The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with the city or county of Los Angeles, California . Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos .[1]
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Millicent Borges Accardi , poet and recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship born in Long Beach
Patrick J. Adams – actor, director, photographer (born in Toronto )
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player with UCLA and the Los Angeles Lakers (Originally from Harlem , New York City)[2]
George O. Abell – astronomer , professor, University of California, Los Angeles [3]
Forrest J Ackerman – collector and influential science fiction fan[4]
Jensen Ackles – actor, director (born in Dallas, Texas)
Carol Adams – silent-film actress
J. A. Adande – sports journalist
Odette Annable – actress and model (moved to Austin, Texas )[5]
Ivy Adara – Australian singer and composer (Originally from Australia)
Ralph Ahn – actor
Arron Afflalo – NBA player for the Orlando Magic
Ben Affleck – actor and director (born in Berkeley )[6]
Jhené Aiko – singer-songwriter
Ai – Japanese-American singer-songwriter
Jessica Alba - Actress & Businesswoman[7]
Merrill K. Albert – trial lawyer and author
Karen Alexander – singer
Gary Alexander – professional baseball player[8]
Gloria Allred – attorney (Originally from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania)[9]
Francia Almendárez – actress[10]
Herb Alpert – musician, composer, producer[11]
Andrea Anderson – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Anthony Anderson – actor, comedian
Billy Anderson – NFL player
Ever Anderson – actress and model[12]
Camille Anderson – actress, model, and television host (Originally from Dallas , Texas)
Garret Anderson – professional baseball player[13]
Paul Thomas Anderson – screenwriter, film director[14]
Ariane Andrew – wrestler, valet for World Wrestling Entertainment [15]
Mike Andrews – baseball player[8]
Andy – Iranian-Armenian singer (Originally from Khorramdarreh , Khorramdarreh County , Zanjan Province, Iran)
Angelyne – celebrity[16] (Originally from Poland)
Jennifer Aniston – actress[17]
Julia Ann – pornographic actress and feature dancer
Christina Applegate – actress[ citation needed ]
Anne Archer – actress[ citation needed ]
Army Archerd – columnist for Variety (Originally from Bronx , New York City)
Krystina Arielle – actress and cosplayer (Originally from Georgia )
Desi Arnaz Jr. – actor, musician[18]
Lucie Arnaz – actress, singer[ citation needed ]
Genevieve Artadi – musician and singer-songwriter
Emmett Ashford – baseball umpire
Nnamdi Asomugha – professional football player for the Oakland Raiders [19]
Fred Astaire (1899–1987) – dancer and actor, The Band Wagon , Funny Face , That's Entertainment!
Mackenzie Astin – actor[ citation needed ]
Sean Astin – actor (born in Santa Monica)[ citation needed ]
Shiri Appleby – actress
Hayley Atwell – British American actress (Originally from London, England)
Gene Autry – singer, actor, L.A. museum and baseball team owner (born in Texas)[20]
Jack Avery - Singer and songwriter
Dennis Awtrey – professional basketball player
Roy Ayers – funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player[21]
Iggy Azalea – Australian rapper (Originally from Sydney, Australia )
Odessa A'zion – actress
B-Real – rapper
Judy Baca – muralist[22]
Michael Bacall – actor, screenwriter
Fay Bainter – actress[23]
Justin Baldoni – actor
Ireland Baldwin – model[24]
Christian Bale - actor (Originally from Haverfordwest, Wales ) [25]
LaMelo Ball – NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets
LaVar Ball – retired basketball and football player; father of Lonzo , Liangelo, and LaMelo Ball ; owner of Big Baller Brand
Lonzo Ball – NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
Colleen Ballinger – YouTuber, NY times bestselling author and comedienne. Born in Santa Barbara
Alex Band – singer, musician[26]
Vaitiare Bandera – actress (Originally from Tahiti, French Polynesia )
Ronald Barak (born 1943) – Olympic gymnast
Lance Barber – actor (Originally from Battle Creek, Michigan )
Andrea Barber – actress
Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director
Anita Barone – actress (Originally from St. Louis, Missouri )
Eric Barone – American video game designer known professionally as ConcernedApe
Eddie Barth – actor and voiceover artist [27]
Ella Jay Basco – actress
Paul L. Bates – commander of the first black tank battalion to fight in World War II[28]
Earl Battey (1935–2003) – major league baseball player[8]
Gordon Bau (1907–1975) – Hollywood make-up artist with Warner Brothers Studios [29] (born in Minnesota)
Eric Bauza – voice actor (Originally from Toronto, Ontario )
Michael Bay – film director[ citation needed ]
Warren Beatty – actor, director (born in Virginia)
Beck – singer[30]
Ed Begley Jr. – actor[ citation needed ]
Dalila Bela – Canadian actress (Originally from Montreal, Quebec , Canada)
Michael Bellisario – actor
Troian Bellisario – actress
Jim Bellows – editor (born in Michigan)
David Benaron – digital health entrepreneur, physician
Julie Bennett – actress, voiceover artist (Originally from Manhattan , New York)
John Beradino – major league baseball player and actor[8]
Justin Berfield – actor
Ryan Bergara - co-founder of Watcher Entertainment
Candice Bergen – actress
Nicolas Berggruen – philanthropist, founder of the Berggruen Institute [31]
Busby Berkeley – choreographer, film director[32]
Corbin Bernsen – actor[ citation needed ]
Corbyn Besson - singer and songwriter
Molly Beucher – actress and film producer[33]
Steve Beuerlein – professional football player
Caly Bevier – singer
Beyoncé – singer[34]
Hailey Bieber – fashion model
Justin Bieber – Canadian singer, actor (Originally from London, Ontario , Canada)
Bad Bunny – rapper, singer (born in Vega Baja , Puerto Rico)
Barbara Billingsley – actress[ citation needed ]
Camille Billops – artist, film director[35]
Rachel Bilson – actress
Thora Birch – actress[ citation needed ]
Whitney Blake – actress
Luna Blaise – actress[36]
Rowan Blanchard – actress
Mel Bleeker (1920–1996) – National Football League player
Francesca Lia Block – author[37]
David Blu (born David Bluthenthal; 1980) – professional basketball player[38]
Betty Blythe – actress
Kwesi Boakye – voice actor
Edwin Bodney – poet
Kyle Boller – football player
Ashlee Bond (born 1985), American-Israeli Olympic show jumping rider who competes for Israel
William "Big Bill" Bonelli – Los Angeles City Councilman (1927–1929), notably corrupt member of State Board of Equalization , fugitive[39]
Chaz Bono – gay rights activist
Richard Boone – actor
Kate Bosworth – actress[40]
Shmuley Boteach – Orthodox rabbi , radio and television host, and author
Cameron Boyce – actor and dancer
Leigh Brackett – writer[41]
Ray Bradbury – writer[42]
Milton Bradley – professional baseball player[43]
Tom Bradley – 38th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1973 – June 30, 1993)[44] – Originally from Calvert, Texas
Tom Brady – professional football player "Tom Brady building palatial bachelor pad in L.A., reports say" . The Boston Globe . August 14, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023 .
