List of people from Los Angeles
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The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Los Angeles, California. Those born in Los Angeles have their names printed in bold:
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Willie Aames – actor
- Paula Abdul – singer, choreographer
- Gary Alexander – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"> [1969] (1979) Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8. </ref>,
- Herb Alpert – musician, composer
- Garret Anderson – professional baseball player for the Anaheim Angels
- Mike Andrews (1943-) – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>,
- Angelyne – "celebrity"
- Jennifer Aniston – actress
- Christina Applegate – actress
- Anne Archer – actress
- Desi Arnaz Jr. – actor, musician
- Lucie Arnaz – actress
- Mackenzie Astin – actor
[edit] B
- Baby LeRoy – actor
- Fay Bainter – actress
- Diane Baker – actress
- Tyra Banks – fashion model
- Andrea Barber – actress
- Drew Barrymore – actress
- John Drew Barrymore – actor
- Earl Battey, (1935-) – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Michael Bay – director
- Beck – singer
- Ed Begley Jr. – actor
- Leo Beiethaupt - auto racer
- John Beradino (1917-1996), – major league baseball player and actor<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Justin Berfield – actor
- Busby Berkeley – choreographer, director
- Candice Bergen – actress
- Corbin Bernsen – actor
- Barbara Billingsley – actress
- Thora Birch – actress
- Francesca Lia Block – author
- Chastity Bono – gay rights activist
- Richard Boone – actor
- Leigh Brackett – writer
- Milton Bradley – professional baseball player
- Nicholas Brendon – actor
- Eileen Brennan – actress
- Beau Bridges – actor
- Jeff Bridges – actor
- James Brolin – actor
- Josh Brolin – actor
- Alton Brown – chef, television host
- Julie Brown – actress
- Jake Busey – actor
[edit] C
- Scott Caan – actor
- John Cage – composer
- Rory Calhoun – actor
- Stephen J. Cannell – director, writer, producer
- Belinda Carlisle – singer
- David Carradine – actor
- Leo Carrillo – actor
- Patrick Cassidy – actor
- Shaun Cassidy – singer, actor, producer
- Richard Chamberlain – actor
- Marge Champion – actress, dancer
- Charles Chaplin Jr. – actor
- Sydney Chaplin – actor
- Jack Chick – evangelist
- Liz Claman – CNBC anchor
- Mindy Cohn – actress
- Natalie Cole – singer
- Ry Cooder – musician, composer
- Jackie Coogan – actor
- Coolio – rap artist
- Jackie Cooper – actor
- Alan Copeland – composer
- Pat Corrales (1941-) – major league baseball player and manager<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Al Cowens (1951- ) – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Nikki Cox – actress
- Johnny Crawford – actor
- Richard Crenna – actor, director
- James Cromwell – director
- Tandy Cronyn – actress
- David Crosby – musician
- Gary Crosby – actor
- Andraé Crouch – musician
- Ice Cube – musician, composer, actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis – actress
[edit] D
- Elizabeth Daily – actress
- Harry Danning – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Kim Darby – actress
- Ben Davidson – American football player
- Eric Davis – professional baseball player
- Roxann Dawson – actress
- Frances Dee – actress
- Gloria DeHaven – actress
- Milton DeLugg – composer, band leader
- John Derek – actor
- Laura Dern – actress
- Zooey Deschanel – actress
- Leonardo DiCaprio – actor
- Roy Edward Disney – producer
- Bobby Doerr (1918 - ) – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Nate 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 (1950- ) – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- Elonka Dunin – cryptographer, game developer
- Clea DuVall – actress
[edit] E
- Larry Elder – radio personality
- Jenna Elfman – actress
- Bret Easton Ellis – novelist
- Dock Ellis (1945- ) – major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
- James Ellroy – author
- Eazy-E – rapper
[edit] F
- Mia Farrow – actress
- David Faustino – actor
- Carrie Fisher – actress, writer, producer
- Rhonda Fleming – actress
- Bridget Fonda – actress
- Jodie Foster – actress, director, producer
- Stan Freberg – voice actor
[edit] G
- John Gavin – actor
- Mark Geragos – criminal defense attorney
- Balthazar Getty – actor
- Melissa Gilbert – actress, director, labor union president
- Sharon Gless – actress
- Joe Gold – Founder of Gold's Gym
- Tony Goldwyn – actor
- Pancho Gonzales – tennis star
- Dexter Gordon – composer
- Joe Gordon – professional baseball player
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor
- 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
[edit] 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
- Mariska Hargitay – actress
- Ray Harryhausen – special effects director
- Johnny "Nitro" Hennigan – professional wrestler and current Intercontinental Champion
- Barbara Hershey – actress
- Jerome Hines – actor
- Dustin Hoffman – actor
- Tim Holt – actor
- James Horner – composer
- Robert Horton – actor
- C. Thomas Howell – actor
- Kate Hudson – actress
- D.L. Hughley – actor, comedian
- Helen Hunt – actress
- William Hung (American Idol)
[edit] I
- Lance Ito – judge (most famous in the O.J. Simpson Trial)
[edit] J
- Etta James – singer
- Keyshawn Johnson – American football player
