The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.
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- Russell Allen: member of progressive metal band Symphony X
- Adrian Young: musician, songwriter and drummer[6]
- Brooks Wackerman: musician, songwriter and drummer[7]
- Dick Christie: actor
- Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry[8]
- 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
- J Boog: American Samoan reggae singer
- Michael Burger: actor, comedian, and game show host
- Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)
- Mary Castle: actress
- George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
- Charlet Chung: actress
- Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
- Helios Creed: guitarist and singer
- Scout Taylor-Compton, actress
- Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
- Shane Dawson: YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician
- Tray Deee: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz
- Scott Devours: drummer and songwriter
- The Dove Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group
- Cameron Diaz: actress[9]
- Don Dixon: astronomical artist
- Domino: rapper
- Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
- Kayla Ewell: actress
- Goldie Loc: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz
- Isidora Goreshter: actress
- half•alive (consisting of musicians Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J. Tyler Johnson): indie pop band[10]
- Jeff Hanneman, Slayer guitarist
- Ricky Harris, actor and producer
- LBC Crew (consisting of rappers Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style, and Techniec)
- Donna Hilbert: poet
- James Hilton: author, wrote 1937 novel Lost Horizon
- John Lee Hooker: blues singer[11]
- Marilyn Horne: opera singer[12]
- Thelma Houston: R&B singer[13]
- Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian[14]
- Robert Irwin: artist[15]
- Sally Kellerman: actress[16]
- DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor[17]
- Greg Laswell: musician
- David Lau: poet[18]
- Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
- Camryn Manheim: actress
- Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
- Robert Mitchum: actor
- Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
- Manny Montana: actor
- Frances O'Connor: sideshow performer, without arms
- Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta
- Paulina Peavy: artist, inventor, painter, designer, sculptor, poet, writer, and lecturer.
- Yolanda Pérez: singer-songwriter
- Jenni Rivera: singer, television personality
- Peggy Ryan: dancer and actress
- Upton Sinclair: author
- Michael Stuhlbarg: actor
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse: actors, The Suite Life on Deck
- Frank Ocean: American singer, songwriter, and rapper.[19]
- Vince Staples: rapper
- Norma Tanega: folksinger-songwriter
- Tiffani Thiessen: actress
- Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician Black Flag[20]
- Maitland Ward: actress
- Snoop Dogg: songwriter, actor,and rapper[21]
- Warren G: songwriter and rapper[22]
- Nate Dogg: rapper, songwriter, and singer[23]
- Nicolas Cage: American actor[24]
- Bo Derek: actress
- Jennette McCurdy: Former actress[25]
- Bradley Nowell: Lead singer, and guitarist for the band Sublime (band)
- Isidora Goreshter: actress
- Giveon: singer and songwriter[26]*
- Rival Sons: rock band
- Lupillo Rivera: Mexican-American singer and songwriter
- Paloma Ford: R&B singer[27]
- Kap G: Mexican-American rapper[28]
- Sandy West: Singer and drummer
- Andy Martin: Jazz trombonist
- Laurie Lewis: Singer and musician
- Allie Goertz: Musician and writer
- John Mack Faragher: American historian and author[29]
- Annabel Parlett McMillin - American First Lady of Guam.[30]
- Bayless Conley: televangelist
- Charleen Kinser: toy-designer[31]
- Charlie Beck: retired LAPD chief
- Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist (wife of Norman Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
- Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
- Edwin J. Hill: Medal of Honor recipient[32]
- Elizabeth Milbank Anderson: philanthropist and advocate for public health and women's education; her house is now the Long Beach Museum of Art
- Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim (Originally from Boston, Massachusetts)
- Frank Merriam: Governor of California, 1934–1939
- George Deukmejian: Governor of California, 1983–1991
- Grace Olive Wiley: herpetologist best known for her work with venomous snakes
- Greg Laurie: televangelist
- Isaac C. Kidd: Medal of Honor recipient[32]
- Jacqueline Bishop: artist
- Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage
- Julio Salgado, Mexican artist
- Lon Milo DuQuette, writer
- Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
- Mark Ragins: American psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the Village ISA[33]
- Matt Welch, blogger and journalist
- Meredith Thompson: law enforcement special agent
- Opie Ortiz, artist
- Paula Jones: Civil Servant
- Richard H. Leigh: four-star admiral
- San Kim Sean - martial artist
- Tarek El Moussa: real estate investor and television personality
- William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
- William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
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