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*[[Cookie Lavagetto]] – baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web|title=Cookie Lavagetto|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lavagco01.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Cookie Lavagetto]] – baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web|title=Cookie Lavagetto|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lavagco01.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Tony Lema]] – golfer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Lema|url=http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx#player=Tony+LEMA|publisher=theopen.com|accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Tony Lema]] – golfer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Lema |url=http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx#player=Tony+LEMA |publisher=theopen.com |accessdate=19 November 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016164928/http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx |archivedate=16 October 2013 |df= }}</ref> |
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*[[Bill Lester]] – NASCAR driver<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Lester|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Bill_Lester|publisher=racing-reference.info|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Bill Lester]] – NASCAR driver<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Lester|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Bill_Lester|publisher=racing-reference.info|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Damian Lillard]] – basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Damian Lillard|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lillada01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball Reference . Com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Damian Lillard]] – basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Damian Lillard|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lillada01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball Reference . Com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Joe Morgan]] – baseball second baseman and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Morgan|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgajo02.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Joe Morgan]] – baseball second baseman and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Morgan|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgajo02.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Kirk Morrison]] – football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirk Morrison|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MorrKi20.htm|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Kirk Morrison]] – football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirk Morrison|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MorrKi20.htm|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Hank Norberg]] – football player<ref>{{cite web |
*[[Hank Norberg]] – football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/norb00400.html |title=HANK NORBERG |publisher=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=April 22, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422180747/http://www.profootballarchives.com/norb00400.html |archivedate=April 22, 2015 |df= }}</ref> |
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*[[Mike Norris (baseball)|Mike Norris]] – baseball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Norris|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/norrimi01.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Mike Norris (baseball)|Mike Norris]] – baseball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Norris|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/norrimi01.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Gary Payton (basketball)|Gary Payton]] – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Payton|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paytoga01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball Reference . Com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[Gary Payton (basketball)|Gary Payton]] – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Payton|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paytoga01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball Reference . Com|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:55, 22 May 2017
This is a list of people from Oakland, California, people born in Oakland or who lived in Oakland for a significant time.
David Labrava
Artists and designers
- Natalia Anciso – artist and educator