Creed Bratton – actor
Ryan Braun – professional baseball player[45]
Nick Bravin – Olympic fencer
Tamar Braxton – singer (born in Severn, Maryland )
Toni Braxton – singer (Originally from Severn, Maryland )
Leo Breithaupt – auto racer
Donald Bren – businessman, owner of Irvine Company
Milton H. Bren – film producer, real estate developer, father of Donald Bren
Nicholas Brendon – actor[ citation needed ]
Eileen Brennan – actress[ citation needed ]
Patrick Brennan – actor[ citation needed ]
Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder (Originally from Slovenia)
Beau Bridges – actor[ citation needed ]
Jeff Bridges – actor[ citation needed ]
Alison Brie – actress
Lance Briggs – professional football player
Earl Alonzo Brininstool – cowboy poet[46]
Eli Broad – businessman
James Brolin – actor[ citation needed ]
Josh Brolin – actor
Albert Brooks – actor, screenwriter, director
Beau Brooks – member of the Janoskians , actor, singer, entertainer
Jai Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer
Luke Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer
Alton Brown – chef, Food Network personality[47]
Jason Derek Brown – fugitive currently on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List
Helen Gurley Brown – magazine publisher and author (Originally from Green Forest, Arkansas )
Julie Brown – actress[ citation needed ]
Marc Brown – television newscaster
Jackson Browne – musician
Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) – Lakers basketball player (born in Pennsylvania)
Joan Juliet Buck – magazine writer and editor
Marilyn Buferd – actress, Miss America 1946 (Originally from Detroit, Michigan)
Charles Bukowski – author[48]
Candace Cameron Bure – actress (Full House )
Jason Blum – film producer
Tim Burton – film director (born in Burbank )
Scott Burnett – darts player (born in Sacramento )
Jake Busey – actor[ citation needed ]
Jeanie Buss – Lakers executive (born in Santa Monica)
Jerry Buss – owned Lakers, Kings and Sparks teams, Forum Arena (born in Utah)
Jim Buss – Lakers executive
Paul Butcher – actor
Brian Butler – artist and musician[49]
Brian Patrick Butler – actor and filmmaker[50]
Laphonza Butler – U.S. Senator (Originally from Magnolia, Mississippi )[51]
Camila Cabello – singer[52]
Calmatic – filmmaker
Kareem Campbell - professional skateboarder (born in Harlem, New York moved to Los Angeles in his early youth)
Scott Caan – actor[53]
Jordin Canada – WNBA player
Kylie Cantrall – actress and singer
Mercedes Carrera – pornographic actress
Jim Carrey – actor, comedian
John Cage – composer[54]
Rory Calhoun – actor[55]
Stephen J. Cannell – television director, writer, producer[56]
Kylie Cantrall – actress, singer, YouTube personality (born in Tarzana)
LaToya Cantrell – mayor of New Orleans [57]
Lizzy Caplan – actress
Steve Cardenas – martial artist and retired actor (born in Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Belinda Carlisle – singer[58]
Chad Carothers – free hand painter whose career was based in Los Angeles[59]
Kim Carnes – singer
Adam Carolla – comedian, actor, entertainer[60]
David Carradine – actor[61]
Robert Carradine – actor[62]
Leo Carrillo – actor[63]
Johnny Carson – television personality (born in Iowa)
Mike Carter (born 1955) – American-Israeli basketball player
Matt Cassel – professional football player
Katie Cassidy – actress[64]
Patrick Cassidy – actor[65]
Shaun Cassidy – singer, actor, television producer[66]
David Castañeda – actor
Cecil Castellucci – American-born Canadian young adult novelist, indie rocker , and film director (Originally from New York City)
Doja Cat – singer
Emma Chamberlain – YouTube personality
Richard Chamberlain – actor[67]
Wilt Chamberlain – basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (born in Pennsylvania)
Stan Chambers – television news reporter
Marge Champion – actress, dancer[68]
Dorothy Buffum Chandler – cultural leader[69]
Harry Chandler – chief executive of Los Angeles Times [70]
Norman Chandler – publisher and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Times [71]
Otis Chandler – transformative publisher of Los Angeles Times [72]
Raymond Chandler – author[73]
Rosalind Chao – actress (born in Anaheim)
Charlie Chaplin – iconic actor and director, Los Angeles film industry pioneer (born in England)[74]
Charles Chaplin Jr. – actor
Sydney Chaplin – actor
Antonio Chatman – NFL wide receiver[75]
Eric Chavez – baseball player
Max Charles – actor (born in Ohio)
Dorothy Cheney – tennis player
Don Cherry – Jazz musician, trumpet (Born in Oklahoma)
Jack Chick – evangelist and cartoonist
Roy Choi – Korean American chef and TV host (Originally from Seoul, South Korea )
Bikram Choudhury – inventor of Bikram Yoga [76]
Rajashree Choudhury – founder of USA Yoga Federation
Warren Christopher – diplomat
Chyna – professional wrestler, model, actress, author
Liz Claman – CNBC anchor
Greg Clark – NFL player
Mark Clear (born 1956) – major league baseball two-time All Star relief pitcher
Eldridge Cleaver – writer, activist (born in Arkansas)
John Cleese – English actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, voice actor
Michael Clifford – singer-songwriter, musician, member of 5 Seconds of Summer (born in Australia)
Chanel West Coast – rapper
Frances Bean Cobain – visual artist and model
Johnnie Cochran – attorney
Mickey Cohen – mobster (born in Brooklyn)
Sasha Cohen – figure skater
Tiffany Cohen – Olympic swimmer (born in Culver City)
Mindy Cohn – actress
Natalie Cole (1950-2015) – singer
Fritz Coleman – television meteorologist
John Ery Coleman – Los Angeles-based painter
Keo Coleman – NFL player
Monique Coleman – actress, dancer, singer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (Originally from Orangeburg, South Carolina )
Wanda Coleman – poet and writer
Lily Collins – British-American actress and model (Originally from Guildford, Surrey , England)
Dorothy Comingore – actress
Christian Convery - actor[lower-alpha 1]
Curtis Conway – professional football player
Ry Cooder – musician, composer
Jackie Coogan – actor
Coolio (1963-2022) – rap artist
Calico Cooper – actor, singer, and dancer
Bradley Cooper – actor
Dewey Cooper – kickboxer
Jackie Cooper – actor, director
Lillian Copeland (1904–1964), Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
Gia Coppola – actress, director
James Corden – actor, comedian, television personality (Originally from London, England)
Pat Corrales (born 1941) – baseball player
Miranda Cosgrove – actress, singer[78]
John Cossette – theater and television producer
Michael Costello – fashion designer[79]
Kevin Costner – actor
Ione Virginia Hill Cowles – clubwoman, social leader
Al Cowens (born 1951) – baseball player
Aaron Cox (born 1965) – football wide receiver [80]
