List of people from San Diego, California
This is a list of famous people who were born, spent a majority of their life, or currently live in San Diego, California, USA.
A
[change | change source]- Marcus Allen, professional football player, CBS Sports analyst
- Concetta Antico, artist
B
[change | change source]- David Bailey, professional motocross racer
- Dr. Charlotte Johnson Baker, San Diego's first practicing woman physician
- Dr. Fred Baker, physician, founder of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Khalif Barnes, professional football player
- Joshua Bassett , actor and singer
- Arlene Baxter, model and actress
- Billy Beane, general manager of Oakland Athletics, portrayed by Brad Pitt in Moneyball
- The Bella Twins, WWE Divas and former Divas champions
- Belle Benchley, director of San Diego Zoo
- Annette Bening, actress
- Kurt Benirschke, pathologist and geneticist
- Rolf Benirschke, professional football player
- Doug Benson, professional comedian
- Noah "Wuv" Bernardo, drummer for P.O.D.
- Mayim Bialik, actress
- Tony Bill, actor, director, and Academy Award-winning producer
- Stephen Bishop, musician
- Ron Blair, musician, original bassist of band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Hank Blalock, professional baseball player
- Jolene Blalock, actress, Star Trek
- blink-182, rock band
- Kim Bokamper, professional football player
- Bob Boone, MLB catcher
- Tim Bradstreet, artist and illustrator
- Debbie Bramwell-Washington, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Charles Brandes, investment manager, billionaire
- Madge Bradley, attorney and judge; first woman appointed to San Diego County bench
- Allison Bradshaw, professional tennis player
- Lucille Bremer, actress
- Drew Brees, professional football player, San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints
- Adam Brody, actor, The O.C.
- Bill Brown, music composer
- Victor Buono, actor
- Charles F. Buddy, first bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, University of San Diego founder
- Chase Budinger, professional basketball player
- Ron Burgundy, anchorman (fictional character)
- Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
- Eileen Rose Busby, author, antiques expert
- Reggie Bush, professional football player
- Chad Butler, drummer for band Switchfoot
- Darryl Byrd, professional football player
C
[change | change source]- Matt Cameron, drummer of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
- John Castellanos, stage, film and television actor, film producer
- Donna Campbell, physician and member of the Texas Senate, born in San Diego in 1954
- Charlie Cannon, singer, theater performer and co-founder of Starlight Opera
- Nick Cannon, actor, rapper, occasional TV host
- Francesca Capaldi, actress
- Billy Casper, golfer, Masters and U.S. Open champion
- Mark Cerney, founder of Next of Kin Registry (NOKR)
- Eric Chavez, professional baseball player
- Steve Cherundolo, professional soccer player
- Judy Clarke, criminal defense attorney
- Eric Close, actor
- D. C. Collier, real estate developer, director of the 1915–16 Panama California Exposition
- Aukai Collins, Chechen mujahideen, spent his childhood in Ocean Beach, and part of his early adulthood in City Heights
- Marshall Colt, psychologist and former actor
- Holly Marie Combs, actress
- Dennis Conner, America's Cup yachtsman
- Maureen Connolly, professional tennis player, 1953 tennis Grand Slam champion
- Derrike Cope, NASCAR driver
- Salvatore J. Cordileone, Roman Catholic archbishop
- Jorge Cordova, professional football player
- Alana Cordy-Collins, anthropologist
- William P. Cronan, naval officer and 19th Naval Governor of Guam
- Robbin Crosby, musician
- Rob Crow, musician
- Cameron Crowe, screenwriter, director, and producer
- Andrew Cunanan, spree killer who murdered Gianni Versace
D
[change | change source]- Austin da Luz, professional soccer player
- John D'Acquisto, professional baseball player
- Ted Danson, Emmy Award-winning actor
- Mike Davis, professional baseball player
- Terrell Davis, professional football player
- William Heath Davis, early San Diego developer
- Tom Delonge, singer and musician
- Warren DeMartini, musician
- Amir Derakh, musician
- Cameron Diaz, actress
- Johnny Downs, vaudevillian, dancer, actor, TV personality
- Gerry Driscol, yacht racer and businessperson
- Dinesh D'Souza, author
- Jared Dudley, professional basketball player
