eric Appel – writer
• Christina Applegate – actress
• Anne Archer – actress
• Desi Arnaz Jr. – actor, musician
• Lucie Arnaz – actress
• Nnamdi Asomugha – professional American football player for the Oakland Raiders
• Mackenzie Astin – actor
• Sean Astin – actor

B

• Fay Bainter – actress
• Diane Baker – actress
• Tyra Banks – fashion model
• Carol Barbee – television producer, television writer
• Andrea Barber – actress
• Drew Barrymore – actress
• John Drew Barrymore – actor
• Eddie Barth – actor and voiceover artist
• Earl Battey, (1935–2003) – major league baseball player
• Michael Bay – director
• Beck – singer
• Ed Begley, Jr. – actor
• Leo Beiethaupt – auto racer
• Catherine Bell - actress
• John Beradino (1917–1996), – major league baseball player and actor
• Justin Berfield – actor
• Busby Berkeley – choreographer, director
• Candice Bergen – actress
• Corbin Bernsen – actor
• Barbara Billingsley – actress
• Thora Birch – actress
• Francesca Lia Block – author
• David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player
• Blues Boy Willie – blues singer and musician
• Chastity Bono – gay rights activist
• Richard Boone – actor
• Kate Bosworth – actress
• Leigh Brackett – writer
• Milton Bradley – professional baseball player
• Nicholas Brendon – actor
• Eileen Brennan – actress
• Derek Brewer, Brewer twins – actor and model
• Keith Brewer, Brewer twins – actor and model
• Beau Bridges – actor
• Jeff Bridges – actor
• James Brolin – actor
• Josh Brolin – actor
• Alton Brown – chef, television host
• Julie Brown – actress
• Chris Brown- Singer
• Charles Bukowski – author
• Jake Busey – actor
• Charles Band – director, producer
• Alex Band – singer, musician

C

• Scott Caan – actor
• John Cage – composer
• Rory Calhoun – actor
• Stephen J. Cannell – director, writer, producer
• Barry Carl – a cappella bass singer, voice actor
• Belinda Carlisle – singer
• Adam Carolla – comedian, actor, entertainer
• David Carradine – actor
• Keith Carradine – actor
• Robert Carradine – actor
• Brian Carrillo – writer, marketing agent, martial artist
• Leo Carrillo – actor
• Katie Cassidy – actress
• Patrick Cassidy – actor
• Shaun Cassidy – singer, actor, producer
• Lacey Chabert – actress
• Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, Dr. – Professor, writer, ethnographer, & Literary critic
• Richard Chamberlain – actor
• Marge Champion – actress, dancer
• Charles Chaplin Jr. – actor
• Sydney Chaplin – actor
• Jack Chick – evangelist
• Warren Christopher – diplomat
• Liz Claman – CNBC anchor
• Greg Clark – NFL player

Sasha Cohen

• Sasha Cohen – figure skater
• Mindy Cohn – actress
• Natalie Cole – singer
• Keo Coleman – NFL player
• Wanda Coleman– poet and writer
• Holly Marie Combs – actress
• Ry Cooder – musician, composer
• Jackie Coogan – actor
• Coolio – rap artist
• Jackie Cooper – actor
• Kevin Corcoran – actor, director, producer
• Noreen Corcoran – former actress and dancer
• Kevin Costner – actor
• Pat Corrales (born 1941) – major league baseball
• Miranda Cosgrove actress, singer
• Al Cowens (born 1951) – Major league baseball player
• Nikki Cox – actress
• Johnny Crawford – actor
• Richard Crenna – actor, director
• James Cromwell – director
• David Crosby – musician
• Gary Crosby – actor
• Andraé Crouch – musician
• Ice Cube – musician, composer, actor
• Jamie Lee Curtis – actress
• Miley Cyrus – singer/actress
• Billy Ray Cyrus – singer/actor
• Chyna Professional Wrestler, Model, Actress, Author