Nikki Cox – actress
Robert Crais – novelist (born in Louisiana)
Bryan Cranston - actor
Joan Crawford – actress (Originally from San Antonio , Texas)
Christina Crawford – actress
Johnny Crawford – actor
Willie Crawford – baseball player
Richard Crenna – actor, film director
Coco Crisp – baseball player
James Cromwell – actor
David Crosby (1941-2023) – musician
Denise Crosby – actress
Gary Crosby – actor
Mary Crosby – actress
Andraé Crouch – musician
Tom Cruise – actor
Jan Crull Jr. – investment banker[ citation needed ]
Ice Cube – actor, rapper, writer
Jamie Lee Curtis – actress
Shannon Curtis – musician, singer-songwriter
Miley Cyrus – singer-songwriter, actress (Originally from Franklin, Tennessee )
Ian Chen – actor
Elizabeth Daily – actress
Carson Daly – television personality; host of The Voice and Last Call With Carson Daly (born in Santa Monica)
Harry Danning – major league baseball player[8]
Frank Darabont – director (born in France)
Kim Darby – actress
Ben Davidson – football player
Baron Davis – basketball player
Eric Davis – professional baseball player
Jeff Davis – actor, comedian, singer
Julienne Davis – actress, singer, model
Dix Davis – child actor in film and radio[81]
Mike Davis – urban theorist and author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear [82]
Patti Davis – actress, daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan
Tim Davis – child actor in film[81]
Roxann Dawson – actress
Shane Dawson – YouTube personality
Sylvia Day – author
Sierra Deaton – singer-songwriter (born in Orlando , Florida)
Frances Dee – actress
Rick Dees – radio personality (born in Florida)
Gloria DeHaven – actress
Oscar De La Hoya – boxer
Brian de la Puente – NFL football player
Milton DeLugg – composer, bandleader
Alexa Demie – actress
John Densmore – musician
Johnny Depp – actor
John Derek – actor, director
Laura Dern – actress [83]
DeMar DeRozan – basketball player (born in Compton)
Emily Deschanel – actress
Zooey Deschanel – actress, singer [84]
Deuce – singer, rapper
Leonardo DiCaprio – actor, environmental activist
Larry Dierker – baseball player and manager
Grace Van Dien – actress
Roy Edward Disney – television producer
Walt Disney – animator, film studio, theme park founder (born in Illinois)
Nina Dobrev – actress (born in Bulgaria)[85]
David Dobrik – YouTube personality (born in Slovakia)
Bobby Doerr (born 1918) – baseball player[8]
Nicola Dolapchieff (1897–1964, born in Bulgaria) – professor of criminal Law
Micky Dolenz – actor, musician
Eric Dolphy – musician
Terry Donahue – football coach
Ed Donovan (1928–1989) – drag racer , engine builder[86]
Ivan Dorschner – actor, television host, model, Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 5th Big Placer
Susan Miller Dorsey – educator
Kirk Douglas – actor, philanthropist (born in New York)
Tony Dow – actor
Morton Downey Jr. – talk show host
Robert Downey Jr. – actor (born in New York)
Brian Downing – major league baseball player[8]
Jack Dragna – Mafia boss (born in Sicily)
Daryl Dragon – musician
Dr. Dre – musician, composer
Don Drysdale – Hall of Fame baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
Nikki DuBose – model turned author, activist (born in South Carolina)
Teala Dunn – actress, comedian
Jerry Dunphy – television news reporter (born in Wisconsin)
Tony Duquette – designer
Clea DuVall – actress
Jakob Dylan – musician
Dumbfoundead - rapper
Denis Dutton – philosopher
Lady Gaga – singer (Originally from New York City)
Corey Gaines (born 1965) – basketball player and coach
Louis Galen – philanthropist (born in Ohio)
Guillermo del Toro – film director
Donte Gamble – football player
Harry Gamboa Jr. – artist
Tom Gamboa – baseball coach and manager
The Game – rapper and actor
BB. Gandanghari – actress (Originally from Philippines)
Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles
Gil Garcetti – district attorney
Aimee Garcia – actress (Originally from Chicago, Illinois)
Paul George – basketball player (born in Palmdale)
Andrew Garfield – actor
Fernando Garibay – record producer
Judy Garland – singer, actress (Originally from Grand Rapids, Minnesota )
Marlon Garnett – former NBA player and currently an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets
Tay Garnett – film director
Leif Garrett – singer, actor
Spencer Garrett – actor
Mike Garrett – football player, athletic director
Joseph Gatt – English actor, model, voice actor
John Gavin – actor, ambassador
Catherine Gayer – coloratura soprano
Kevin Geary – English portrait and abstract artist[89]
Frank Gehry – architect
Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress (born in New York City)[90]
Genie – feral child
James Georgopoulos – visual artist
Mark Geragos – criminal defense attorney
Gina Gershon – actress
Balthazar Getty – actor
Tyrese Gibson – singer-songwriter, actor
Melissa Gilbert – actress, film director, labor union president
Gwynne Gilford – actress, mother of Chris Pine
Glasses Malone – rapper
Troy Glaus – baseball player (born in Tarzana)
Sharon Gless – actress
Joe Gold – founder of Gold's Gym
Jonathan Gold – Pulitzer Prize -winning food critic for L.A. Weekly and the Los Angeles Times [91]
Linda Goldbloom – woman killed by foul ball at Dodger Stadium
Tony Goldwyn – actor
Selena Gomez – actress, singer (Originally from Grand Prairie, Texas )[92]
Xochitl Gomez – actress
Pancho Gonzales – tennis star
Meagan Good – actress
Omar Gooding – actor
Dexter Gordon – composer
Joe Gordon – baseball player and manager
Joseph Gordon–Levitt – actor
Kim Gordon – musician, member of Sonic Youth [93]
Robby Gordon – NASCAR and off-road driver
Steve Gottlieb – amateur astronomer
Billy Gould – bassist for Faith No More
Gloria Grahame – actress
Andy Grammer – singer
Alex Greenwald – musician and actor
Ariana Grande – singer, songwriter, actress (born in Boca Raton, Florida )
Katherine Grant – actress
Paul Gray – bassist of Slipknot
Brian Grazer – film and television producer
David Gregory – television journalist
Virginia Grey – actress
Nash Grier – Vine star
Alyssa Farah Griffin – 3rd White House Director of Strategic Communications and television commentator
Griffith J. Griffith – philanthropist, donor of the land for Griffith Park [94]
Blake Griffin – basketball player (born in Oklahoma)
Sandi Griffiths – singer
Josh Groban – singer
Kim Gruenenfelder – writer
Demmette Guidry – music industry executive
Alfred Guth (1908–1996) - Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete
Chris Gwynn – baseball player
Tony Gwynn – Hall of Fame baseball player
Jake Gyllenhaal – actor
Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress (Originally from New York City)
Bella Hadid – model (Originally from Washington, D.C.)
