List of people from Los Angeles
The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or from the city of Los Angeles, California, USA. Those not born in Los Angeles have their places of birth listed instead. Los Angeles natives are also referred to as Angelenos .[1]
A
- Jensen Ackles – actor, director (born in Dallas, TX)
- Paula Abdul – singer, choreographer, former Laker Girl[2]
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player with UCLA and the Los Angeles Lakers (born in New York)[3]
- Forrest J Ackerman – collector and influential science fiction fan[4]
- Carol Adams – silent-film actress
- Ben Affleck – actor and director (born in Berkeley)[5]
- Jhené Aiko – singer-songwriter
- Mark Anchor Albert – attorney, philanthropist, impresario and lay Catholic leader
- Merrill K. Albert – trial lawyer and author
- Gary Alexander – professional baseball player[6]
- Gloria Allred – attorney (born in Pennsylvania)[7]
- Francia Almendárez – actress[8]
- Herb Alpert – musician, composer, producer[9]
- Andrea Anderson – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Anthony Anderson – actor, comedian
- Billy Anderson – NFL player
- Garret Anderson – professional baseball player[10]
- Paul Thomas Anderson – screenwriter, film director[11]
- Ariane Andrew – wrestler, valet for World Wrestling Entertainment[12]
- Mike Andrews – baseball player[6]
- Angelyne – "celebrity"[13]
- Jennifer Aniston – actress[14]
- Christina Applegate – actress[15]
- Anne Archer – actress[16]
- Army Archerd – columnist for Variety (born in New York)
- Desi Arnaz Jr. – actor, musician[17]
- Lucie Arnaz – actress, singer[18]
- Emmett Ashford – baseball umpire
- Nnamdi Asomugha – professional football player for the Oakland Raiders[19]
- Mackenzie Astin – actor[20]
- Sean Astin – actor (born in Santa Monica)[21]
- Gene Autry – singer, actor, L.A. museum and baseball team owner (born in Texas)[22]
- Roy Ayers – funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player[23]
B
- Judy Baca – muralist[24]
- Fay Bainter – actress[25]
- Diane Baker – actress[26]
- Ireland Baldwin – model[27]
- Alex Band – singer, musician[28]
- Eddie Barth – actor and voiceover artist[29]
- Paul L. Bates – commander of the first black tank battalion to fight in World War II[30]
- Earl Battey (1935–2003) – major league baseball player[6]
- Gordon Bau (1907–1975) – Hollywood make-up artist with Warner Brothers Studios[31] (born in Minnesota)
- Michael Bay – film director[32]
- Warren Beatty – actor, director (born in Virginia)
- Beck – singer[33]
- Ed Begley, Jr. – actor[34]
- Jim Bellows – editor (born in Michigan)
- John Beradino – major league baseball player and actor[6]
- Justin Berfield – actor
- Candice Bergen – actress
- Busby Berkeley – choreographer, film director[35]
- Corbin Bernsen – actor[36]
- Steve Beuerlein – pro football player
- Justin Bieber – singer
- Beyoncé – singer[37]
- Barbara Billingsley – actress[38]
- Camille Billops – artist, film director[39]
- Thora Birch – actress[40]
- Whitney Blake – actress
- Francesca Lia Block – author[41]
- David Blu (born David Bluthenthal) – professional basketball player[42]
- Betty Blythe – actress
- Kyle Boller – football player
- William "Big Bill" Bonelli – Los Angeles City Councilman (1927–1929), notably corrupt member of State Board of Equalization, fugitive[43]
- Chaz Bono – gay rights activist
- Richard Boone – actor
- Kate Bosworth – actress[44]
- Leigh Brackett – writer[45]
- Ray Bradbury – writer[46]
- Milton Bradley – professional baseball player[47]
- Tom Bradley – 38th mayor of Los Angeles (July 1, 1973 – June 30, 1993)[48]
- Tom Brady – professional football player
- Creed Bratton – actor
- Ryan Braun – professional baseball player[49]
- Tamar Braxton – singer
- Toni Braxton – singer
- Leo Breithaupt – auto racer
- Nicholas Brendon – actor[50]
- Eileen Brennan – actress[51]
- Brigita Brezovac – IFBB professional bodybuilder[52]
- Beau Bridges – actor[53]
- Jeff Bridges – actor[54]
- Lance Briggs – pro football player
- Earl Alonzo Brininstool – cowboy poet[55]
- Eli Broad – businessman
- James Brolin – actor[56]
- Josh Brolin – actor
- Albert Brooks – actor, screenwriter, director
- Beau Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer
- Jai Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer
- Luke Brooks – member of the Janoskians, actor, singer, entertainer
- Alton Brown – chef, Food Network personality[57]
- Helen Gurley Brown – magazine publisher and author
- Julie Brown – actress[58]
- Marc Brown – television newscaster
- Jackson Browne – musician
- Kobe Bryant – Lakers basketball player (born in Pennsylvania)
- Joan Juliet Buck – magazine writer and editor
- Marilyn Buferd – actress, Miss America 1946
- Charles Bukowski – author[59]
- Tim Burton – film director (born in Burbank)
- Jake Busey – actor[60]
- Jeanie Buss – Lakers executive (born in Santa Monica)
- Jerry Buss – owned Lakers, Kings and Sparks teams, Forum Arena (born in Utah)
- Jim Buss – Lakers executive
- Paul Butcher – actor
- Julie Bennett – actress she best the voice roles of Hanna-Barbera (TBA?).