D

• Elizabeth Daily – actress
• Harry Danning – major league baseball player
• Kim Darby – actress
• Ben Davidson – American football player
• Baron Davis – basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Eric Davis – professional baseball player
• Jeff Davis - Actor, comedian, singer
• Julienne Davis – actress/singer/model
• Roxann Dawson – actress
• Frances Dee – actress
• Gloria DeHaven – actress
• Milton DeLugg – composer, band leader
• John Densmore – musician
• John Derek – actor
• Laura Dern – actress
• Emily Deschanel – actress
• Zooey Deschanel – actress and singer
• Leonardo DiCaprio – actor
• Roy Edward Disney – producer
• Bobby Doerr (born 1918) – major league baseball player
• Nate Dogg – rap artist
• Snoop Dogg – rap artist
• Micky Dolenz – actor, musician
• Eric Dolphy – musician
• Tony Dow – actor
• Morton Downey Jr. – talk show host
• Daryl Dragon – musician
• Dr. Dre – musician, composer
• Brian Downing (born 1950) – major league baseball player
• Elonka Dunin – cryptographer, video game developer
• Clea DuVall – actress

E

• Larry Elder – radio personality
• Jenna Elfman – actress
• John C. Elliott – 39th Governor of American Samoa
• Bret Easton Ellis – novelist
• Dock Ellis (born 1945) – major league baseball player
• James Ellroy – author
• Eazy-E – rapper
• Shawn Estrada – 2008 Olympic Boxer
• Linda Evans – actress
• Roger Ewing – former actor on Gunsmoke

F

Jordan Farmar

• Jordan Farmar – basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
• Mia Farrow – actress
• David Faustino – actor
• Carrie Fisher – actress, writer, producer
• Rhonda Fleming – actress
• Sean Flynn – journalist
• Sean Flynn (actor) – actor
• Kirk Fogg – actor, singer and television personality
• Bridget Fonda – actress
• Harrison Ford – actor
• Mary Alice Ford – politician
• Jodie Foster – actress, film director, producer
• Allen Fox – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach
• Megan Fox – model, actress
• Sherwood Fries – American football player for the Green Bay Packers
• Stan Freberg – voice actor
• Amber Frey – former girlfriend of Scott Peterson, massage therapist, author
• Brendan Fraser– actor

G

• Harry Gamboa, Jr. – artist
• John Gavin – actor
• Mark Geragos – criminal defense attorney
• Balthazar Getty – actor
• Melissa Gilbert – actress, director, labor union president
• Glasses Malone – rapper
• Sharon Gless – actress
• Joe Gold – Founder of Gold's Gym
• Tony Goldwyn – actor
• David Gomez – news anchor
• Pancho Gonzales – tennis star
• Dexter Gordon – composer
• Joe Gordon – professional baseball player
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor
• Alejandro Guerra – guitar player
• Paul Gray – bassist of Slipknot
• Gloria Grahame – actress
• Sandi Griffiths – singer
• Josh Groban – singer
• Tony Gwynn – professional baseball player
• Jake Gyllenhaal – actor
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress
• Genie, feral child
• The Game rapper and actor

H

• James Hahn – former mayor of Los Angeles
• Randa Haines – director, producer
• H. R. Haldeman – Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff
• Alan Hale Jr. – actor
• Jack Haley Jr. – actor, director, writer, producer
• Sherif Hanna– Businessman
• Mariska Hargitay – actress
• Ray Harryhausen – special effects director
• Barbara Hershey – actress
• James Hetfield – musician
• Paris Hilton –
• Jerome Hines – actor
• Dustin Hoffman – actor
• Gaby Hoffmann – actress
• Hollywood Undead – band
• Tim Holt – actor
• James Horner – composer
• Robert Horton – actor
• Richard Steven Horvitz– voice actor
• C. Thomas Howell – actor
• Kate Hudson – actress
• D.L. Hughley – actor, comedian
• William Hung (American Idol)
• Tiffany Hwang – singer, dancer, TV host, Model

I

• Amanda Ireton – Comedian
• Lance Ito – judge (most famous in the O.J. Simpson Trial)
• Joe Inoue – Singer
• Grant Imahara– MythBusters

J

• Melvin Jackson – American football player
• Etta James – singer
• Michael Jackson – singer, artist, entertainer
• Keyshawn Johnson – American football player
• Angelina Jolie – actress
• Florence Griffith Joyner – track and field runner
• Tommy Lee Jones – actor
• Jerry Jones – American football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
• Marion Jones – athlete, winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Florence Griffith Joyner – athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist
• Kevin Jonas – Singer
• Joe Jonas – Singer
• Nick Jonas – Singer