Gigi Hadid – model
Tom Hanks – actor, film director
Erik Harris – free safety for the Atlanta Falcons
Jonah Hill – actor, filmmaker, comedian
Matt Hill – voice actor, comedian
James Hahn – mayor of Los Angeles (2001–05)
Randa Haines – director, film producer
H. R. Haldeman – Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff
Alan Hale Jr. – actor
Alana Haim – musician (member of the pop rock band Haim )
Danielle Haim – musician (member of the pop rock band Haim )
Este Haim - musician (member of the pop rock band Haim )
Jaclyn Hales – actress (Originally from Syracuse, New York )
Jack Haley Jr. – actor, film director, writer, producer
Derrick Hall – business executive; President and CEO of Arizona Diamondbacks
Chico Hamilton – jazz drummer
Jordan Hamilton (born 1990) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Amelia Gray Hamlin – model
Armie Hammer – actor
HANA – musician, singer-songwriter and record producer (Originally from Atlanta , Georgia)
George Allan Hancock – oilman, real estate developer, donated the La Brea Tarpits to the county of Los Angeles[95]
Gabbie Hanna – YouTuber (born in New Castle , Pennsylvania)
Alex Hannum – NBA player and coach
Darlene Hard – tennis player
Lula Mae Hardaway – mother and collaborator of Stevie Wonder [96]
Jackie Earle Haley – actor
James Harden – professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets and 2018 NBA MVP
Mariska Hargitay – actress (born in Santa Monica )
Mark Harmon – actor (born in Burbank )
Milton Harris – chemist
Shawn Harrison – actor
Ray Harryhausen – special effects director
Marica Hase – Japanese gravure model , adult actress , and Penthouse Pet (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
Dominique Hatfield – football player
Noah Hathaway – actor
Harry Hay – founder of the Mattachine Society [97]
Jack W. Hayford – televangelist
Julia Sampson Hayward – tennis player
Leslye Headland – film director and screenwriter[98]
Chick Hearn – Lakers basketball broadcaster (born in Illinois)
Hugh Hefner – magazine publisher (born in Illinois)
Max Heidegger (born 1997) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jon Heidenreich – professional wrestler
John Helwig – football player
Luke Hemmings – singer-songwriter, musician, member of 5 Seconds of Summer (born in Australia)
George Hendrick – baseball player
Chuck Henry – television newscaster
Sek Henry (born 1987) – professional basketball player, 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
Danny Herrera – drummer
John S. Herrington – cabinet member in Reagan administration
Barbara Hershey – actress
Darryl Hickman – actor, studio executive
Dwayne Hickman – actor
Robert Hilburn – pop music critic for Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005[99]
Andy Hill (born c. 1950) – 3x college national champion basketball player, President of CBS Productions and Channel One News , author, and motivational speaker
E.V. Hill – pastor (Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church) (born in Texas)
Emile Hirsch – actor
Roy W. Hill – auto mogul, philanthropist
Carla Anderson Hills – cabinet member in Reagan administration
Paris Hilton (born 1981) – celebrity, model, actress, DJ (Originally from New York City)
Jerome Hines – actor
Jrue Holiday – NBA player
David Hoberman – film producer, founder of Mandeville Films
George Hodel – doctor, suspected Black Dahlia killer
Gaynel Hodge – songwriter
Dustin Hoffman – actor
Willa Holland – actress and model[98]
Jennifer Holt – actress
Olivia Hastings Holt – actress, singer (Originally from Germantown, Tennessee )
Tim Holt – actor
Calum Hood – singer-songwriter, musician, member of 5 Seconds of Summer (born in Australia)
Bob Hope – comedian, actor, Toluca Lake resident (born in England)
Marcus Jamal Hopson – rapper born in Panorama city
Monica Horan – actress (Originally from Darby, Pennsylvania )
James Horner – composer
Richard Steven Horvitz – voice actor
Marques Houston – singer
Bryce Dallas Howard – actress
Clint Howard – actor (born in Burbank)
Ron Howard – director, actor (born in Oklahoma)
Cody Horn – actress (Magic Mike )
C. Thomas Howell – actor
Joshua Hong – singer (member of pop group Seventeen )
Kelly Hu – actress, former fashion model and beauty queen (Originally from Honolulu , Hawaii)
Vanessa Hudgens – actress[100]
Kate Hudson – actress
Howard Hughes – aviation pioneer, film producer (born in Iowa)
D. L. Hughley – actor, comedian
Hugo Huntzinger – park ranger
Bob Humphreys – football player
William Hung – American Idol contestant
Helen Hunt – actress (born in Culver City )
Nipsey Hussle (1985-2019) – rapper
Anjelica Huston – actress (born in Santa Monica)
Josh Hutcherson – actor
Timothy Hutton – actor (born in Malibu)
Aldous Huxley – author (born in England, died in Los Angeles)
David Henry Hwang – playwright
Tiffany Hwang – singer (member of pop group Girls Generation )
Kylie Jenner
Angelina Jolie
Manny Jacinto – actor, comedian
Hue Jackson – NFL coach
Melvin Jackson – football player
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) – singer (born in Gary, Indiana)
Michael Jackson (1934–2022) – L.A. radio personality (born in England)
Edmund Jaeger – naturalist
Jonathan Jafari – YouTube personality and co-creator of Game Grumps
Etta James (1938–2012) – singer
LeBron James – basketball player (born in Ohio)
Jan and Dean – 1960s singing duo
Jon Jaques – American-Israeli assistant men's basketball coach for Cornell University ; played for Ironi Ashkelon in Israel[102]
Kendall Jenner – television star, model, celebrity
Kylie Jenner – television star, model, celebrity
Kris Jenner – television star, model, celebrity, manager
Dorothy Vena Johnson – African-American poet, educator
Kermit Johnson – football player
Keyshawn Johnson – football player, TV commentator
Magic Johnson – Lakers basketball star, Dodgers co-owner (born in Michigan)
Mike Johnson – wide receivers coach for the Syracuse Orange
Nora Johnson – author
Angelina Jolie – actress
Wesley Jonathan – actor, played Jamal Grant on City Guys
Alethea Jones – Australian director, producer and actress (Originally from Australia)
Jack Jones – singer
Jerome Jones – hip-hop artist
Jerry Jones – football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys [103]
Jimmie Jones – football player
Marion Jones – track and field athlete, winner of five medals at 2000 Summer Olympics
Rashida Jones – actress
Montell Jordan – singer, pastor
