List of people from Long Beach, California
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The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.
Partial list of notable people from or near Long Beach
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- Russell Allen: vocalist for the progressive metal band Symphony X
- Chris Andersen: NBA player
- D. James Baker: scientist
- James Robert Baker: author
- Brice Beckham: actor, ABC's Mr. Belvedere
- James Blaylock: fantasy and science-fiction author
- Barbara Britton: actress
- Bobby Burgess: dancer, The Lawrence Welk Show, one of the original Mouseketeers
- Jeff Burroughs: MLB player, 1974 American League MVP and coach of Little League World Series champions
- Nicolas Cage: Oscar-winning actor
- Eva LaRue Callahan: actress, ABC's All My Children, CBS' CSI: Miami
- Jeff Carlson: former NFL quarterback[1]
- Patrick Cantlay: Professional Golfer[2]
- Antoine Cason: NFL player
- Lana Clarkson: actress, homicide victim in case involving Phil Spector
- Robert Colbert: actor, ABC's The Time Tunnel
- Milton William Cooper: author, radio broadcaster
- Don Coscarelli: film director
- Crooked I: hip-hop artist
- Percy Daggs III: actor, UPN's Veronica Mars
- William E. Dannemeyer: Orange County politician
- Dick Davis: MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Pittsburgh Pirates
- Shane Dawson: internet celebrity
- Zach de la Rocha: lead singer of Rage Against the Machine, 1991–2000, 2007–present
- Bo Derek: actress
- Cameron Diaz: actress
- Daz Dillinger: hip-hop artist
- Fannie Charles Dillon: composer
- Nate Dogg: hip-hop artist
- Snoop Dogg: hip-hop artist
- John Dykstra: 1978 Academy Award winner in Visual Effects (for Star Wars)
- Emerson Etem: NHL player
- Kathy Garver: actress, Family Affair
- Floyd "Bud" Gaugh: drummer for bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Eyes Adrift
- Earl C. Gay, Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–1945
- O.T. Genasis, hip-hop artist
- Frances Gifford: actress
- Bob Goen: television personality, game show host, TV anchor and reporter for Entertainment Tonight
- Gary Graham: actor, Alien Nation
- Jack Grisham: founder and vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty)
- Samuel Grodin:award-winning American Pianist who attended Polytechnic High School and Bob Cole Conservatory
- Tony Gwynn: baseball Hall of Famer, raised in Long Beach
- Tony Gwynn, Jr.: MLB player
- Dave Hansen: MLB player
- Matthew Harper, California State Assemblyman, 74th District, and the 59th Mayor of Huntington Beach (2013-2014)
- Aaron Hicks: MLB Player for the Minnesota Twins
- Walter Hill, director
- Ronnie Hillman: NFL player
- Tyler Houston: MLB player
- Todd Husak: NFL player[3]
- DeSean Jackson: NFL player
- Spike Jones: bandleader and comedian
- Winston Justice: NFL player
- Sally Kellerman: actress
- Terry Kennedy: pro skateboarder
- Billie Jean King: tennis Hall of Famer
- Vania King: tennis player
- Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
- William Joseph Levada: Pro-Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Catholic Church
- Cliff Lett: radio-controlled racer and president of Associated Electrics[4]
- Lil ½ Dead: hip-hop artist
- Andrea Lowell: model
- Dan Lungren: Republican politician
- Craig MacIntosh: artist of syndicated comic strip Sally Forth
- Jim Matheny: gridiron football player
- Jennette McCurdy: child actress and singer
- James McDonald: MLB pitcher
- Willie McGinest: NFL player
- John Merrick: professional golfer[5]
- Matt Nieto: NHL Player for the San Jose Sharks
- Bradley Nowell: founder and vocalist of the band Sublime
- Frank Ocean: R&B artist and rapper
- Arthur Okamura: artist and screen printer associated with the San Francisco Renaissance movement
- Luana Patten: actress
- Michelle Phillips: singer and actress, The Mamas and the Papas
- Sheldon Rampton: editor of PR Watch
- Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Banda music artist
- Tim Salmon: Major League Baseball player, 1993 Rookie of the Year
- Brian Scalabrine: NBA player
- Kate Schmidt: track-and-field world record holder and Olympian
- Jim Slaton: MLB player
- Don Slaught: MLB catcher
- Sarah Bixby Smith: writer
- Vince Staples: hip-hop artist
- Billy Strange: musician, The Wrecking Crew
- Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
- Chuck Terry: NBA player
- Tiffani-Amber Thiessen: actress
- George Timberlake: NFL player
- Justin Turner: MLB player
- Twinz: hip-hop artists
- Julieta Venegas: Mexican pop singer[6]
- Donovan Warren: NFL player
- Warren G: hip-hop artist
- Matt Welch: journalist
- Ron Welty: musician, ex-drummer with The Offspring
- Sandy West: musician, drummer The Runaways
- Russell Westbrook:[7] NBA player
- Eric Wilson: bassist of the bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Long Beach Shortbus