- Momčilo Đujić, WW2 Chetnik guerilla commander
- Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor
E
[change | change source]- Jason Earles, actor
- Donnie Edwards, professional football player
- Lindsay Ellingson, model
- Joan Embery, animal and environmental advocate
- Hayden Epstein, professional football player
- Gary Erwin, TV personality
F
[change | change source]- Marshall Faulk, professional football player, Hall of Famer
- Raymond E. Feist, author
- Amy Finley, cook, author
- John William Finn, Medal of Honor recipient
- Reuben H. Fleet, aviation pioneer, industrialist, army officer
- Jon Foreman, lead vocalist and guitarist for band Switchfoot
- Tim Foreman, bassist and backing vocalist for band Switchfoot
- Arian Foster, professional football player
- Julie Foudy, professional soccer player
- Dan Fouts, professional football player, TV commentator
- Frankie J, singer
- Ace Frehley, lead guitarist for band KISS
- Mike Fuentes, musician, drummer for band Pierce the Veil
- Vic Fuentes, musician, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for band Pierce the Veil
G
[change | change source]- Diamanda Galás, composer, vocalist, and keyboard artist
- Major Garrett, reporter
- Steve Garvey, professional baseball player, businessman
- Theodor Geisel, children's author (Dr. Seuss)
- Brian Giles, professional baseball player
- Marcus Giles, professional baseball player
- Jared S. Gilmore, child actor [1]
- Francoise Gilot, painter, author
- Broc Glover, motocross national champion
- La'Roi Glover, professional football player
- Susan Golding, businesswoman, politician
- Adrian Gonzalez, professional baseball player
- Megan Goode, actress
- Edgar Gott, aviation industry executive
- Robert Klark Graham, businessman and eugenicist
- Cecil H. Green, geophysicist, philanthropist
- Harold Greene, television journalist
- Oscar Gutierrez, aka Rey Mysterio, Jr., former WWE wrestler
- Tony Gwynn, professional baseball player, Hall of Famer, coach
- Tony Gwynn Jr., professional baseball player, son of Tony Gwynn
H
[change | change source]- Leon Hall, professional football player
- Cole Hamels, professional baseball player
- Rosie Hamlin, singer
- Aaron Harang, professional baseball player, attended San Diego State
- Charles Mallory Hatfield, rainmaker
- Riley Hawk, professional skateboarder, son of Tony Hawk
- Tony Hawk, professional skateboarder
- Le Ly Hayslip, memoirist and humanitarian
- Roger Hedgecock, mayor and radio personality
- Arthur Hobbs, defensive back for CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- James Eagan Holmes, convicted gunman of 2012 Aurora shooting
- Dennis Hopper, actor and director
- Mark Hoppus, singer and musician
- Alonzo Horton, early San Diego developer, created "New Town San Diego", later Downtown
- James Oliver Huberty, perpetrator of San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre
- Kimberly Hunt, news anchor
- Joe Hutshing, film editor
I
[change | change source]- Gabriel Iglesias, stand-up comedian
- Christofer Drew Ingle, musician
- Doug Ingle, founder of band Iron Butterfly, primary creator of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, first platinum record
- JANO,Prince of death
- JabbaWockeeZ, dance crew
- Prince Michael ″Blanket″ Jackson, youngest son of Michael Jackson
- Father Luís Jayme, California's first Christian martyr
- Jayo Felony, rapper
- Kris Jenner, television personality
- Johnny Jeter, professional wrestler
- Deron Johnson, professional baseball player
- Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR driver, six-time champion
- Katrina Johnson, actress
- Adam Jones, professional baseball player
- Dhani Jones, professional football player
- Jacque Jones, professional baseball player
- Lonnie Jordan, musician, War
K
[change | change source]- Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (born 1934), architect
- Sean Kelly, the auctioneer on Tru TV's Storage Hunters
- Dan Kemp, actor
- Kerri Kendall, model
- David Kennedy, musician
- Jewel Kilcher, singer
- Tawny Kitaen, model and actress
- Laurence Monroe Klauber, herpetologist
- Ken Kocher, professional football player
- Raph Koster, author and game designer
- Joan Kroc, philanthropist
- Ray Kroc, founder of the McDonald's corporation, owned San Diego Padres
- Alice K. Kurashige, first Japanese-American woman to be commissioned in US Marine Corps
L