Florence Griffith Joyner – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Ashley Judd – actress (born in Granada Hills)
Nicole Jung – member of South Korean girl group KARA
Bob Jury – NFL player
Victoria Justice – actress, singer (Originally from Hollywood, Florida )
Kesha – singer-songwriter
Travis Kalanick – businessman, co-founder and former CEO of Uber
Ryan Kalish – baseball player
Diop Kamau – civil rights activist
Katherine Kamhi – actress (Originally from New York City)
Gabe Kapler – baseball player, and manager (San Francisco Giants )
Khloé Kardashian – socialite, model, actress and television star officially born, raised, main, domiciled, and based in Los Angeles
Kim Kardashian – socialite, model, actress and television star officially born, raised, main, domiciled, and based in Los Angeles
Kourtney Kardashian – socialite, model, actress and television star officially born, raised, main, domiciled, and based in Los Angeles
William Katt – actor
Chris Kattan – actor, comedian
Julie Kavner – actress, voice actor
Danny Kaye – actor, singer
Zoe Kazan – actress
KBeaZy – record producer and YouTuber (Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan )
Diane Keaton – actress
Michael Keaton – actor
Keb' Mo' – blues singer, guitarist, songwriter
Val Keckin – football player
Minka Kelly – actress
Jack Kemp – football player, politician
Dom Kennedy – rapper
Anna Kendrick – actress, singer (Originally from Portland, Maine )[104]
Asa Keyes – LA County district attorney and criminal[105]
Andrew Keegan – actor
Satkirin Kaur Khalsa – Sikh preacher
Val Kilmer – actor
Elle King – singer-songwriter, actress
Holly King – actress
Joey King – actress
Kerry King – guitarist of Slayer
Abbot Kinney – founder of Venice, California [106]
Jack Kirby – football player
Barys Kit – Belarusian-American rocket scientist
Erwin Klein (d. 1992) – table tennis player
Josh Klinghoffer – guitarist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jimmy Knepper – jazz musician
Suge Knight – record producer
Ty Knott – football coach
Beyoncé Knowles – singer, songwriter, actress, model, record producer, businesswoman (Originally from Houston , Texas)
Dave Koz – composer, musician
Zoe Kravitz – actress
Patricia Krenwinkel – Manson family member serving life sentence for murder
Robby Krieger – musician
Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher
Alex Kurtzman – filmmaker
Candi Kubeck – captain of ValuJet Flight 592
Lisa Kudrow – actress
Sheila Kuehl – actress, politician (Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma )
Henry Kuttner – writer
Kyra Kupetsky - Voice actress, animator
Shia LaBeouf (born 1986) – actor
Matthew Labyorteaux – actor
Patrick Labyorteaux – actor
Annie LeBlanc – actress (Originally from Augusta, Georgia )
Peter M. Lenkov – writer, producer
Marcel Lachemann – baseball player and manager
Rene Lachemann – baseball player and manager
Liz Lachman – writer, director, and composer (Originally from Detroit, Michigan)
Alan Ladd Jr. – film director, film producer
John Lahr – critic
Kendrick Lamar – rapper
Phil LaMarr – voice actor, comedian, and writer
Bill Lancaster – screenwriter
Bianca Lawson – actress
Juliet Landau – actress
Christopher B. Landon – screenwriter
Ken Landreaux – baseball player
Mitchell Landsberg – journalist
Tom Lasorda – Hall of Fame Dodgers manager (born in Pennsylvania)
Barry Latman (born 1936) – baseball player
Dyanna Lauren – erotic dancer , pornographic actress, singer and director
Giada De Laurentiis – Italian-American chef , writer, and television personality (Originally from Rome, Italy )
Gypsy Rose Lee – burlesque entertainer (born in Seattle)
Jason Scott Lee – actor
Michele Lee – actress
Janet Leigh – actress (born in Merced )
Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress
Chris Lemmon – actor
The Lennon Sisters – singing group
Kay Lenz – actress
Kawhi Leonard – basketball player
Logan Lerman – actor
Lisa Leslie – USC and Sparks basketball player
letlive. (formed in 2002) – art-punk band from Los Angeles
Jared Leto – actor, musician; frontman of 30 Seconds To Mars (Originally from Bossier City, Louisiana )
Shannon Leto – musician; brother of Jared (Originally from Bossier City, Louisiana )
Elyse Levesque – Canadian actress (Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan , Canada)
Harvey Levin – founder of TMZ
Adam Levine – lead singer of Maroon 5
Gary Lewis – musician
Harry Lewis – actor, restaurateur
Juliette Lewis – actress
Louise Lieberman (born 1977) – soccer coach and former player
Allan Linder – visual artist
Audra Lindley – actress
Sara Lindsey – actress (Originally from Washington, D.C.)
Roger Linn – inventor of the digital drum machine
Alex D. Linz – actor
David Lipsky (born 1988) – golfer
Amber Liu – member of South Korean girl group F(x)
Blake Lively – actress
Barry Livingston – veteran actor
Billie Lourd – actress
Cher Lloyd – singer (Originally from Malvern, Worcestershire , England)
Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian, podcaster (born in New York City)
Tone-Lōc – rapper, actor
Heather Locklear – actress
Gary Lockwood – actor (born in Van Nuys )
John "Juke" Logan – harmonica player, songwriter
Julie London – singer, actress
Lauren London – actress
Jennifer Lopez – singer, actress (Originally from New York City)
Manuel López – artist, educator[107]
Steve Lopez – columnist for the Los Angeles Times [108]
Demi Lovato – singer, actress (Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico )
Kevin Love – basketball player (born in Santa Monica)
Darlene Love – singer and actress
Madison Love – songwriter, singer
Mike Love – singer for the Beach Boys
Jon Lovitz – actor
Charles Herbert Lowe – biologist
Steve Lukather – musician
Diana Lynn – actress
Lyrics Of Two – band from Los Angeles
John Lasseter – film director
Jane Levy – actress
L.A. Beast - Competitive Eater (born 1984)
Red Leather (artist) - Country/Rock artist (Born in Reno, Nevada )
James MacArthur – actor
John F. MacArthur – pastor
Jenn McAllister - Youtuber & Actress (Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania) [109]
Tress MacNielle – voice actress
Steven McQueen – actor
Richard Madden – actor (Originally from Elderslie , Renfrewshire, Scotland)
Mía Maestro – Argentine actress and singer-songwriter (Originally from Buenos Aires , Argentina)
Bobby Magallanes – Minor League Baseball player, coach, and manager currently the assistant hitting coach for the Atlanta Braves .