- Angelina Jolie – actress
- Florence Griffith Joyner – track and field runner
- Jack Jones – singer, 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
[edit] K
- Daryn Kagan – CNN anchor
- Chris Kattan – actor, comedian
- Julie Kavner – actress, voice actor
- Diane Keaton – actress
- Michael Keaton – actor
- Riley Kehoe – fashion model
- Jack Kemp – American football player, politician
- Val Kilmer – actor
- Holly King – actress
- Suge Knight – Record Producer
- Wayne Knight – actor
- Dave Koz – composer, musician
- Robby Krieger – musician
- Lisa Kudrow – actress
- Henry Kuttner – writer
- Lee Joyner – artist
[edit] L
- Shia LaBeouf – actor
- Matthew Laborteaux – actor
- Patrick Labyorteaux – actor
- Alan Ladd, Jr. – director, producer
- Juliet Landau – actress
- Michele Lee – actress
- Jason Scott Lee – actor
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress
- Chris Lemmon – actor
- Juliette Lewis – actress
- Roger Linn – inventor of the digital drum machine
- Tone Loc – musician
- Heather Locklear – actress
- Lauren London actress
- Jon Lovitz – actor
- Charles Herbert Lowe – biologist
- Steve Lukather – musician
[edit] M
- James MacArthur – actor
- Roger Mahony – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Cheech Marin – comedian, musician, actor
- Biddy Mason – pioneer African-American businesswoman
- Leo McCarey – actor, composer, director, writer, producer
- Kent McCord – actor
- Maureen McCormick – actress
- Carey McWilliams – writer, editor
- Kristy McNichol – actress
- Katharine McPhee – singer
- Wendy Melvoin – musician
- Lee Meriwether – actress, Miss America
- Michael Milken – financier & philanthropist
- Penelope Ann Miller – actress
- Yvette Mimieux – actress
- Liza Minnelli – actress, singer
- Andrew Mishkin – commander of the Mars rover
- Christopher Mitchum – actor, writer, director
- Marilyn Monroe – actress
- Warren Moon – American football player
- Terry Moore – actor
- William R. Moses – actor
- Walter Mosley – novelist
- Megan Mullally – actress
- Michael Murphy – actor
- Don Murray – actor
- Eddie Murray – professional baseball player
- Murs – noted rapper
[edit] N
- Laraine Newman – actress
- Randy Newman – composer, musician
- Thomas Newman – composer
- Julie Newmar – actress
- Larry Niven – science fiction writer
- Jeanette Nolan – actress
- Sheree North – actress
- Christian Nyby – producer, film editor, director
[edit] 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
- Edward James Olmos – actor, writer, producer, director
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses
- Haley Joel Osment – actor
- Emily Osment – actress
[edit] P
- David Paich – musician
- Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
- Terry Pendleton – professional baseball player
- Chynna Phillips – singer
- Paul Pierce professional Basketball player of the Boston Celtics
- Mike Post – composer
- Tyrone Power, Jr. – actor
- Stefanie Powers – actress
- Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor
- Rain Pryor – actress
- Ariel Pomerantz – actress
[edit] R
- Greg Randall – professional TV Chef
- Dennis Rasmussen – professional baseball player
- Ron Reagan – television host, ballet dancer
- Harold Rhodes – inventor of the Rhodes piano
- Giovanni Ribisi – actor
- Sally Ride – astronaut
- Herb Ritts – director
- Gary Ross – film director
- Katharine Ross – actress
- Charles Ruggles – actor
- Patrice Rushen – singer, musician
[edit] S
- Katey Sagal – actress
- Susan Saint James – actress
- Jay Sandrich – director, producer
- Dick Sargent – actor
- William Schallert – actor
- Jason Schwartzman – actor, musician
- Melody Thomas Scott – actress
- Harry Shearer – actor, comedian, musician, composer
- Brad Sherman – congressman
- Joel Siegel – film critic
- James Sikking – actor
- Jonathan Silverman – actor
- John Singleton – director, writer, producer
- Leonard Slatkin – conductor
- Erika Slezak – actress
- Duke Snider – professional baseball player
- Randy Spelling – actor
- Tori Spelling – actress
- Robert Stack – actor
- George Stevens Jr. – director, writer, producer
- Adlai Stevenson – politician
- Jill St. John – actress
- Dean Stockwell – actor
- Madeleine Stowe – actress
- Darryl Strawberry – professional baseball player
- Jeff Stryker – pornographic film actor
- Cree Summer – actress
- Jo Swerling Jr. – director, writer, producer
[edit] T
- 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
- Jennifer Tilly – actress
- Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor
- Dean Torrence – musician
- Robert Towne – director, writer, producer
- Larry Tripplett – American football player
- Lisa Tucker – Singer
[edit] U
[edit] 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
[edit] W
- Andrew W.K. – musician, composer
- 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
- Michael Welch – actor
- Sylvester Weaver – television executive
- Edward Weston – photographer
- Wil Wheaton – actor
- Anson Williams – actor
- Anthony A. Williams – mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Cindy Williams – actress
- Esther Williams – actress, swimmer
- Rita Wilson – actress
- Paul Winfield – actor
- Anna May Wong – actress
- Noah Wyle – actor
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
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