K

Gabe Kapler

• Daryn Kagan – CNN anchor
• Ryan Kalish - baseball player
• Diop Kamau – civil rights activist
• Gabe Kapler – baseball player
• Kim Kardashian– socialite, model, actress, and businessperson
• Chris Kattan – actor, comedian
• Julie Kavner – actress, voice actor
• Diane Keaton – actress
• Michael Keaton – actor
• Jack Kemp – American football player, politician
• Val Kilmer – actor
• Holly King – actress
• Jack Kirby – American football player
• Suge Knight – record producer
• Wayne Knight – actor
• Ty Knott – American football coach
• Dave Koz – composer, musician
• Robby Krieger – musician
• Lisa Kudrow – actress
• Henry Kuttner – writer
• Kerry King – guitarist of Slayer

L

• Shia LaBeouf – actor
• Matthew Laborteaux – actor
• Patrick Labyorteaux – actor
• Carlos Lacamara – actor, playwright
• Alan Ladd, Jr. – director, producer
• Juliet Landau – actress
• Christopher B. Landon – screenwriter
• Gaylord Larsen – mystery writer
• Vincent Larusso- actor
• Barry Latman – baseball player
• Michele Lee – actress
• Jason Scott Lee – actor
• Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress
• Chris Lemmon – actor
• Shannon Leto – musician and socialite
• Juliette Lewis – actress
• Allan Linder – visual artist
• Roger Linn – inventor of the digital drum machine
• Tone Loc – musician
• Heather Locklear – actress
• Julie London – singer and actress
• Lauren London actress
• Demi Lovatosinger and actress
• Jon Lovitz – actor
• Charles Herbert Lowe – biologist
• Steve Lukather – musician

M

• James MacArthur – actor
• Roger Mahony – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles
• Daron Malakian – musician
• Wendie Malick – actress
• Cheech Marin – comedian, musician, actor
• Scott Marlowe – actor
• Biddy Mason – pioneer African-American businesswoman
• Leo McCarey – actor, composer, director, writer, producer
• Leigh McCloskey - actor, artist
• Kent McCord – actor
• Maureen McCormick – actress
• Ron McGovney – former bassist of Metallica
• Rose McGowan – actress
• Carey McWilliams – writer, editor
• Kristy McNichol – actress
• Katharine McPhee – singer
• Wendy Melvoin – musician
• Lee Meriwether – actress, Miss America
• Miguel, American recording artist
• Alyssa Milano – actress
• Michael Milken – financier & philanthropist
• Edward K. Milkis (July 16, 1931 – December 14, 1996) – television producer, film editor
• Penelope Ann Miller – actress
• Yvette Mimieux – actress
• Liza Minnelli – actress, singer
• Andrew Mishkin – commander of the Mars rover
• Christopher Mitchum – actor, writer, director
• Ron Mix – American football player
• Mike Moffitt – American football player
• Dick Moje – American football player
• Marilyn Monroe – actress
• Warren Moon – American football player
• Chris Masters – Professional wrestler
• Ivory – Professional wrestler
• Irving J. Moore – Television director
• Terry Moore – actress
• John Morrison – professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment
• William R. Moses – actor
• Walter Mosley – novelist
• Megan Mullally – actress
• Bill Mumy – singer and actor
• Keith Munyan – photographer
• Michael Murphy – actor
• Don Murray – actor
• Eddie Murray – professional baseball player
• Murs – noted rapper
• Thom Mayne – noted architect

N

• Jordan Nagai – child actor
• Laraine Newman – actress
• Randy Newman – composer, musician
• Thomas Newman – composer
• Julie Newmar – actress
• Larry Niven – science fiction writer
• Isamu Noguchi - artist
• Jeanette Nolan – actress
• Sheree North – actress
• Christian Nyby – producer, film editor, director

O

• Rockne S. O'Bannon – director, writer, producer
• John O'Brien – football player
• Ryan O'Neal – actor
• Tatum O'Neal – actress
• Bob Ojeda – baseball player
• Masi Oka – actor on NBC's Heroes
• Edward James Olmos – actor, writer, producer, director
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses
• Haley Joel Osment – actor
• Emily Osment – actress

P

• Bill Paxton – actor
• David Paich – musician
• Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
• Robert Pattinson – actor and musician
• Terry Pendleton – professional baseball player
• People Under the Stairs– Underground Hip-Hop Group
• Melina Perez– professional wrestler
• Chynna Phillips – singer
• Paul Pierce professional Basketball player of the Boston Celtics
• Quinn Porter – professional football player
• Mike Post – composer
• Tyrone Power, Jr. – actor
• Stefanie Powers – actress
• Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor
• Rain Pryor – actress
• Tayshaun Prince– NBA Detroit Pistons
• Bill Pullman – actor
• Madison Pettis - Courtney Threadwell -