Roger Mahony – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles
Daron Malakian – musician
Rami Malek – actor
Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
Laura Marano – actress
Vanessa Marano – actress
Xolo Maridueña – actor
Cheech Marin – comedian, musician, actor
Scott Marlowe – actor
Jordan Maron – YouTube personality
Dean Paul Martin – actor (born in Santa Monica)
Elizabeth Marvel – actress
Biddy Mason – pioneer African–American businesswoman
Chris Masters – professional wrestler
Sam Match (1923–2010) – tennis player
Tim Matheson – actor (born in Glendale)
Rachel Matthews – actress
Greg Mathews – MLB pitcher
Clay Matthews – pro football player
Louis B. Mayer – film mogul (born in Russia)
Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player
Thom Mayne – architect
Leo McCarey – actor, composer, film director, writer, producer
Bob McChesney – football player
Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist
Gary McCord – golfer, TV commentator (born in San Gabriel)
Kent McCord – actor
Maureen McCormick – actress
Thayne McCulloh – social psychologist, university president
Hugh McElhenny – pro football player
Ron McGovney – bassist of Metallica
Kristy McNichol – actress
Katharine McPhee – singer, actress
Aimee Semple McPherson – pioneering radio evangelist[110]
Carey McWilliams – writer, editor
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex – actress, British royal
Wendy Melvoin – musician
Mike Mentzer – professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion[111]
Lee Meriwether – actress, 1955 Miss America
Russell Metty – cinematographer
Jillian Michaels – trainer, TV personality
Miguel – recording artist[112]
Tomo Miličević – musician
Michael Milken – financier, philanthropist
Kevin Millar – baseball player
Bob Miller – Kings hockey broadcaster (born in Massachusetts)
Inger Miller – world and Olympic champion sprinter
Norm Miller (born 1946) – Major League baseball player
Penelope Ann Miller – actress
Leon Milo – composer, percussionist, sound artist
Yvette Mimieux – actress
Nicki Minaj – rapper[113] (Originally from Trinidad and Tobago)
Charles Mingus – Jazz bassist and composer (born in Arizona)
Liza Minnelli – actress, singer
Donald Miralle – photographer
Andrew Mishkin – commander of the Mars rover
Jamie Mitchell , professional boxer
Joni Mitchell – singer-songwriter, painter (born in Fort Macleod , Canada)
Tyrone Mitchell – murderer
Christopher Mitchum – actor, writer, film director
James Mitchum – actor
Ron Mix – football player
Mike Moffitt – football player
Peggy Moffitt – model
Dick Moje – football player
Dianna Molzan – painter
Marilyn Monroe – actress
Elizabeth Montgomery – actress
Poppy Montgomery – Australian-American actress (Originally from Sydney, Australia)
Ray Montgomery – actor
Peet Montzingo - internet personality and author
Warren Moon – football player
Neal Moore – writer, canoeist
Terry Moore – actress
Anthony Mora – publicist, playwright
Lisa Moretti – professional wrestler
Katie Morgan – Actress, radio talk-show host, podcast host and feature dancer
Collin Morikawa – professional golfer
John Morrison – professional wrestler for WWE
Patt Morrison – newspaper and radio journalist
Camila Morrone – actress
William R. Moses – actor
Walter Mosley – novelist
Elisabeth Moss – actress
Paul Moyer – television newscaster
William Mulholland – engineer, DWP pioneer (born in Ireland)
Megan Mullally – actress
Bill Mumy – singer and actor
Kathleen Munroe – Canadian actress (Originally from Hamilton, Ontario , Canada)
Michael Murphy – actor
Don Murray – actor
Eddie Murray – professional baseball player
Jim Murray – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter (born in Connecticut)[114]
Shawn Mendes – Canadian singer, songwriter (born in Pickering, Ontario , Canada)
Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder
Murs – rapper
Elon Musk – entrepreneur (Originally from Pretoria , South Africa)
Mustard – hip hop producer
Klymaxx – 80's group band
Elizabeth Mitchell – actress
Mozhan Marnò – television actress
Bob Ojeda
Tyler Oakley -Youtuber[117]
Rockne S. O'Bannon – film director, writer, producer
John O'Brien – football player [118]
Finneas O'Connell - singer, songwriter, producer
Derrick Oden – football player
Bob Ojeda – baseball player[119]
Masi Oka – actor
Onyeka Okongwu – NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks
Tyler Okonma – rapper
Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
Daniel Olivas – author, book critic, attorney
Barret Oliver – actor, photographer
Robert Oliveri – former child actor
Kevin Ollie – basketball coach
Edward James Olmos – actor, writer, producer, director
Elizabeth Olsen – actress
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses
Griffin O'Neal – actor
Ryan O'Neal – actor
Tatum O'Neal – actress[120]
Wendy C. Ortiz – writer
Emily Osment – actress
Haley Joel Osment – actor
Harrison Gray Otis – owner and publisher of Los Angeles Times [70]
Christopher Mintz-Plasse – actor
Ben Platt – actor, comedian
Alex Padilla – U.S. senator , California Secretary of State , State Senator , Los Angeles City Council
David Paich – musician
Gwyneth Paltrow – actress
Randall Park – actor
Sara Paxton – actress
Danielle Panabaker – actress (Originally from Augusta, Georgia )
Kay Panabaker – actress and zoologist (Originally from Orange, Texas )
J. D. Pardo – actor
Matthew Perry – actor, comedian (Originally from Williamstown, Massachusetts )
Grace Park – actress
T. Jefferson Parker – novelist
William H. Parker – police chief
Johnnie Parsons – race car driver
Ann Patchett – author
Audrina Patridge – television personality
Robert Pattinson – actor (Originally from London, England)[121]
Paula Patton – actress
Jake Paul – YouTube personality, actor, boxer (born in Cleveland , Ohio)
Logan Paul – YouTube personality, actor (born in Westlake, Ohio )
Gregory Peck – actor (born in San Diego )[122]
Mark Pellegrino – actor
Terry Pendleton – baseball player
London Perrantes (born 1994) – basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Melina Perez – professional wrestler, former 3X WWE Women's Champion and 2X WWE Divas Champion
Michelle Perry – athlete, world champion hurdler
Kim Petras – German singer who moved to Los Angeles at age 19
Chuck Philips – Pulitzer Prize -winning investigative music journalist[123]
Chynna Phillips – singer
Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists [124] and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [125] (born in Toronto )
Joy Picus – L.A. City Councilwoman and Ms. Magazine woman of the year in 1985[126] (Originally from Chicago, Illinois)
Ben J. Pierce – YouTuber, singer-songwriter, actor (born in Dallas)
Spencer Pigot – racing driver
Hasan Piker – Twitch streamer and political commentator
Chris Pine – actor
Eve Plumb – actress (born in Burbank)
Ivy Pochoda – novelist and former professional squash player (Originally from Brooklyn , New York City)
Pokimane – Moroccan-Canadian Internet personality (Originally from Morocco)
Stan Poray – landscape painter (born in Kraków , Poland)
Mason Porter – mathematician
Lillian Powell – dancer, teacher, television actress (Originally from Victoria, British Columbia )
Tyrone Power Jr. – actor
Stefanie Powers – actress
Bob Prince – Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster
Tayshaun Prince – basketball player (born in Compton)
Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor
Donald Prell – futurologist , author (born in Los Angeles, graduated from LA High and UCLA)
Rain Pryor – actress
Yetunde Price – one of Venus and Serena Williams’ three other sisters (born in Saginaw , Michigan )
Jade Pettyjohn – actress
Paul Rodriguez
James Rallison – YouTube Animator
Efren Ramirez – actor
Jacki Randall – artist
Dennis Rasmussen – professional baseball player
Johnnie Ray – singer-songwriter, pianist[127]
Tania Raymonde – actress[98]
Maureen Reagan – actress, daughter of Ronald Reagan
Michael Reagan – radio personality, son of Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) – actress, First Lady (born in New York)
Ron Reagan – television host, ballet dancer, son of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) – actor, President of the United States (born in Illinois)
Robert Redford – actor, director (born in Santa Monica)
Cornelius Redick – NFL player
Nikki Reed – actress
Keanu Reeves – actor
Andy Reid – NFL coach
Patricia Reif (1930–2002) – theologian
Debbie Reynolds – actress (raised in Burbank)
Rhett and Link – YouTube entertainers on shows Rhett and Link and Good Mythical Morning
Harold Rhodes – inventor of the Rhodes piano
Giovanni Ribisi – actor
Robert Ri'chard – actor
Kyle Richards – television personality
Sally Ride – astronaut
Rihanna – singer (Barbados-born)[128]
Bobby Riggs – tennis player
Amber Riley – actress
Richard Riordan – former L.A. mayor
John Ritter – actor (born in Burbank)
Herb Ritts – photographer
Naya Rivera (1987-2020) – actress, singer
Clete Roberts – radio-TV journalist (born in Oregon)
Joe Roberts – motorcycle racer (born in Malibu, raised in Los Angeles)
Jackie Robinson – iconic baseball player (raised in Pasadena)
Jo Ann Robinson – civil rights activist[129]
Rachel Robinson – wife of baseball's Jackie Robinson
Adam Rodríguez – actor and director
Luis J. Rodriguez – writer and activist
Paul Rodriguez – comedian, actor (born in Compton)
Paul Rodriguez Jr. – professional skateboarder
Kay Rohrer – AAGPBL player
Sofia Richie – model
Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) – actor (born in New York)
Rosalia – singer[130]
Gary Ross – film director
Katharine Ross – actress
Lawrence Ross – author of historical texts and fiction
Tracee E. Ross – actress
Edward R. Roybal – politician
Pete Rozelle – longtime NFL commissioner
Lela Rochon – actress
John Rubinstein – actor
Angel Rubio – football player
Emily Rudd – actress (Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota )
Victor Rudd (born 1991) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Euroleague
Mikel Ruffinelli – World Record Academy, record holder[131]
Charlie Ruggles – actor
Wesley Ruggles – director, producer
Patrice Rushen – singer, musician
Andy Russell – singer
Rene Russo – actress (born in Burbank)
Olga Rutterschmidt – convicted murderer serving life without parole
Brendan Ryan – baseball player
Bonnie Rychlak (born 1951) – sculptor, curator
Gary Ryerson – baseball player
Angus Sutherland - producer/actor
Samia – musician
Sasha Alexander - producer/actress
Stephen M. Silverman – journalist/author
Melanie Shatner – actress
Jonathan Silverman – hollywood actor
John Schneider – producer
Eden Sher – actress, comedian
Samantha Jo – actress, martial artist (born in Barrie, Ontario , Canada)
José Saenz – 492nd on the list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Katey Sagal – actress
Halston Sage – actress
Mort Sahl – comedian
Albert Saijo – poet[132]
Susan Saint James – actress
Jill St. John – actress
Adela Rogers St. Johns – journalist, screenwriter
Rubén Salazar – L.A. Times reporter killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during Chicano Moratorium
Jim Salsbury – professional football player
Jay Sandrich – film director, film producer
Donald Sanford – American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
Angela Sarafyan – Armenian-American actress (Originally from Yerevan, Armenia )
Dick Sargent – actor
Ben Savage – actor, director, producer
Fred Savage – actor, director (born in Illinois)
William Schallert – actor
Peter Schifrin (born 1958) – Olympic fencer, sculptor
Ezra Schochet – rosh yeshiva , Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary
Schoolboy Q – rapper
Pablo Schreiber – actor
Emily Schulman – actress
Geoff Schwartz – NFL football player
Mitchell Schwartz (born 1989) – NFL football player
Jason Schwartzman – actor, musician
Byron Scott – basketball player and coach (born in Utah)
Melody Thomas Scott – actress
Rachel Scott – senior congressional correspondent for ABC News
Vin Scully – Dodgers baseball broadcaster (born in New York)
George Segal – actor
Jason Segel – actor
William Nicholas Selig – movie producer, zookeeper[133]
David O. Selznick – film producer (born in Pennsylvania)
Eugene Selznick – Hall of Fame volleyball player
Parvati Shallow – Survivor contestant; winner of Survivor: Micronesia
Benjamin Shapiro – Conservative political commentator
Karen Sharpe – actress, wife of director/producer Stanley Kramer
Ann Shaw (1921–2015) – social worker, civic leader[134]
Vinessa Shaw – actress
Harry Shearer – actor, comedian, musician, composer
Marley Shelton – actress
Brad Sherman – congressman
Marley Shelton – actress
Richard Sherman – NFL player (born in Compton)
Larry Sherry – baseball player, 1959 World Series MVP
Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
Mike Shinoda – musician
Pauly Shore – comedian and actor
Elizabeth Short – the "Black Dahlia", victim of the city's most famous unsolved murder[135] (Originally from Boston , Massachusetts)
Robert "Fighting Bob" Shuler – Methodist radio evangelist and political player[136]
Too Short − rapper
Joel Siegel – film critic
Al Silvera (1935–2002) – Major League Baseball player
Jerry Simon (born 1968) – American-Israeli basketball player
James Sikking – actor
Jonathan Silverman – actor
Sebu Simonian – Armenian-American singer (Originally from Aleppo, Syria )
O. J. Simpson – USC and NFL football player, murder suspect (born in San Francisco)
Nancy Sinatra – singer, actress (Originally from Jersey City, New Jersey )
Tina Sinatra – producer
Simon Singer (born 1941) – world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
Lilly Singh – YouTuber, comedian, talk show host, actress (Originally from Toronto , Canada)
John Singleton – film director, writer, producer
Skrillex (real name Sonny Moore) – DJ, producer
Slash – Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist
Leonard Slatkin – conductor
Slayyyter – American pop singer and songwriter (Originally from St. Louis, Missouri )
Erika Slezak – actress
Alexis Smith – actress (Originally from Penticton, British Columbia , Canada)
Steve Smith Sr. – NFL wide receiver
Willow Smith – singer
Smothers Brothers – entertainers (born in New York, raised in Los Angeles)
Duke Snider – Hall of Fame baseball player
Snoop Dogg – rap artist
Hilda Solis – politician, Secretary of Labor in the Barack Obama administration[137]
Paul Soriano – director/producer
Eric Son – singer (member of pop group The Boyz ) (born in South Korea, raised in Los Angeles)
Ron Spears – professional football player
Tori Spelling – actress
Evan Spiegel – businessman, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
Steven Spielberg – filmmaker (born in Cincinnati)