[change | change source]- Frankie Laine, singer and actor
- Adam Lambert, runner-up on American Idol
- Tim Lambesis, vocalist for the band As I Lay Dying
- Fabio Lanzoni, model
- Bob Larsen, track and field coach, Olympic coach
- Don Larsen, professional baseball player
- Bucky Lasek, professional skateboarder
- Tammy Lauren, actress
- Bessie Learn, silent film actress
- Bobby Lee, MadTV actor and comedian
- David Leisure, "Joe Isuzu," character actor and comedian
- Jeanne Lenhart, senior Olympian, senior pageant winner, performing arts teacher
- Lil Rob, Chicano rapper
- Art Linkletter, television personality
- Cleavon Little, actor, Blazing Saddles
- Gene Littler, professional golfer in World Golf Hall of Fame
- Harold Lloyd, silent film actor
- Mario López, actor and television personality
- Greg Louganis, Olympic gold-medalist diver
- Moses A. Luce, lawyer and businessman, Medal of Honor recipient
- Faizon Love, actor
M
[change | change source]- John Macaulay, NFL player
- Rob Machado, professional surfer
- Doug Manchester, real estate developer, owner of the San Diego Union Tribune
- Gloria Marks, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Ross Martin, actor, The Wild Wild West
- Michael Martinez, drummer of Allstar Weekend
- Clay Marzo, professional surfer
- James Maslow, actor, singer from boy band Big Time Rush
- Victor Mature, actor, Kiss of Death
- Bill McColl, NFL player and surgeon
- William C. McCool, astronaut
- Tug McGraw, professional baseball player, father of country singer Tim McGraw
- Danica McKellar, "Winnie Cooper" actress
- Michael Medved, radio host, polital commentator, film critic
- Dan Melville, American football player
- Bob Mendoza, professional baseball player, coach, San Diego Hall of Champions inductee
- Cordelia Mendoza, antiques expert, businesswoman, author
- Shep Meyers, musician
- Phil Mickelson, professional golfer, Masters and British Open champion
- Martin Milner, actor, Adam-12
- Kevin Mitchell, professional baseball player
- Silas Weir Mitchell, actor
- Matthew Modine, actor, Full Metal Jacket, The Dark Knight Rises
- John J. Montgomery, pioneer aviator
- Archie Moore, professional boxer
- Alex Morgan, professional soccer player, US Women's National Team
- Jason Mraz, singer
- Chad Muska, professional skateboarder
N
[change | change source]- Dally Laamt, health professional
- Kathy Najimy, actress
- Stephen Neal, professional football player
- Andrew Newmark, activist, musician
- Walter R. Nickel, M.D., dermatologist and dermatopathologist
- Kent Ninomiya, journalist
- Craig Noel, theatre producer
- Matt Nokes, professional baseball player
O
[change | change source]- Ellen Ochoa, NASA astronaut
- Raymond Ochoa, actor
- Ryan Ochoa, actor
- Jeff Olson, tried and acquitted on 13 counts of vandalism
- Ronan O'Gara, professional rugby player
- Heather O'Rourke, actress, Poltergeist
P
[change | change source]- Carson Palmer, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Chuck Palumbo, professional wrestler
- Adam Pearce, professional wrestler
- Stephen Pearcy, musician
- Justin Pearson, musician
- Everett Peck, cartoonist, illustrator, animator and creator of Duckman and Squirrel Boy
- Gregory Peck, Oscar-winning actor
- Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1981 until his death in 1988; Model Cities Program director in San Diego, 1972 to 1975; director of the San Diego chapter of the National Urban League, 1975 to 1981; resident of San Diego at the time of his death[2]
- Bob Penuelas, cartoonist
- Tony Perry, lead guitarist for band Pierce the Veil
- Scott Peterson, convicted murderer
- Craig Peyer, convicted murderer
- Dat Phan, comedian
- Regis Philbin, television personality
- Steve Poltz, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Zach Porter, singer of Allstar Weekend
- Jaime Preciado, bass player and vocalist for band Pierce the Veil
- Jenna Presley, actress
- Ben Press, tennis professional and coach
- Gary Puckett, musician and singer
- Sarah Purcell, television personality
R
[change | change source]- Sara Ramirez, actress and singer
- Scott Raynor, musician
- Autumn Reeser, actress
- Steve Reeves, actor, body builder, author
- Richard Requa, architect
- Roger Revelle, oceanographer, founder of UCSD
- Sally Ride, astronaut
- Dave Roberts, professional baseball player
- Cliff Robertson, Oscar-winning actor
- Alfred D. Robinson and Marion James Robinson, builders of Rosecroft