- Steven F. Arnold – filmmaker, photographer, painter, illustrator, set and costume designer, and assemblage artist.
- Garry Knox Bennett – woodworker, metalworker, furniture maker, artist
- Bernice Bing – artist, activist
- Warrington Colescott – artist and educator
- Henry Doane – landscape painter, commercial artist
- Roger C. Field – industrial designer, graduated from California College of the Arts
- Walter J. Mathews – architect, designed the First Unitarian Church of Oakland
- Bernard Maybeck – architect
- Jeremy Mayer-sculptor
- Julia Morgan – architect, raised and buried in Oakland
- Willis O'Brien – animator
- Nathan Oliveira – painter, printmaker, sculptor, professor
- Lisa Quinn – artist, author, designer
- Galen Rowell – photographer
- J. Otto Seibold – artist, illustrator, author
- Morrie Turner - artist, illustrator, author of the Wee Pals comic strip
- Wendy Yoshimura – artist
- Seasick Steve - Blues musician
- Nina Dewi Horstmann - Environmental Anthropologist
Athletes
- Zack Andrews – baseball player[citation needed]
- Pervis Atkins – NFL football player, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, actor, The Longest Yard (1974 film)
- Drew Barry – basketball player[1]
- Jon Barry – basketball player and sportscaster[2]
- Charlie Beamon – baseball pitcher[3]
- Charlie Beamon, Jr. – baseball player[citation needed]
- Davone Bess – football player[4]
- Will Blackwell – football player[5]
- Linc Blakely – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
- Marlin Briscoe – football player[6]
- John Brodie – football player and sportscaster[7]
- Jabari Brown – basketball player
- Don Budge – tennis player[citation needed]
- Chris Burford – football player
- Glenn Burke – baseball player[8]
- Steve Clark, swimmer, won five Olympic gold medals
- Ray Crouse – football player[9]
- Bruce Cunningham – Major League Baseball player, Boston Braves (baseball)
- Antonio Davis – basketball player[10]
- Steve DeBerg – football player[11]
- Bernie DeViveiros – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
- Taylor Douthit – Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
- Forey Duckett – football player[12]
- Dennis Eckersley – baseball player[13]
- Manny Fernandez – football player[14]
- Eric Fernsten – basketball player, NBA, CBA, and Europe[15]
- Curt Flood – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators known for challenging the Reserve clause
- Greg Foster – basketball player[16]
- La Vel Freeman – baseball player[17]
- Len Gabrielson (first baseman) – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
- Len Gabrielson (outfielder) – Major League Baseball player, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Joe Gaines – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros
- Derrick Gardner – football player[18]
- Brad Gilbert – tennis player and coach[19]
- John Gillespie (baseball) – Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
- Drew Gooden – basketball player[20]
- Alexis Gray-Lawson – Professional basketball player, Phoenix Mercury
- Bob Greenwood (baseball) – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies
- Bud Hafey – Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
- Tom Hafey (baseball) – Major League Baseball player, New York Giants (baseball), St. Louis Browns
- Roger Harding – football player[21]
- Rickey Henderson – baseball player[22]
- Jan Henne – swimmer, two-time gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics
- Steve Hosey – baseball player[23]
- Al Hrabosky – baseball pitcher and sportscaster[24]
- Proverb Jacobs – NFL football player, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants
- Brian Johnson – baseball player[25]
- Josh Johnson – Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Maurice Jones-Drew – football player[26]
- Robert Jordan – football player[citation needed]
- Bobby Kemp – football player[27]
- Jason Kidd – basketball player and coach[28]
- MacArthur Lane – football player
- Cookie Lavagetto – baseball player and manager[29]
- Tony Lema – golfer[30]
- Bill Lester – NASCAR driver[31]
- Damian Lillard – basketball player[32]
- Ernie Lombardi – baseball player[33]
- Don Lofgran – professional basketball player
- Terrell Lowery – baseball player[34]
- Lorenzo Lynch – football player[35]
- Marshawn Lynch – football player[36]
- Eddie McGah – baseball player, part-owner of Oakland Raiders[37]
- Bill McKalip – college All-American football player, NFL player, Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions
- Joe Mellana – Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics
- Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell – streetball player, convicted for armed robbery[citation needed]