Robert Stack – actor
Lakeith Stanfield – actor
Anine Stang – Norwegian singer-songwriter (Originally from Oslo, Norway )
Patti Stanger – businesswoman and reality television personality (Originally from Short Hills, New Jersey )
Giancarlo Stanton – baseball player (born in Panorama City)
Max Steinberg (1989–2014), American-Israeli IDF lone soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza War
Hailee Steinfeld – actress (born in Tarzana)[138]
Brett Sterling – NHL hockey player
Donald Sterling – longtime owner of Los Angeles Clippers
Tisha Sterling – actress
Stephanie – singer
Adlai E. Stevenson II – politician
Jamie Stewart – musician, frontman of experimental band Xiu Xiu
Kristen Stewart – actress
Michelle Stith – president of Church of Scientology in Los Angeles
Lindsey Stirling - American violinist
Dean Stockwell – actor
Emma Stone – actress (Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona )
Peter Stone – screenwriter
Madeleine Stowe – actress
Darryl Strawberry – baseball player
Woody Strode – actor
David Strother – musician
Rider Strong – actor, director
Jeff Stryker – pornographic film actor
Burt Sugarman – film and TV producer
Frank Sullivan – MLB pitcher
Cree Summer – actress
Dale Swann – character actor [139]
Alison Sweeney – actress
Jodie Sweetin – actress
Earl Sweatshirt – rapper, member of OFWGKTA
Adam G. Sevani – actor and dancer
Taboo – rapper
Ted Danson – actor
Miiko Taka – actress (Originally from Seattle , Washington)
George Takei – actor
Amber Tamblyn – actress (born in Santa Monica, California )
Russ Tamblyn – actor, dancer
Jeffrey Tambor – actor
Frank Tashlin (1913–1972) – animator and film director
Buck Taylor – actor
Deshon Taylor (born 1996) - basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Elizabeth Taylor – actress (UK-born but grew up in Los Angeles/Originally from Hampstead , London, England)
Michele Martin Taylor – painter
Michelle Tea – author, poet, and literary arts organizer (Originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts )
Shirley Temple – actress (born in Santa Monica)
Mike Tenay – professional wrestling announcer for WCW and TNA (later Impact Wrestling)
Tere Tereba – fashion designer, writer, actress (Originally from Warren, Ohio )
Paris Themmen – actor known for his role as Mike Teavee in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach (born in Inglewood)
Robin Thicke – singer-songwriter
John Floyd Thomas Jr. – serial killer
Lavale Thomas – NFL player
Bart Thompson – publisher
Dijon Thompson (born 1983) – basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Klay Thompson – NBA player
Lawrence Tibbett – baritone opera singer and actor (born in Bakersfield )
Merritt Tierce – short-story author, story editor , essayist, activist, and novelist (Originally from Texas )
Kevin Tighe – actor
Jennifer Tilly – actress
Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor
Tinashe – singer (born in Lexington, Kentucky )
Tone Loc – musician
Dean Torrence – musician
Dara Torres – Olympic swimmer (born in Beverly Hills)
Tamara Toumanova – actress, dancer (Originally from Tyumen, Russia )
Robert Towne – screenwriter, director, producer
Danny Trejo – actor
Justin Timberlake – singer, actor (Originally from Memphis, Tennessee )
Helle Trevino – IFBB professional bodybuilder (Originally from Sønderborg, Denmark )
Larry Tripplett – football player
Mark Tuan – member of Got7, rapper
Charlie Tuna – radio personality, unofficial mayor of Tarzana (born in Nebraska)
Ruby Rose Turner – actress, singer, dancer
Nadia Turner – actress, dancer
Ryan Turell (born 1999) - basketball player for the G-League Motor City Cruise , Yeshiva University .
Tyler, The Creator – rapper, producer, director, member of OFWGKTA
Ty Dolla $ign – singer
Oliver Tree - singer
Brian Patrick Wade – actor
Preston Wadley - multimedia artist
Lindsay Wagner – actress
Natasha Gregson Wagner – actress
Robert Wagner – actor (born in Detroit)
Duffy Waldorf – professional golfer[142]
Pat Walker (activist) - activist, poet, and businesswoman
Tyler Walker – NASCAR driver
Dylan Walsh – actor
Joseph Wambaugh – Los Angeles police officer, novelist
Burt Ward – actor
Megan Ward - actress
Roger Ward – 2 Time Indy 500 Champion
Rick Ware – NASCAR driver
Earl Warren – Governor of California , Chief Justice of the United States
Casey Wasserman – sports and entertainment figure
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins – singer (Originally from Des Moines, Iowa )
Bob Watson – Major League Baseball player and executive
Henry Waxman – politician
Gerard Way – musician (born in Summit, New Jersey )
Patrick Wayne – actor
Doodles Weaver – comedian
Jeff Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)
Jered Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)
Ryn Weaver – singer (born in Salta )
Jack Webb – actor, television producer (born in Santa Monica)
Grace Weber – R&B singer-songwriter and producer (Originally from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin )
Michael Welch – actor
Nathanael West – author[143]
Russell Westbrook – basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder (born in Long Beach)
Edward Weston – photographer
Kitty White – jazz singer
Mae Whitman – actor
Sidney Wicks – basketball player
Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitarist of The Go–Go's, actress (Born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin )
Louis J. Wilde – 17th Mayor of San Diego , resident (died in Los Angeles)
William R. Wilkerson – founder of Ciro's , The Hollywood Reporter , Flamingo Hotel (born in Tennessee)
will.i.am – rapper, producer
Anson Williams – actor
Anthony A. Williams – mayor of Washington, D.C.
Cindy Williams – actress
Colleen Williams – television newscaster (Originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina )
Esther Williams – actress, swimmer (born in Inglewood)
Guy Williams – basketball player
Sarah Anne Williams – voice actress (Originally from Indiana )
Serena Williams – tennis player (born in Michigan)
Venus Williams – tennis player
Larry Wilmore – television personality
Brian Wilson – singer, composer (born in Inglewood)
Rita Wilson – actress, producer (Originally from Hollywood )
Torrie Wilson – model, actress, professional wrestler (born in Boise, Idaho )
Paul Winfield – actor
Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman – professional boxer
Wally Wolf (1930–1997) – swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion
Matthew Wolff – professional golfer
Nat Wolff – actor, singer, songwriter
Anna May Wong – actress
John Wooden – Hall of Fame basketball UCLA coach (born in Indiana)
Shailene Woodley – actress (born in Simi Valley)
Ilene Woods – actress (born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire )
Indiana Woodward – ballet dancer (Originally from Paris, France)
Cal Worthington – auto dealer (born in Oklahoma)
Lara Worthington – model (born in Australia)
Sam Worthington – actor, writer (born in England, raised in Australia)
James Worthy – Lakers basketball player and broadcaster (born in North Carolina)
Clare Wren – actress (Originally from New Orleans , Louisiana)
Dorell Wright – NBA small forward for Golden State Warriors
Haji Wright – soccer player
Jason Wright – American football player and executive
Noah Wyle – actor
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