- Aaron Rodgers, professional football player
- Tony Romo, professional football player
- Kristina Rose, pornographic actress
- Louis Rose, developer
- Seraphim Rose, hieromonk
- Marion Ross, actress, Happy Days
- Neil Ross, voice actor
- Patrick Rowe, NFL player
- Ilan Rubin, musician
- Ralph Rubio, businessman and restaurant chain owner
- RuPaul, performer, television personality
- Betsy Russell, actress, Saw
- Jason Russell, film director
S
[change | change source]- Rashaan Salaam, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Jonas Salk, physician and researcher
- Jessica Sanchez, American Idol contestant
- Shauna Sand, Playboy model, "Playmate of the Month" for May 1996
- Sonny Sandoval, musician
- Cathy Scott, journalist and true-crime author
- J. Michael Scott, senior scientist, environmentalist and author
- Junior Seau, professional football player
- Kate Sessions, horticulturalist, "the mother of Balboa Park"
- Stephanie Seymour, model
- Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Mary Sinclair, actress
- Andy Skib, musician
- Mitchy Slick, musician
- Alex Smith, professional football player
- Marty Smith, motocross national champion
- Carly Smithson, singer
- Suzy Spafford, artist
- Brenda Spencer, convicted murderer
- John D. Spreckels, businessman and industrialist
- Michael Stamm, Olympic swimmer, national champion
- Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist
- Riley Steele, pornographic actress
- Jeremy Stenberg, professional motorcross rider
- Kenny Stills jr., NFL Football player
- J. J. Stokes, professional football player
- Milburn Stone, actor, Gunsmoke
- Frederick W. Sturckow, astronaut
- Savannah Sturges, Top 10 finalist on MasterChef Season 4
- Karen Hantze Susman, tennis player
T
[change | change source]- Brian Teacher, tennis player, Australian Open singles champion
- Jonathan Temple (1796–1866), landowner, rancher and politician
- Jamie Thomas, professional skateboarder
- Joanna Thomas, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Susanna Thompson, actress
- Katherine Tingley, creator of Theosophical Society compound at Lomaland
- Robert Titzer, writer known for Your baby can read! infant learning book
- Ted Tollner, professional football coach
- Jerry Trainor, actor
- Alan Trammell, professional baseball player and manager
- Marty Tripes, winner of first Super Bowl of motocross
- Bitsie Tulloch, actress
- Jeremy Tyler, professional basketball player
V
[change | change source]- Peter Valdes, technopreneur, Tivoli software co-founder
- W.S. Van Dyke, film director
- Tiffany van Soest, kickboxer
- Eddie Vedder, singer in rock band Pearl Jam
- Juli Veee, soccer player
- Craig Venter, biologist, entrepreneur
- Victor Villaseñor, author
- Erik von Detten, actor
W
[change | change source]- Tom Waits, singer-songwriter, composer and actor
- Bill Walton, professional basketball player, TV commentator
- Luke Walton, professional basketball player
- Kelly Ward, actor
- Danny Way, professional skateboarder
- Harry M. Wegeforth, physician, founder of the San Diego Zoo
- Raquel Welch, Golden Globe Award-winning actress
- David Wells, professional baseball player
- Julie White, Tony Award-winning actress
- Shaun White, professional skateboader and snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist
- Kendra Wilkinson, model and television personality
- Carol Williams, concert organist, composer
- Michelle Williams, actress
- Nathan Williams, musician
- Ricky Williams, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Ted Williams, professional baseball player, Hall of Famer
- Ann Wilson, musician
- Jim Wilson, professional baseball pitcher and general manager
- Pete Wilson, mayor of San Diego, governor of California and U.S. Senator
- Scott Wilson, professional bodybuilder
- Kellen Winslow, professional football player
- Kellen Winslow II, professional football player
- Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA
- Mickey Wright, LPGA golfer, World Golf Hall of Famer
- Robin Wright, Golden Globe Award-winning actress
- Marvell Wynne II, professional soccer player
Z
[change | change source]- Frank Zappa, musician
- Valerie Ziegenfuss, professional tennis player
- Sal Zizzo, professional soccer player
Footnotes
[change | change source]- ↑ "Jared Gilmore". IMDb.
- ↑ "Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr". aapra.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.