Who are some famous or important people in California?

Answer 1

These are just a few of the famous people who were born in California.

Jessica Alba, actress

Marcus Allen, football player

Sasha Alexander, actress

Paul Thomas Anderson, director

Tyra Banks, model and TV talk show host

Sylura Barron, Black activist, first African-American woman delegate to a presidential convention

Shirley Temple Black, actress

Barry Bonds, Baseball player

Benjamin Bratt, actor

Beau Bridges, actor

Jeff Bridges, actor

Lloyd Bridges, actor

Adam Brody, actor

Joe Brooks, actor

Jerry Brown, California governor

Leo Buscaglia, psychologist and author

Reggie Bush, football player

Nicholas Cage, actor

Margaret Anne Cargill, philanthropist

Pete Carroll, football coach

Thomas Haden Church, actor

Jackie Coogan, actor

Kevin Costner, actor

David Crosby, singer and musician

Ted Danson, actor

Vincent DeDomenico, founder of Rice-A-Roni

Cameron Diaz, actress

Leonardo DiCaprio, actor

Joan Didion, novelist

Maynard Dixon, painter

Don Drysdale, baseball player

Dominique Dunne, actress

Lenny Dykstra, baseball player

Clint Eastwood, actor, director, and producer

Zac Efron, actor

Erika Eleniak, actress

Richard Farnsworth, actor

Diane Feinstein, U.S. senator

Eric Fleming, actor

Courtney Ford, actress

Dan Fouts, football player

Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player

Brad Garrett, actor

Mike Garrett, football player

Balthazar Getty, actor

Vanessa Hudgens, actress

Answer 2

Richard Nixon was a president of the US in 1969-74. He was born on January 3, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California.

this is the web site i found it on:

http://who2.com/ask/richardmnixon.html

Answer 3

There are thousands of celebrities from California. In fact, most celebrities in the US are either from California or reside in California. Some examples are Angelina Jolie, Ke$ha, Tiger Woods, and Christina Applegate.

Answer 4

Here are some famous people that are known to have lived or now live in California.

Marcus Allen football player San Diego

Luis Walter Alvarez inventor, San Francisco

Gertrude Atherton author, San Francisco

David Belasco playwright and producer, San Francisco

Shirley Temple Black actress, ambassador, Santa Monica

Robert Bower inventor, Santa Monica

Dave Brubeck musician, Concord

Julia Child chef, television, Pasadena

Coolio rap artist, Los Angeles

Frederick G. Cottrell inventor, Oakland

Leonardo DiCaprio actor Hollywood

Joe DiMaggio baseball player, Martinez

James H. Doolittle air force general, Alameda

Isadora Duncan dancer, San Francisco

John Frémont explorer, San Francisco

Robert Frost poet, San Fancisco

Jerry Garcia guitarist, singer, San Francisco

Charles P. Ginsburg inventor, San Francisco

Richard Pancho Gonzales tennis player, Los Angeles

Jeff Gordon car racer, Vallejo

William Randolph Hearst publisher, San Francisco

Mariel Hemingway actress, Mill Valley

Sidney Howard playwright, Oakland

Anthony M. Kennedy jurist, Sacramento

Jack London author, San Francisco

George Lucas filmmaker, Modesto

Theodore Harold Maiman inventor, Los Angeles

Mark McGwire baseball player, Pomona

Aimee Semple McPherson evangelist, Ontario

Dominique Moreanir gymnast, Hollywood

Emma Nevada opera singer, Alpha

Richard M. Nixon U.S. president, Yorba Linda

Isamu Noguchi sculptor, Los Angeles

George S. Patton, Jr. general, San Gabriel

Robert Redford actor, Santa Monica

Sally K. Ride astronaut, Encino

William Saroyan author, Fresno

Lincoln Steffens journalist, author, San Francisco

John Steinbeck author, Salinas

Adlai Stevenson statesman, Los Angeles

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Hollywood

Earl Warren jurist, Los Angeles

Serena & Venus Williams tennis players, Lynwood

Myra Wilson actress, Burbank

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods golfer, Cypress

Answer 5

NOTE that they aren't ALL from CALIF.

Lady Gaga: Hollywood

Christina Aguilera: Los Angeles/ Berkeley/ Bel-Air/ Venice

Perez Hilton: Hollywood/Los Angeles

Lindsay Lohan: Los Angeles/Lancaster

Amanda Bynes: Pittsburg/Riverside

Katy Perry: Los Angeles/Hollywood

Justin Bieber: Los Angeles

Sheryl Crow: Santa Monica

Cory Monteith: Los Angeles

Avril Lavigne: Santa Barbara(wedding with Deryck Whimbley)/Hollywood

Demi Lovato: Sacramento

Natalie Nunn: Oakland/Los Angeles(she runs LA)

Miley Cyrus: Santa Cruz/ San Diego/ San Fransisco/ Venice

Rihanna: Los Angeles/Oakland

Hilary Duff: Los Angeles

Answer 6

John Steinbeck See: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045608/plotsummary

Answer 7

John Steinbeck who wrote Grapes of Wrath is from California. Tony Robbins and Jack London are also famous authors from California.

Answer 8

Many famous or important people are buried in California's cemeteries. Please be more specific.

Answer 9

Michael Jackson and the Jackson Family