- Adrian Young: drummer of band No Doubt
- Anthony Zerbe: actor
- Jae Park: Singer based in Korea, member of Kpop band DAY6, under JYPEntertainment
Partial list of notable residents of Long Beach
- Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry
- Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
- The Dove_Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group
- Fatty Arbuckle: actor
- Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Bad Azz: hip hop artist
- Theda Bara: actress
- Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group
- Milton Bradley: baseball player
- Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist[8]
- Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)
- Dan Castellaneta: actor and voice actor
- Mary Castle: actress
- George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
- Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist (wife of Norman Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
- Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
- Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
- Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
- William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
- Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
- Tray Deee: rapper from the Eastsidaz
- Goldie Loc: rapper from the Eastsidaz
- George Deukmejian: Governor of California, 1983–1991
- Cameron Diaz: actress
- Don Dixon: astronomical artist
- Domino: rapper
- Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
- Walt Faulkner: race car driver
- Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
- Bobby Grich: baseball player
- Chris Gwynn: baseball player
- Tony Gwynn: baseball player
- Donna Hilbert: poet
- James Hilton: author, wrote the 1937 novel Lost Horizon
- John Lee Hooker: blues singer
- Marilyn Horne: opera singer
- Thelma Houston: R&B singer
- Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian
- Robert Irwin: artist
- Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage
- Paula Jones
- DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor
- Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
- Doug Krikorian: sportswriter, author of Between the Bylines: The Life, Love and Loss of Los Angeles's Most Colorful Sports Journalist
- Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
- Bob Lemon: baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
- Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
- Ed Lytle: baseball player
- Joe Maddon: Major League Baseball manager
- Bill Maher: actor, comedian, talk show host
- Camryn Manheim: actress
- McKayla Maroney: artistic gymnast
- Misty May-Treanor: professional beach volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist
- James McDonald: baseball player
- Willie McGinest: football player, three-time Super Bowl champion
- Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
- Frank Merriam: Governor of California, 1934–1939
- Robert Mitchum: actor
- Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
- Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta
- Marquez Pope: National Football League figure
- William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
- Nick Pugh: artist and designer
- Rodney Allen Rippy: actor
- Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim in notorious case
- Upton Sinclair: author
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse: teen actors, The Suite Life on Deck
- Matt Treanor: baseball player
- Brendon Urie: musician, Panic! at the Disco
- Chase Utley: baseball player
- Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician Black Flag[9]
- John Wayne: iconic actor
- Carl Weathers: football player and actor
- Wheely Willy: celebrity dog, featured in children's books
See also
References
- ^ "Players: Jeff Carlson". NFL website. National Football League. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Patrick Cantlay - Official PGA TOUR Profile". PGATour. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Todd Larkin Husak". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ Arita, Derek (November 1989). "Interview: Cliff Lett". Radio Control Model Cars. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "John Merrick". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ http://www.masbakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/17097 "Interview with Julieta Venegas" audio, backstage with Julieta Venegas
- ^ "Russell Westbrook". ESPN.
- ^ "Too late for a moonwalk". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. August 3, 1974. p. 2A. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Guzman, Richard (May 12, 2014). "Black Flag launches tour with new lead singer, Long Beach resident Mike Vallely". Press-Telegram. Retrieved May 15, 2014.