List of people from Long Beach, California

See also: Category:People from Long Beach, California

The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.

Sports

• Luis Aguilar: soccer player ^{[1] [2]}
• Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long-distance swimmer, originally from Denmark ^{[3] [4]}
• Alan Ashby: former professional baseball catcher ^{[5] [6]}
• Quinton Bell: National Football League player ^{[7] [8]}
• Ken Block: professional rally driver, co-founder of DC Shoes ^{[9] [10]}
• Milton Bradley: baseball player ^{[11] [12]}
• Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Kifi Cabrera: soccer player ^[16]
• Antoine Cason: football player ^{[17] [18]}
• Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
• J. P. Crawford: Major League Baseball player
• Travis d'Arnaud: Major League Baseball player ^{[19] [20]}
• Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist ^{[21] [22]}
• Landry Fields: former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and currently the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks ^{[23] [24]}
• Bobby Grich: baseball player ^[25]
• Chris Gwynn: baseball player ^{[26] [27]}
• Tony Gwynn: Hall of Fame baseball player ^[28]
• Sara Hughes: beach volleyball player ^{[29] [30]}
• Jason Kapono: basketball player ^{[31] [32]}
• Terry Kennedy: skateboarder ^{[33] [34]}
• Billie Jean King: tennis Grand Slam winner ^{[35] [36] [37]}
• Doug Krikorian: sportswriter ^{[38] [39]}
• Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver ^{[40] [41]}
• Tammy Leibl: beach volleyball player
• Bob Lemon: baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
• Ed Lytle: baseball player
• Joe Maddon: Major League Baseball manager
• McKayla Maroney: artistic gymnast
• Misty May-Treanor: professional beach volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist ^{[42] [43]}
• James McDonald: baseball player ^{[44] [45]}
• Willie McGinest: football player, three-time Super Bowl champion ^{[46] [47]}
• Tommy Nance: Major League Baseball pitcher
• Matt Nieto: ice hockey player ^{[48] [49]}
• Marquez Pope: National Football League figure ^{[50] [51]}
• Beans Reardon: ^[52] baseball umpire
• Charles Roberts: CFL running back ^{[53] [54]}
• Brian Scalabrine: basketball player ^{[55] [56]}
• Matt Treanor: baseball player ^{[57] [58]}
• Justin Turner: baseball third baseman ^{[59] [60]}
• Chase Utley: baseball player ^{[61] [62]}
• Carl Weathers: football player and actor ^{[63] [64]}
• Russell Westbrook: basketball player ^{[65] [66]}
• Christian Wood: basketball player ^{[67] [68]}

