List of 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]
- Antoine Cason: football player[16][17]
- Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
- J. P. Crawford: Major League Baseball player
- Travis d'Arnaud: Major League Baseball player[18][19]
- Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist[20][21]
- Landry Fields: former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and currently the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks[22][23]
- Bobby Grich: baseball player[24]
- Chris Gwynn: baseball player[25][26]
- Tony Gwynn: Hall of Fame baseball player[27]
- Sara Hughes: beach volleyball player[28][29]
- Jason Kapono: basketball player[30][31]
- Terry Kennedy: skateboarder[32][33]
- Billie Jean King: tennis Grand Slam winner[34][35][36]
- Doug Krikorian: sportswriter[37][38]
- Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver[39][40]
- 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[41][42]
- James McDonald: baseball player[43][44]
- Willie McGinest: football player, three-time Super Bowl champion[45][46]
- Tommy Nance: Major League Baseball pitcher
- Matt Nieto: ice hockey player[47][48]
- Marquez Pope: National Football League figure[49][50]
- Beans Reardon:[51] baseball umpire
- Charles Roberts: CFL running back[52][53]
- Brian Scalabrine: basketball player[54][55]
- Matt Treanor: baseball player[56][57]
- Justin Turner: baseball third baseman[58][59]
- Chase Utley: baseball player[60][61]
- Carl Weathers: football player and actor[62][63]
- Russell Westbrook: basketball player[64][65]
- Christian Wood: basketball player[66][67]
Entertainment
- Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry[68][69]
- Russell Allen: member of progressive metal band Symphony X
- Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull[70]
- Bad Azz: hip hop artist[71][72]
- J Boog: American Samoan reggae singer[73][74]
- Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)[75][76]
- Nicolas Cage: actor[77]
- George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor[78][79]
- Dick Christie: actor[80][81]
- Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
- Helios Creed: guitarist and singer[82][83]
- Shane Dawson: YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician[84][85]
- Tray Deee: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz[86][87]
- Bo Derek: actress[88][89]
- Scott Devours: drummer and songwriter[90][91]
- Cameron Diaz: actress[92]
- Nate Dogg: rapper, songwriter, and singer[93]
- Snoop Dogg: songwriter, actor, and rapper[94]
- Domino: rapper[95][96]
- The Dove Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group[97][98]
- Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
- Kayla Ewell: actress[99]
- Paloma Ford: R&B singer[100]
- Warren G: songwriter and rapper[101]
- Giveon: singer and songwriter[102]
- Allie Goertz: musician and writer[103]
- Goldie Loc: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz[104][105]
- Isidora Goreshter: actress[106][107]
- half•alive (consisting of musicians Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J. Tyler Johnson): indie pop band[108]
- Jeff Hanneman: Slayer guitarist[109][110]
- Ricky Harris: actor and producer[111][112]
- Donna Hilbert: poet[113][114]
- James Hilton: author, wrote 1937 novel Lost Horizon[115][116]
- John Lee Hooker: blues singer[117]
- Marilyn Horne: opera singer[118]
- Thelma Houston: R&B singer[119]
- Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian[120]
- Robert Irwin: artist[121]
- Kap G: Mexican-American rapper[122]
- Sally Kellerman: actress[123]
- DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor[124]
- Greg Laswell: musician[125][126]
- David Lau: poet[127]
- Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
- LBC Crew (consisting of rappers Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style, and Techniec)[128][129]
- Laurie Lewis: singer and musician
- Camryn Manheim: actress[130][131]
- Andy Martin: jazz trombonist
- Jennette McCurdy: former actress;[132] author
- Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress[133][134]
- Robert Mitchum: actor[135][136]
- Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
- Manny Montana: actor[137][138]
- Bradley Nowell: lead singer and guitarist for the band Sublime[139][140]
- Frank Ocean: singer, songwriter, and rapper[141][142][143]
- Frances O'Connor: sideshow performer, without arms
- Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta[144][145]
- Paulina Peavy: artist, inventor, painter, designer, sculptor, poet, writer, and lecturer
- Yolanda Pérez: singer-songwriter
- Rival Sons: rock band[146][147]
- Jenni Rivera: singer, television personality[148][149]
- Lupillo Rivera: Mexican-American singer and songwriter[150][151]
- Peggy Ryan: dancer and actress
- Upton Sinclair: author[152][153]
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse: actors, The Suite Life on Deck[154][155]
- Vince Staples: rapper[156][157]
- Michael Stuhlbarg: actor[158][159]
- Norma Tanega: folksinger-songwriter[160][161]
- Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
- Tiffani Thiessen: actress[162][163]
- Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician with Black Flag[164]
- Brooks Wackerman: musician, songwriter and drummer[165]
- Maitland Ward: actress[166]
- Sandy West: singer and drummer[167]
- Adrian Young: musician, songwriter and drummer[168]
Other
- Elizabeth Milbank Anderson: philanthropist and advocate for public health and women's education; her house is now the Long Beach Museum of Art[169][170]
- Charlie Beck: retired LAPD chief[171][172]
- 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)[173][174]
- Bayless Conley: televangelist
- Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland[175][176]
- William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
- George Deukmejian: governor of California, 1983–1991[177][178]
- Lon Milo DuQuette: writer
- Tarek El Moussa: real estate investor and television personality
- John Mack Faragher: American historian and author[179]
- Tyler Haney, founder of Outdoor Voices[180]
- Edwin J. Hill: Medal of Honor recipient[181]
- Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage[182]
- Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry[183][184]
- Paula Jones: civil servant
- Isaac C. Kidd: Medal of Honor recipient[181]
- Charleen Kinser: toy designer[185]
- Greg Laurie: televangelist[186][187]
- Richard H. Leigh: four-star admiral
- Annabel Parlett McMillin: First Lady of Guam[188]
- Frank Merriam: governor of California, 1934–1939
- Opie Ortiz: artist
- William F. Prisk: California State Senator, editor-publisher of Long Beach Press-Telegram
- Mark Ragins: psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the Village ISA[189]
- Julio Salgado: Mexican artist
- San Kim Sean: martial artist
- Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): murder victim (originally from Boston, Massachusetts)
- Meredith Thompson: law enforcement special agent
- Matt Welch: blogger and journalist
- Grace Olive Wiley: herpetologist best known for her work with venomous snakes
See also
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