- Joe Morgan – baseball second baseman and sportscaster[38]
- Kirk Morrison – football player[39]
- Hank Norberg – football player[40]
- Mike Norris – baseball player[41]
- Gary Payton – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland[42]
- Gary Pettis – baseball player and coach[43]
- Paul Pierce – basketball player[44]
- Vada Pinson – baseball player and coach[45]
- Jim Pollard – basketball player[46]
- Leon Powe – basketball player[47]
- Jarrod Pughsley – football player[48]
- John Ralston – football player and coach[49]
- Isiah Rider – basketball player[50]
- Chris Roberson – baseball player[51]
- Frank Robinson – baseball player and manager[52]
- Jimmy Rollins – baseball player[53]
- Bill Russell – basketball player and coach[54]
- Luis Scott-Vargas – Magic: the Gathering player[citation needed]
- Brian Shaw – basketball player and coach[55]
- Paul Silas – basketball player and coach[56]
- Fred Silva – football official[57]
- Marvel Smith – football player[58]
- Dave Stewart – baseball player and executive[59]
- John Sutro – football player[60]
- Ron Theobald – baseball player[61]
- Jim Tobin – baseball player[62]
- Marviel Underwood – football player[63]
- Langston Walker – football player[64]
- Andre Ward – professional boxer
- George Wells – professional wrestler[citation needed]
- Ray Wells – football player[65]
- Bill Werle – baseball player[66]
- Archie Williams – runner[citation needed]
- Dontrelle Willis – baseball player[67]
- Rodney Williams – American football player
Businesspeople and industrialists
- Stephen Bechtel – engineer, president, CEO of Bechtel Corporation, 1933-1960
- Anthony Chabot – entrepreneur, father of hydraulic mining, namesake of Chabot Space & Science Center, Lake Chabot, and Chabot College, buried in Oakland
- Charles Crocker – railroad tycoon, buried in Oakland
- Debbi Fields – entrepreneur, founder of Mrs. Fields cookies
- Domingo Ghirardelli – founder of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company based in San Francisco, buried in Oakland
- Ken Hofmann – former owner of the Oakland Athletics
- Henry J. Kaiser – entrepreneur, businessman, founder of Kaiser Permanente and Kaiser Family Foundation, buried in Oakland
- Mark Mastrov – founder of 24 Hour Fitness, partial owner of the Sacramento Kings
- Jonah Peretti, Founder of BuzzFeed[68]
- Francis Marion Smith (also known as"Borax" Smith) – miner, business magnate
Entertainment
- Mahershala Ali – actor
- Eddie Anderson – actor
- Max Baer, Jr. – actor, film director
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin – filmmaker and musician
- Pamela Blake – actress
- True Boardman – silent film actor
- David Carradine – actor
- Connie Cezon – actress
- Tracie Collins – actress, writer, theatre director and producer
- Buster Crabbe – actor
- T. D. Crittenden – silent film actor
- Robert Culp – actor
- Mark Curry – actor/comedian
- Walter DeLeon – screenwriter
- Rockmond Dunbar – actor, mixed-media artist
- Michael Earl – puppeteer
- Clint Eastwood – actor, Academy Award-winning film producer and director
- Lyndsy Fonseca – actress
- Marcus D. Spencer – actor, film producer, writer and director
- Cary Fukunaga – Emmy Award-winning director
- Sylvia Gerrish – musical comedy and light opera
- Sumner Getchell – actor
- Gerald Gillium – rapper
- Gary Goldman – filmmaker
- Michael A. Goorjian – actor and filmmaker
- R. Henry Grey – silent film actor
- Khamani Griffin – child actor
- Mark Hamill – actor
- Bernie Hamilton – actor, Starsky and Hutch
- Tom Hanks – Academy Award-winning actor, raised in Oakland
- Susan Seaforth Hayes – actor
- Russell Hornsby – actor
- Joseph Jackson – talent manager
- Moshe Kasher – comedian, actor, and author/writer; raised in Oakland
- Kehlani - Singer
- Joe Knowland – newspaper publisher, actor
- Ted Lange – actor
- Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee) – actor, born in Oakland
- Bruce Lee – actor, martial artist
- Nnegest Likké – film director
- Caryl Lincoln – actress
- Dakin Matthews – actor
- Russ Meyer – film director
- Jefferson Moffitt – screenwriter, film director
- Shemar Moore – actor, model
- Mitch Mullany – actor
- Roger Nichols – recording engineer
- Natalie Nunn – model, Host, Actress, Author, Dancer, Author, television personality
- Laura Oakley – silent film actress
- Remy Lacroix – adult actress
- Orunamamu Marybeth Washington-Stofle – storyteller[69]
- Frank Oz – Actor, director, puppeteer for Yoda in Star Wars series
- John Pappas – actor
- Chelsea Peretti – comedian, actress
- Dorothy Revier – silent film actress, dancer
- Cherie Roberts – adult model, photographer
- Bob Smale – pianist on The Lawrence Welk Show, 1969-1982
- Kellita Smith – actress and model
- Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki) – Comedian, actor, Barney Miller
- George Stevens – Academy Award-winning film director
- Cynthia Stevenson – actress
- Ethel Grey Terry – silent film actress
- Colin Trevorrow – film director
- Jo Van Fleet – actress
- Matt Vasgersian – actor, sports broadcaster
- Mills Watson – actor
- Robert Webber – Film & TV actor, 12 Angry Men (1957 film)
- Will Wright – game designer
- Daniel Wu – actor
- Bassem Youssef – satirist
- Zendaya – actress
- Genni Vega – actress and dreamer
Leaders (activists and politicians)
- Richard Aoki – activist[citation needed]
- William P. Baker – politician[70]
- Sonny Barger – founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club[citation needed]
- Henry G. Blasdel – first governor of Nevada; resident of Oakland[71]
- Jerry Brown – politician, former and current governor of California and mayor of Oakland[72]
- Albert E. Carter – politician[73]
- Frank Chu – eccentric street protester[citation needed]
- William Clark, Jr. – diplomat, ambassador[citation needed]
- Angela Davis – activist, former member of the Black Panther Party[citation needed]
- C. L. Dellums – organizer and leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters[citation needed]
- Ron Dellums – politician, former U.S. Congressman and Representative, mayor of Oakland[74]
- Warren B. English – Confederate war veteran, politician, realtor[75]
- Heather Fargo – politician, mayor of Sacramento, California[citation needed]
- Marcus Foster – educator, the first African-American Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District[76]
- Elihu Harris – politician, former mayor of Oakland[citation needed]
- Kamala Harris – politician, the first female African-American attorney general for the state of California, former district attorney for San Francisco[citation needed]
- Fred Korematsu – Japanese-American who fought forced internment, testing the law in Korematsu v. United States[77]
- Joseph R. Knowland – former U.S. Representative and former owner of the Oakland Tribune, cremated in Oakland[78]
- William F. Knowland – former U.S. Senator[79]
- Barbara Lee – U.S. Representative[80]
- Charles Goodall Lee – dentist, civic leader, benefactor of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance[citation needed]
- Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee – activist, first Chinese-American woman voter in the U.S.[citation needed]
- Richard Lee – horticulturist, activist for the legalization of marijuana[citation needed]
- Joseph McKenna – former Congressman, Justice 9th US Circuit, Attorney General and Associate Justice US Supreme Court.[citation needed]
- Edwin Meese III – former United States Attorney General[81]
- Victor H. Metcalf – politician, attorney, banker[82]
- Jessica Mitford – writer, activist, former Communist[83]
- Paul Montauk – Communist politician and two-time candidate for Oakland mayor[citation needed]
- Anca Mosoiu – technology activist[citation needed]
- Nancy Nadel – member of the Oakland City Council[citation needed]
- Huey P. Newton – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party[84]
- Andrew Nisbet, Jr. – member of the Washington House of Representatives and United States Army officer[citation needed]
- Pat Parker – black lesbian poet and activist[85]
- Ed Rosenthal – horticulturist, publisher, activist for the legalization of marijuana[citation needed]
- Byron Rumford – pharmacist
- John A. Russo – Oakland city attorney, former city councilman[86]
- Bobby Seale – activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party[citation needed]
- Hettie B. Tilghman – African-American activist and suffragist[87]
- Robert Treuhaft – activist for labor and leftist causes, attorney, writer[88]
- Charles Stetson Wheeler – attorney, Regent of the University of California[citation needed]
- Earl Warren – Assistant Attorney City of Oakland, District Attorney of Alameda County, Attorney General of California, Governor of California and US Supreme Court Chief Justice[89]
- Lionel J. Wilson – politician, first African-American mayor of Oakland[90]
- Mother Wright – anti-hunger activist[citation needed]
Military
- Bud Anderson – USAF (served 1942-1972) fighter pilot and commander, a triple ace who retired at the rank of colonel
- Burton Christenson, WWII veteran, part of the US Army 101st Airborne Division 506 PIR, made famous by the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, graduate of Castlemont High School
- Jeremiah C. Sullivan – Civil War general in the Union Army and staff member of Ulysses S. Grant, buried in Oakland
- Christopher M. Darnell – U.S. Army Special Forces Medical Sergeant. Wounded in Afghanistan in 2013. Graduated from Skyline High School in 2006.
