List of people from Santa Rosa, California

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Santa Rosa, California, United States.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Artists, designers, and cartoonists

Charles Schulz (1993), cartoonist and Peanuts creator

• Linda Geary (born 1960), painter, educator
• Jean Halpert–Ryden (1919–2011), painter, printmaker ^[1]
• Stephan Pastis, cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine ^{[2] [3]}
• Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Charles M. Schulz, creator and cartoonist of Peanuts ^{[7] [8]}
• Nancy Speir, children's book illustrator

Entertainers, actors, musicians

Julie London, singer and actress

• Francis Boggs, actor, writer, and early movie director ^[9]
• Warren Boyd, television producer, drug counselor
• Chad Channing, drummer for Nirvana
• Eftekhar Dadehbala, Iranian singer, known by her stage name "Mahasti"
• Rebecca De Mornay, film and television actress
• Chris Hayes, musician, member of Huey Lewis and the News
• Dan Hicks, singer and songwriter
• Julian Lage, guitarist and composer ^{[10] [11]}
• Julie London, singer and actress ^{[12] [13]}
• Kevin Kwan Loucks, concert pianist and arts entrepreneur
• Ray Luv, rapper, native of the South Park and West 9th districts ^{[14] [15]}
• Jon Provost, film and television actor
• Jade Puget, guitarist for the band AFI
• Robert Quarry, film and stage actor
• Pete Rugolo, musician
• Auggie Smith, comedian
• Jussie Smollett, actor and singer ^[16]
• Stephanie St. James, actress, singer, and disease advocate ^{[17] [18]}
• Natalie Wood, film actress; lived in Santa Rosa as a child ^{[19] [20]}

Sports

• Scott Alexander, MLB player ^{[21] [22]}
• Luis Arriaga, soccer player ^[23]
• Kim Conley, professional distance runner, two-time Olympian in the 5,000m ^{[24] [25]}
• Gabe Cramer, baseball pitcher ^{[26] [27]}
• Maya DiRado, Olympic swimmer ^{[28] [29]}
• Jonathan González, Mexican soccer player
• Sara Hall, American middle distance runner ^{[30] [31]}
• Brandon Hyde, manager of the Baltimore Orioles ^{[32] [33]}
• Jenna Johnson, Olympic swimmer
• Levi Leipheimer, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour of California ^{[34] [35]}
• Koa Misi, football linebacker ^{[36] [37]}
• McKenzie Moore (born 1992), player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Alfonso Motagalvan, soccer player ^{[38] [39]}
• Brandon Morrow, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ernie Nevers, football star ^{[40] [41]}
• Tony Renda, baseball player
• David Terrell, fighter
• Stephen Tomasin, plays for United States national rugby sevens team
• Tony Trujillo, skateboarder ^{[42] [43]}

Writers, journalists

Robert L. Ripley, creator and columnist of Ripley's Believe It or Not

• Jacob Appelbaum, journalist, computer security researcher and hacker
• Shirlee Busbee, writer ^{[44] [45]}
• Robert X. Cringely, technology journalist
• Garen Drussai, science fiction writer
• Paul Gilger, author of the musical Showtune ^{[46] [47]}
• Richard Heinberg, ecological journalist ^{[48] [49]}
• Frank Herbert, science-fiction writer and author of Dune
• Robert L. Ripley, creator and columnist of Ripley's Believe It or Not ^{[50] [51]}
• Jim Ross, professional wrestling commentator and executive
• Greg Sarris, author, film producer and screenwriter, professor ^{[52] [53]}
• Albino Brown, ska music writer, historian, producer, and director

Others

Luther Burbank, horticulturalist

• Madeline Bunch, businesswoman
• Luther Burbank, horticulturalist
• Efren Carrillo, member of Sonoma County Board of Supervisors ^{[54] [55]}
• María Ygnacia López de Carrillo, original grantee of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa ^{[56] [57]}
• Brett Crozier, Commander of the Theodore Roosevelt ^{[58] [59]}
• Frank Pierce Doyle, banker and philanthropist, known as the "Father of the Golden Gate Bridge" ^[60]
• William Mark Felt, FBI agent and associate director, Watergate informant known as "Deep Throat" ^{[61] [62]}
• Guy Fieri, celebrity chef ^{[63] [64]}
• Mendy Fry, drag racer ^{[65] [66]}
• Thomas Lake Harris, mystic and prophet
• Edward J. Livernash, journalist and Congressman
• Joseph and William Hunt, founders of Hunt's foods
• Vicky Nguyen, television reporter ^{[67] [68]}
• Michael Robinson, rabbi and activist for civil/human rights ^{[69] [70]}
• Robley C. Williams, geneticist

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