Entertainment

• Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry ^{[69] [70]}
• Russell Allen: member of progressive metal band Symphony X
• Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull ^[71]
• Bad Azz: hip hop artist ^{[72] [73]}
• J Boog: American Samoan reggae singer ^{[74] [75]}
• Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones) ^{[76] [77]}
• Nicolas Cage: actor ^[78]
• George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor ^{[79] [80]}
• Dick Christie: actor ^{[81] [82]}
• Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
• Helios Creed: guitarist and singer ^{[83] [84]}
• Shane Dawson: YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician ^{[85] [86]}
• Tray Deee: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz ^{[87] [88]}
• Bo Derek: actress ^{[89] [90]}
• Scott Devours: drummer and songwriter ^{[91] [92]}
• Cameron Diaz: actress ^[93]
• Nate Dogg: rapper, songwriter, and singer ^[94]
• Snoop Dogg: songwriter, actor, and rapper ^[95]
• Domino: rapper ^{[96] [97]}
• The Dove Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group ^{[98] [99]}
• Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
• Kayla Ewell: actress ^[100]
• Paloma Ford: R&B singer ^[101]
• Warren G: songwriter and rapper ^[102]
• Giveon: singer and songwriter ^[103]
• Allie Goertz: musician and writer ^[104]
• Goldie Loc: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz ^{[105] [106]}
• Isidora Goreshter: actress ^{[107] [108]}
• half•alive (consisting of musicians Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J. Tyler Johnson): indie pop band ^[109]
• Jeff Hanneman: Slayer guitarist ^{[110] [111]}
• Ricky Harris: actor and producer ^{[112] [113]}
• Donna Hilbert: poet ^{[114] [115]}
• James Hilton: author, wrote 1937 novel Lost Horizon ^{[116] [117]}
• John Lee Hooker: blues singer ^[118]
• Marilyn Horne: opera singer ^[119]
• Thelma Houston: R&B singer ^[120]
• Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian ^[121]
• Robert Irwin: artist ^[122]
• Kap G: Mexican-American rapper ^[123]
• Sally Kellerman: actress ^[124]
• DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor ^[125]
• Greg Laswell: musician ^{[126] [127]}
• David Lau: poet ^[128]
• Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
• LBC Crew (consisting of rappers Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style, and Techniec) ^{[129] [130]}
• Laurie Lewis: singer and musician
• Camryn Manheim: actress ^{[131] [132]}
• Andy Martin: jazz trombonist
• Jennette McCurdy: former actress; ^[133] author
• Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress ^{[134] [135]}
• Robert Mitchum: actor ^{[136] [137]}
• Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
• Manny Montana: actor ^{[138] [139]}
• Bradley Nowell: lead singer and guitarist for the band Sublime ^{[140] [141]}
• Frank Ocean: singer, songwriter, and rapper ^{[142] [143] [144]}
• Frances O'Connor: sideshow performer, without arms
• Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta ^{[145] [146]}
• Paulina Peavy: artist, inventor, painter, designer, sculptor, poet, writer, and lecturer
• Yolanda Pérez: singer-songwriter
• Rival Sons: rock band ^{[147] [148]}
• Jenni Rivera: singer, television personality ^{[149] [150]}
• Lupillo Rivera: Mexican-American singer and songwriter ^{[151] [152]}
• Peggy Ryan: dancer and actress
• Upton Sinclair: author ^{[153] [154]}
• Dylan and Cole Sprouse: actors, The Suite Life on Deck ^{[155] [156]}
• Vince Staples: rapper ^{[157] [158]}
• Michael Stuhlbarg: actor ^{[159] [160]}
• Norma Tanega: folksinger-songwriter ^{[161] [162]}
• Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
• Tiffani Thiessen: actress ^{[163] [164]}
• Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician with Black Flag ^[165]
• Brooks Wackerman: musician, songwriter and drummer ^[166]
• Maitland Ward: actress ^[167]
• Sandy West: singer and drummer ^[168]
• Adrian Young: musician, songwriter and drummer ^[169]

Other

• Elizabeth Milbank Anderson: philanthropist and advocate for public health and women's education; her house is now the Long Beach Museum of Art ^{[170] [171]}
• Charlie Beck: retired LAPD chief ^{[172] [173]}
• Jacqueline Bishop: artist
• Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist (wife of Norman Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times ) and namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion ^{[174] [175]}
• Bayless Conley: televangelist
• Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland ^{[176] [177]}
• William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
• George Deukmejian: governor of California, 1983–1991 ^{[178] [179]}
• Lon Milo DuQuette: writer
• Tarek El Moussa: real estate investor and television personality
• John Mack Faragher: American historian and author ^[180]
• Tyler Haney, founder of Outdoor Voices ^[181]
• Edwin J. Hill: Medal of Honor recipient ^[182]
• Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage ^[183]
• Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry ^{[184] [185]}
• Paula Jones: civil servant
• Isaac C. Kidd: Medal of Honor recipient ^[182]
• Charleen Kinser: toy designer ^[186]
• Greg Laurie: televangelist ^{[187] [188]}
• Richard H. Leigh: four-star admiral ^[189]
• Annabel Parlett McMillin: First Lady of Guam ^[190]
• Frank Merriam: governor of California, 1934–1939 ^{[191] [192]}
• Opie Ortiz: artist ^[193]
• William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram ^{[194] [195]}
• Mark Ragins: psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the Village ISA ^[196]
• Julio Salgado: Mexican artist ^{[197] [198]}
• San Kim Sean: martial artist ^[199]
• Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim (originally from Boston, Massachusetts)
• Meredith Thompson: law enforcement special agent
• Matt Welch: blogger and journalist ^{[200] [201]}
• Grace Olive Wiley: herpetologist best known for her work with venomous snakes ^{[202] [203]}

See also

• List of mayors of Long Beach

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