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 ^[1]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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 ^[3]
• 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 ^[4]
• 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 ^[5]
• 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).
• 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

References

1. "Monte Scheinblum Shines When He's Hitting Off the Tee", Bucky Albers, Dayton Daily News , May 19, 1993, Retrieved December 23, 2010
2. "Weedmaps Appoints New Chief Executive Officer". www.businesswire.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
3. "Mike Morhaime: The highlights and lessons of nearly three decades at Blizzard". VentureBeat. June 30, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
4. "Meta Con Announces Power Rangers Stars Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey". Anime News Network. April 23, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
5. "THE BIRTH OF SUSAN LEE". California Birth Index. Retrieved August 1, 2014.