List of people from Orange County, California

This is a list of notable past and present residents of Orange County.

Athletics

• Amanda Beard, Olympic swimmer
• Shane Bieber, baseball player
• Kobe Bryant, NBA player (born in Pennsylvania)
• Gary Carter, MLB player, member of Hall of Fame
• Michael Chang, professional tennis player (born in New Jersey)
• Sasha Cohen, figure skater
• Allen Craig, baseball player
• Isaac Curtis, professional football player
• Lindsay Davenport, professional tennis player
• Phil Dent, professional tennis player
• Taylor Dent, professional tennis player
• Super Dragon, professional wrestler
• Janet Evans, swimmer
• Jim Fassel, professional football coach
• Julie Foudy, soccer player
• Kyle Harrison (born 2001), baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Matthew Hoppe, professional soccer player
• Phil Hughes, baseball player
• Nyjah Huston, professional skateboarder
• Kevin Jepsen, baseball player
• Samoa Joe, multi-time world heavyweight professional wrestling champion
• Magic Johnson, former NBA player
• Stanley Johnson, NBA Player
• Jürgen Klinsmann, player and coach for Germany's national football (soccer) team
• Mark Kotsay, baseball player
• Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
• Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of Los Angeles Dodgers (born in Pennsylvania)
• Adam LaRoche, Washington Nationals first baseman
• Jason Lee, professional skateboarder and actor
• Mark McGwire, baseball player and coach
• Tito Ortiz, mixed martial arts fighter
• Carson Palmer, professional football player
• Aaron Peirsol, swimmer
• Dennis Rodman, basketball player (born in New Jersey)
• Elizabeth Ryan, tennis player
• Mark Sanchez, USC and NFL quarterback
• Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Champion
• Larry Sherry, baseball pitcher, 1959 World Series MVP
• Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and manufacturer
• Garry Templeton, professional baseball player
• Matt Treanor, baseball player
• Peter Vidmar, gymnast
• C. J. Wilson, baseball player
• Tiger Woods, professional golfer
• Sara Ramirez, gymnast
• Kalia Pang, roller derby player
• Anthony Aiesi, soccer player
• Chase McQuown, professional skateboarder

Business

• George Argyros, diplomat, real estate investor
• Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of Lifted Research Group
• Donald Bren, chairman of the Irvine Company
• Dan Caldwell, co-founder of Tapout
• Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman
• Mark Cuban, businessman, investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
• Walt Disney, creator of Disneyland theme park (born in Illinois)
• Lucy Dunn, CEO of Orange County Business Council
• Ray Grainger, founder of Mavenlink
• Justin Hartfield, co-founder of Weedmaps
• Reza Jahangiri, CEO of American Advisors Group
• James Jannard, businessman, designer and founder of Oakley Inc.
• Paul Merage, co-founder of Chef America Inc.
• Arturo Moreno, businessman
• Michael Morhaime, businessman, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
• Henry Nicholas, CEO of Broadcom Corporation
• Igor Olenicoff, real estate developer
• Dan Rodrigues, founder of Kareo
• Rodney Sacks, businessman, chairman, and CEO of Monster Beverage
• Henry Samueli, owner of the Anaheim Ducks
• Hilton Schlosberg, businessman
• Henry Segerstrom, entrepreneur
• Vinny Smith, founder of Toba Capital
• Lynsi Snyder, owner of In-N-Out Burger
• Chad Steelberg, businessman
• David Sun, founder of Kingston Technology
• Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx
• William Wang, founder and CEO of Vizio

Literature

• Gregory Benford, science fiction author and astrophysicist
• Cornelia ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
• James P. Blaylock, fantasy author
• Philip K. Dick, author and futurist (born in Illinois)
• Jeremy Gable, playwright
• Dean Koontz, horror author (born in Pennsylvania)
• Toni Turner, author