Musicians, composers and dancers
- Gonzalo Noriega DJ, Producer
- 3XKrazy – male rap group
- Billie Joe Armstrong – musician, lead vocalist and guitarist for the punk rock band Green Day
- Tim Armstrong – musician, lead vocalist of punk rock band Rancid
- Ant Banks – rapper, producer
- Gaylord Birch – musician
- Carla Bley – composer, musician
- Mike Botts – studio musician, drummer for rock band Bread
- Bobby Brackins – rapper, songwriter
- Antonia Brico (born Wilhelmina Wolthius) classical pianist, first woman conductor of New York Philharmonic
- Chris Broderick – musician, lead guitarist for heavy metal band Megadeth
- Peter Buck – musician, guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
- Emilio Castillo – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
- Mike Clark – musician
- Cold Blood – rock, soul, jazz band
- Keyshia Cole – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, born and raised in Oakland
- Jason Cropper – original band member of Weezer
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien – musician
- Daveed Diggs – rapper and actor
- Digital Underground – rap group
- Rose Ann Dimalanta – musician
- Mike Dirnt – musician, bassist for rock band Green Day
- Sue Draheim – fiddler
- Mac Dre – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in Vallejo
- Dru Down – rapper
- Isadora Duncan – dancer
- Sheila E. – drummer, born in Oakland
- E-A-Ski – rapper, record producer
- En Vogue – Grammy Award nominated female R&B singing group, originated from Oakland in 1990
- Pete Escovedo – musician, born in Oakland
- Robb Flynn – musician best known as lead guitarist and vocalist for Machine Head
- Michael Franti – musician
- Fred Frith – improvisational musician, guitarist, composer, professor of music
- Nils Frykdahl – musician, founding member of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh
- David Garibaldi – musician, member of Tower of Power
- G-Eazy – rapper and producer
- Mic Gillette – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
- Goapele – soul and R&B singer
- Larry Graham – musician
- MC Hammer – musician, born in Oakland
- Jeff Hanneman – guitarist for heavy metal band Slayer
- Shawn Harris – musician; former member of The Matches
- Davey Havok – musician, lead singer for AFI
- Edwin & Walter Hawkins – gospel singers
- Hieroglyphics – rap group, originated from Oakland
- Earl Hines – jazz pianist
- John Lee Hooker blues singer
- Paul Jackson – musician
- Henry Kaiser – musician, grandson of Henry J. Kaiser
- Keak da Sneak – musician
- Kehlani – singer
- Kid 606 – musician
- Sharon Knight – Celtic musician, founding member of pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
- Kreayshawn – rapper
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
- LaToya London – singer; born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland
- Pep Love – rapper
- The Lovemakers – pop band
- The Luniz – Grammy Award-nominated rap duo
- MC Lars – rapper; post-punk laptop rap
- Michael Manring – bassist, born in D.C., lives in Oakland
- Jim Martin – musician
- Tony Martin – singer, actor
- Dave Meniketti – rock musician; born and raised in Oakland; lead singer/lead guitarist for Y&T
- Seagram Miller – rapper
- Mistah F.A.B. – rapper
- David Murray – musician
- Numskull – rapper
- Ray Obiedo – musician
- Marty Paich – pianist, composer, arranger, producer, director, conductor
- Harry Partch – composer
- Phesto – rapper, producer
- Matt Pike – guitarist of Sleep and High on Fire
- The Pointer Sisters – Grammy Award-winning R&B singing group
- Pooh-Man – rapper
- Francis Rocco Prestia – musician
- Perri "Pebbles" Reid – singer-songwriter, manager of TLC
- Richie Rich – rapper
- Cynthia Robinson – musician
- Raphael Saadiq – musician
- Arion Salazar – musician in Third Eye Blind
- Pharoah Sanders – musician
- Timothy B. Schmit – rock musician, bassist for the Eagles
- E.C. Scott – blues singer, songwriter and record producer; television host
- Tupac Shakur – rapper, songwriter, poet, actor, activist
- Sharon Shore – ballet dancer, model
- Dave Smallen – musician, lead vocalist of Street to Nowhere
- J. Stalin – rapper, co-founder of Livewire Records
- Shakir Stewart – record producer, Senior Vice President of Island Def Jam Music Group
- Bill Summers – musician
- The Team – rap group
- Too Short – rapper, born in Los Angeles, lived in Oakland from 1980 to 1994
- Tony! Toni! Toné! – R&B singing group
- Freddie Stone – musician
- Rose Stone – musician
- R. Prophet – rapper, former member of Nappy Roots
- San Quinn – rapper, born in Oakland, raised in San Francisco
- Shock G – rapper
- Calvin E. Simmons – symphony orchestra conductor, namesake of Calvin Simmons Theatre, born in San Francisco
- Sly Stone – musician
- Souls of Mischief – rap group
- Steady Mobb'n – rap duo
- Bill Summers – musician
- Tower of Power – band, formed and based in Oakland
- Tre Cool – musician, drummer for rock band Green Day