R

• Greg Randall – professional TV chef
• Dennis Rasmussen – professional baseball player
• Ron Reagan – television host, ballet dancer
• Ronald Reagan – actor and President of the United States
• Cornelius Redick – NFL player
• Harold Rhodes – inventor of the Rhodes piano
• Giovanni Ribisi – actor
• Sally Ride – astronaut
• Herb Ritts – director
• Mickey Rooney – actor
• Gary Ross – film director
• Katharine Ross – actress
• John Rubinstein – actor
• Charles Ruggles – actor
• Patrice Rushen – singer, musician
• Gary Ryerson - baseball player
• Amber Riley- actress

S

• Katey Sagal – actress
• Susan Saint James – actress
• Jim Salsbury – professional football player
• Jay Sandrich – director, producer
• Dick Sargent – actor
• William Schallert – actor
• Emily Schulman – actress
• Geoff Schwartz – NFL football player
• Jason Schwartzman – actor, musician
• Melody Thomas Scott – actress
• Tupac Shakur – rapper
• Harry Shearer – actor, comedian, musician, composer
• Brad Sherman – congressman
• Larry Sherry – major league baseball 1959 World Series MVP
• Mike Shinoda – musician
• Joel Siegel – film critic
• James Sikking – actor
• Jonathan Silverman – actor
• John Singleton – director, writer, producer
• Slash – Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist
• Leonard Slatkin – conductor
• Erika Slezak – actress
• Shaffer Smith – singer
• Duke Snider – professional baseball player
• Ron Spears – professional football player
• Tori Spelling – actress
• Robert Stack – actor
• Adlai Stevenson – politician
• Kristen Stewart – actress
• Michelle Stith – President, Church of Scientology in Los Angeles
• Jill St. John – actress
• Dean Stockwell – actor
• Madeleine Stowe – actress
• Darryl Strawberry – professional baseball player
• Jeff Stryker – pornographic film actor
• Cree Summer – actress
• Adam Summerfield – Musician, Author, Attorney
• Dale Swann – character actor
• Alli Simpson - Actress, Model, Dancer. Originally from Australia
• Cody Simpson - Singer, Composer Originally from Australia Sibling = Alli Simpson

T

• Miiko Taka –, actress
• George Takei – actor
• Russ Tamblyn – actor, dancer
• Buck Taylor – actor
• Elizabeth Taylor – actress (UK-born but grew up in Los Angeles)
• Shirley Temple – actress
• Tere Tereba – Fashion designer, writer, actress
• Robin Thicke – singer
• Lavale Thomas – NFL player
• Kevin Tighe – actor
• Jennifer Tilly – actress
• Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor
• Dean Torrence – musician
• Daniel Tosh – comedian
• Robert Totten – Gunsmoke television director
• Robert Towne – director, writer, producer
• Larry Tripplett – American football player
• Lisa Tucker – Singer
• Tyga – rapper

V

• Ritchie Valens – musician, composer
• Leslie Van Houten – Charles Manson acolyte
• Gwen Verdon – actress, dancer
• Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris – World War II flying ace and founder of the United States Navy Blue Angels
• Victoria – professional wrestler

W

• Andrew W.K. – musician, composer
• Robert Wagner – actor
• Lindsay Wagner – actress
• Tyler Walker – NASCAR driver
• Burt Ward – actor
• Rick Ware – NASCAR driver
• Earl Warren – Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States
• Doodles Weaver – comedian
• Jack Webb – actor, producer
• Michael Welch – actor
• Ming-Na Wen – actress
• Sylvester Weaver – television executive
• Jeff Weaver – baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Edward Weston – photographer
• Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitarist of The Go-Go's, actress
• Anson Williams – actor
• Anthony A. Williams – mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Cindy Williams – actress
• Esther Williams – actress, swimmer
• Rita Wilson – actress
• Paul Winfield – actor
• Ilene Woods – actress
• Anna May Wong – actress
• Dorell Wright – NBA Small forward for the Golden State Warriors
• Noah Wyle – actor
• Meg White – musician

Y

• Ace Young – singer
• Elliott Yamin – singer

Z

• Richard D. Zanuck – film producer
• Ahmet Zappa – musician
• Dweezil Zappa – musician
• Lance Zeno – NFL player
• Rob Zombie-musician and film producer