Famous People from Los Angeles, California

• Aldridge, Lily

  The model in the Levi's "I Walk the Line" commercial

• Applegate, Christina

  Kelly Bundy on the TV series Married With Children

• Banks, Tyra

  Supermodel host of The Tyra Banks Show

• Barbie

  That skinny blonde doll created by Mattel in 1959

• Barrymore, Drew

  Star of the movie Charlie's Angels and E.T.

• Bay, Michael

  The high-octane director of the Transformers films

• Beck

  Creator of the 1996 album Odelay

• Berkus, Nate

  Tsunami-surviving decorator and Oprah regular

• Bloom, Rachel

  The star and co-creator of TV's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'

• Bono, Chaz

  The only child of Sonny and Cher

• Breitbart, Andrew

  The right-wing activist who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner

• Bridges, Jeff

  The star of True Grit and Crazy Heart

• Brolin, Josh

  Llewelyn Moss in the movie No Country for Old Men

• Cage, John

  Composer of the silent piano piece 4' 33"

• Chick, Jack T.

  Creator of those little Christian comic books

• Cholodenko, Lisa

  The director of Laurel Canyon and The Kids Are All Right

• Cleo, Miss

  Jamaican-sounding infomercial psychic

• Cosgrove, Miranda

  The star of the TV show iCarly

• Costner, Kevin

  Star of Dances With Wolves

• Cox, Nikki

  Star of TV's Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas

• Cromwell, James

  Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe

• Crosby, David

  Singer/guitarist for Crosby, Stills & Nash

• Crosby, Mary

  Kristin Shepard, who shot J.R. in TV's Dallas

• Curtis, Jamie Lee

  The Halloween star who won an Oscar in 2023 for Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Dern, Laura

  The star of Jurassic Park and Little Women

• Deschanel, Zooey

  The doe-eyed star of (500) Days of Summer and New Girl

• DiCaprio, Leonardo

  Heartthrob star of the 1997 film Titanic

• Dolenz, Micky

  The fun-loving drummer for The Monkees

• Dolphy, Eric

  The way-out reed man who recorded Out to Lunch

• Dr. Dre

  Founding member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A.

• Eilish, Billie

  The teen pop singer who did 2019's "Bad Guy"

• Elfman, Jenna

  Dharma on TV's Dharma & Greg

• Ellis, Bret Easton

  The author of Less Than Zero

• Ellis, Dock

  The MLB player who pitched a no-hitter on LSD

• Ellis, Don

  The experimental post-bop jazz musician who invented the "superbone"

• Farrow, Mia

  The waifish star of Rosemary's Baby

• Feldstein, Beanie

• Ferrera, America

  The star of TV's Ugly Betty

• Fisher, Carrie

  Princess Leia in Star Wars

• Foster, Jodie

  The star of The Silence of the Lambs

• Foy, Mackenzie

  Young Murph in the movie Interstellar

• Garfield, Andrew

  Eduardo Saverin in the movie The Social Network

• Gordon, Dexter

  Long, tall tenor sax jazz legend

• Gordon-Levitt, Joseph

  Star of Brick and The Lookout

• Gorman, Amanda

  The National Youth Poet Laureate who read at Joe Biden's inauguration

• Groban, Josh

  Singer of "You Raise Me Up"

• Gyllenhaal, Jake

  The guy who co-starred with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain

• Haddish, Tiffany

  She played Dina in the 2017 comedy 'Girls Trip'

• Harryhausen, Ray

  The stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts

• Haynes, Todd

  The director of Far From Heaven and TV's Mildred Pierce

• Hill, Jonah

  The loud, keyed-up star of Superbad

• Hirsch, Emile

  The young star of the movie Into the Wild

• Hoffman, Dustin

  Benjamin in The Graduate

• Horton, Johnny

  Singer of 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans"

• Hudson, Kate

  Penny Lane in the movie Almost Famous

• Hunt, Helen

  The star of Mad About You

• Hussle, Nipsey

  Grammy nominated rapper who did the album 'Victory Lap'

• Ice Cube

  Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop

• Jackson, Paris

  The daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson

• James, Etta

  R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry"

• Jenner, Kendall

  The supermodel who is a younger half-sister to Kim Kardashian

• Jolie, Angelina

  The Oscar-winning star of Girl, Interrupted and other films

• Jones, Rashida

  Deadpan comedy actress from The Office and Parks and Recreation

• Judd, Ashley

  The acting member of the famous Judd family

• Kardashian, Khloe

  Co-star of the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians

• Kardashian, Kimberly

  The alpha-sister star of Keeping Up With the Kardashians

• Kardashian, Kourtney

  Co-star of the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians

• Keaton, Diane

  Woody Allen's co-star in Annie Hall

• Kelly, Minka

  Cheerleader Lyla Garrity on the TV show Friday Night Lights

• Kesha

  Singer of the party single "TiK ToK"

• King, Regina

  The Oscar-winning star of the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk

• LaBeouf, Shia

  Star of Disturbia and Eagle Eye

• LaDuke, Winona

  Native American activist who was a vice presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000

• Leigh, Jennifer Jason

  The woman in the movie The Hateful Eight

• Lil' Fizz

  The singer who played Rashann in the movie You Got Served

• Lin, Jeremy

  The Asian-American point guard who became a sudden NBA star in 2012

• Locklear, Heather

  The nasty Amanda on Melrose Place

• Loc, Tone

  Rapper of 1989's "Wild Thing"

• Malek, Rami

  The Oscar-winning star the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody

• Margolis, Cindy

  The former "most downloaded woman on the Web"

• Markle, Meghan

  The American actress who married Britain's Prince Harry

• May-Treanor, Misty

  Three-time gold medalist in Olympic beach volleyball

• Minnelli, Liza

  Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret

• Mintz-Plasse, Christopher

  McLovin from the movie Superbad

• Monkees, The

  The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer"

• Monroe, Marilyn

  Hollywood's most famous blonde sex symbol

• Omarion

  R&B crooner of the 2005 album O

• Osment, Emily

  Lilly on TV's Hannah Montana

• Paltrow, Gwyneth

  The Oscar-winning star of the movie Shakespeare in Love

• Pine, Chris

  Captain Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek

• Prinze, Freddie Jr.

  Dark-eyed star of the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer

• Rae, Issa

  The creator of the Web series Awkward Black Girl

• Reed, Nikki

  Co-writer of Thirteen and co-star of Twilight

• Schwartzman, Jason

   The guy from Rushmore and Bored to Death

• Segel, Jason

  Nick from Freaks and Geeks and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

• Shapiro, Ben

  The conservative gadfly who started The Daily Wire

• Singleton, John

  The writer and director of Boyz N the Hood

• Smith, Jaden

  Will Smith's son and the star of the Karate Kid remake

• Solis, Hilda

  U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2009-present

• Spelling, Tori

  Donna Martin on Beverly Hills 90210

• Stevenson, Adlai

  Presidential runner-up of 1952 and 1956

• Stewart, Kristen

  Bella Swan in the Twilight movies

• Takei, George

  Lt. Sulu on the TV series Star Trek

• Warren, Earl

  Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69

• Washington, John David

  The star of Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman'

• West, North

  The daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

• Williams, Esther

  The swimming beauty who was a movie star in the 1940s

• Wolff, Nat

  Lead singer for The Naked Brothers Band

• Wong, Anna May

  Hollywood's first Chinese American film star

• Yanagihara, Hanya

  The author of A Little Life

See also: Born in California