- Tune-Yards – band; indie, afro-funk
- Weasel Walter – progressive rock and free jazz musician/composer
- Freddie Washington – musician
- Lenny Williams – musician, early member of Tower of Power
- Y&T – rock band, formed in Oakland 1974
- Yukmouth – rapper
- Zendaya – singer and dancer & actress
- Sage the Gemini – rapper, dancer & Producer
Physicians
- Samuel Merritt – practiced in San Francisco, namesake of Merritt College, Merritt Hospital, and Lake Merritt, buried in Oakland
Religious leaders
- David A. Bednar – LDS Apostle, born in Oakland
- David Berg – controversial cult leader, founder of Children of God
- Yusuf Bey – controversial Black Muslim activist, indicted for child rape
- Mose Durst – author, educator, former president of the Unification Church
- Jack Hayford – minister, chancellor, songwriter
- James Ishmael Ford – Zen Buddhist priest and Unitarian Universalist minister
- Ray Frank – female Jewish leader
- Judah Leon Magnes – prominent Reform rabbi
- Carol Anne O'Marie – Roman Catholic nun, mystery fiction writer
- Bebe Patten – evangelist and founder of Patten University
- Clarence Richard Silva – Catholic bishop from Oakland, current Bishop of Honolulu
- Richard B. Stamps – anthropologist, archeologist, president of the Taipei Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Allen Henry Vigneron – Catholic bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland
Scientists and inventors
- Fernando J. Corbató – computer scientist
- Frederick Cottrell – inventor
- Kim Eric Drexler – engineer, molecular nanotechnology theorist
- Frank Epperson – popsicle inventor
- Alexei Filippenko – astrophysicist, professor of astronomy
- Lloyd N. Ferguson – First African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
- Ansel Franklin Hall – first park naturalist for Yosemite National Park, first Chief Forester for the National Park Service
- Richard F. Johnston – ornithologist, academic and author
- Ingemar Henry Lundquist – inventor and mechanical engineer
- Stanley Miller – chemist
Writers and poets
- Daniel Alarcon – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Catherine Asaro – writer
- Chauncey Bailey – journalist assassinated by an agent of Your Black Muslim Bakery
- Delilah L. Beasley – first African-American columnist to be published in a major newspaper
- Charles Borden – American writer, sailed around the globe four times
- Anthony Boucher – writer
- Garrett Caples – poet, writer
- Jon Carroll – columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Frank Chin – writer
- Daniel Clowes – comic book writer, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, currently resides in Oakland
- Robert Duncan – poet
- Sarah Webster Fabio – African-American writer, poet, educator; born in Nashville, lived in Oakland 1955-1979
- Robert Harvey – literary theorist, born in Oakland
- Bruce Henderson – author, born in Oakland
- Sidney Howard – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Daedalus Howell – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Jack London – writer, raised in Oakland, namesake of Jack London Square
- Rod McKuen – poet, composer, singer
- Joaquin Miller – poet, lived in Oakland from 1886–1913
- Jessica Mitford – author
- Jess Mowry – writer
- Frank Norris – author, buried in Oakland
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau – author, speaker, and podcaster
- Ishmael Reed – writer, currently resides in Oakland
- Mary Roach – science writer, currently resides in Oakland
- William Saroyan – dramatist, author, lived in Oakland from 1913-1918
- Jason Shiga – author, cartoonist, puzzle designer
- Jan Steckel – poet, writer, bisexual activist
- Alex Steffen – writer, born in Oakland
- Gertrude Stein – writer
- Robert Louis Stevenson;[91] writer,
- Amy Tan – writer, born in Oakland
- Nellie Wong – poet and activist, born in Oakland
- Shawn Wong – writer, English professor
- Helen Zia – writer, journalist, and activist, currently resides in Oakland
Other
- Felix Mitchell – notorious drug lord and gang leader of the 1970s and early 1980s
- Hans Reiser – computer programmer, owner of Namesys, convicted of murdering his wife
References
- ^ "Drew Barry". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Jon Barry". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Charlie Beamon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Davone Bess". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Will Blackwell". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Marlin Briscoe". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "John Brodie". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Glenn Burke Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Ray Crouse". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Antonio Davis". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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