Movies, television and media

• Mitch Hurwitz, writer, creator of Arrested Development
• Scott Aukerman, comedian, writer, host of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast and TV show
• Gene Autry, singer-actor, longtime owner of Angels baseball team (born in Texas)
• Tara Lynne Barr, actress
• Jimmy Bennett, actor
• Nate Berkus, designer and TV personality
• Joey Bishop, comedian and actor (born in Pennsylvania)
• Marlon Brando, film and stage actor (born in Nebraska)
• James Cameron, film director (born in Canada)
• Marc Cherry, creator and executive producer of Desperate Housewives
• Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills)
• Kevin Costner, actor, director
• Valorie Curry, actress
• Heather Dubrow, actress and TV personality on The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in New York)
• Terry Dubrow, plastic surgeon and star of Botched (born in Los Angeles)
• Kyle Echarri, Filipino actor
• Susan Egan, actress, singer
• Will Ferrell, comedian and actor
• Jere Fields, actress
• Yasmeen Fletcher, actress and musician
• Cuba Gooding Jr, actor
• Vicki Gunvalson, TV personality The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Chicago)
• Diane Keaton, actress and author (born in Los Angeles)
• Jeana Keough, TV personality on The Real Housewives of Orange County (born in Milwaukee)
• Devinn Lane, porn star
• Penny Marshall, actress and director (born in New York)
• Steve Martin, comedian, actor, author, musician (born in Texas)
• Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
• Scott McGehee, filmmaker
• Tarek El Moussa, TV personality (Flip or Flop)
• Donny Osmond, singer and actor (born in Utah)
• Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
• Jessica Rey, actress
• Shelby Rabara, actress
• Mark Rober, mechanical-engineer, YouTube personality
• Jim Rome, sports radio personality
• Mirela Rupic, costume designer
• Keri Russell, actress
• Emily Skinner, actress
• Roger Craig Smith, voice actor
• Jeffree Star, internet celebrity
• Kristy Swanson, actress
• Milo Ventimiglia, actor
• John Wayne, iconic film actor; Orange County airport named for him (born in Iowa)

Music

• Avenged Sevenfold, rock band
• Aloe Blacc, singer
• Jackson Browne, musician
• Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, musician
• Pamela Courson, wife of Doors frontman Jim Morrison
• Dick Dale, musician
• Leo Fender, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar
• Bobby Hatfield, singer, The Righteous Brothers (born in Wisconsin)
• Banks, singer
• Dexter Holland, musician and singer (The Offspring)
• Kiev, indie rock band
• Lee Soon-kyu (English name: Susan Soonkyu Lee), singer and member of Girls' Generation
• Crystal Lewis, Christian singer
• Mike Ness, pioneer in O.C. punk music (Social Distortion)
• Terri Nunn, singer, actress
• Dan O'Mahony, singer, author, activist, journalist
• Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt
• Jeff Timmons, founder, singer and producer of 98 Degrees
• Lisa Tucker, singer
• Brian Tyler, composer, conductor, arranger and producer
• Scott Weiland, lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver
• Noah Urrea, singer, actor and member of Now United

• Yeat, rapper

Politics

• Sean Faircloth, executive director of Secular Coalition for America, former Majority Whip of Maine House
• Jim Gilchrist, politician
• Richard Nixon, Vice President and 37th President of the United States
• Marian Elaine Walters, politician

Miscellaneous

• Farzad Bonyadi, professional poker player
• Dominic Brooklier, former boss of the Los Angeles crime family
• Michael Carona, sheriff
• Paul Frank, clothes designer
• Adam Yahiye Gadahn, spokesman for Al Qaeda, first American charged with treason since 1952
• Maharaja Sir Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of Indore from 1926 to 1961 (lived in Santa Ana from 1938–9). [1]
• Usha Devi Maharani Sahiba Holkar XV Bahadur, current ruler of Indore since 1961 (grew up in Santa Ana)
• Sean McMahon, aerospace engineer
• Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer
• Alex Odeh, murdered Arab-American activist
• Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy (stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in 1957 and 1958-9)
• Robert Schuller, clergyman, ministry based in Garden Grove (born in Iowa)
• Brett Thomas teenaged spree killer and rapist
• Miranda Weese, ballet dancer