C
- Scott Caan – actor[61]
- John Cage – composer[62]
- Rory Calhoun – actor[63]
- Stephen J. Cannell – television director, writer, producer[64]
- Lizzy Caplan – actress
- Belinda Carlisle – singer[65]
- Kim Carnes – singer
- Adam Carolla – comedian, actor, entertainer[66]
- David Carradine – actor[67]
- Robert Carradine – actor[68]
- Leo Carrillo – actor[69]
- Johnny Carson – television personality (born in Iowa)
- Matt Cassel – pro football player
- Katie Cassidy – actress[70]
- Patrick Cassidy – actor[71]
- Shaun Cassidy – singer, actor, television producer[72]
- Richard Chamberlain – actor[73]
- Stan Chambers – television news reporter
- Marge Champion – actress, dancer[74]
- Dorothy Buffum Chandler – cultural leader[75]
- Harry Chandler – chief executive of Los Angeles Times[76]
- Norman Chandler – publisher and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Times[77]
- Otis Chandler – transformative publisher of Los Angeles Times[78]
- Raymond Chandler – author[79]
- Rosalind Chao – actress (born in Anaheim)
- Charlie Chaplin – iconic actor and director, Los Angeles film industry pioneer (born in England)[80]
- Charles Chaplin Jr. – actor
- Sydney Chaplin – actor
- Antonio Chatman – NFL wide receiver[81]
- Eric Chavez – baseball player
- Dorothy Cheney – tennis player
- Jack Chick – evangelist and cartoonist
- Bikram Choudhury – inventor of Bikram Yoga[82]
- Rajashree Choudhury – founder of USA Yoga Federation
- Warren Christopher – diplomat
- Chyna – professional wrestler, model, actress, author
- Liz Claman – CNBC anchor
- Greg Clark – NFL player
- Eldridge Cleaver – writer, activist (born in Arkansas)
- Johnnie Cochran – attorney
- Mickey Cohen – mobster (born in New York)
- Sasha Cohen – figure skater
- Tiffany Cohen – Olympic swimmer (born in Culver City)
- Mindy Cohn – actress
- Natalie Cole – singer
- Fritz Coleman – television meteorologist
- John Ery Coleman – Los Angeles-based painter
- Keo Coleman – NFL player
- Wanda Coleman – poet and writer
- Dorothy Comingore – actress
- Curtis Conway – pro football player
- Ry Cooder – musician, composer
- Jackie Coogan – actor
- Coolio – rap artist
- Dewey Cooper – kickboxer
- Jackie Cooper – actor and director
- Gia Coppola – actress
- Pat Corrales (born 1941) – baseball player
- Miranda Cosgrove actress, singer
- John Cossette – theater and television producer
- Kevin Costner – actor
- Al Cowens (born 1951) – baseball player
- Aaron Cox (born 1965) – football wide receiver[83]
- Nikki Cox – actress
- Robert Crais – novelist (born in Louisiana)
- Johnny Crawford – actor
- Willie Crawford – baseball player
- Richard Crenna – actor, film director
- Coco Crisp – baseball player
- James Cromwell – actor
- David Crosby – musician
- Denise Crosby – actress
- Gary Crosby – actor
- Mary Crosby – actress
- Andraé Crouch – musician
- Jamie Lee Curtis – actress
- Shannon Curtis – musician, singer/songwriter
- Miley Cyrus – singer, actress
D
Dr. Dre
- Elizabeth Daily – actress
- Harry Danning – major league baseball player[6]
- Frank Darabont – director (born in France)
- Kim Darby – actress
- Ben Davidson – football player
- Baron Davis – basketball player
- Eric Davis – professional baseball player
- Jeff Davis – actor, comedian, singer
- Julienne Davis – actress/singer/model
- Mike Davis – urban theorist and author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear[84]
- Patti Davis – actress, daughter of Nancy and Ronald Reagan
- Roxann Dawson – actress
- Frances Dee – actress
- Rick Dees – radio personality (born in Florida)
- Gloria DeHaven – actress
- Oscar De La Hoya – boxer
- Milton DeLugg – composer, bandleader
- John Densmore – musician
- Johnny Depp – actor
- Rick DePiro musician, singer-songwriter (born in Ohio)
- John Derek – actor and director
- Laura Dern – actress
- DeMar DeRozan – basketball player (born in Compton)
- Emily Deschanel – actress
- Zooey Deschanel – actress and singer
- Deuce – singer and rapper
- Leonardo DiCaprio – actor
- Larry Dierker – baseball player and manager
- Roy Edward Disney – television producer
- Walt Disney – animator, film studio and theme park founder (born in Illinois)
- Bobby Doerr (born 1918) – baseball player[6]
- Nicola Dolapchieff (1897-1964, born in Bulgaria), Professor in Criminal Law
- Micky Dolenz – actor and musician
- Eric Dolphy – musician
- Terry Donahue – football coach
- Susan Miller Dorsey – educator
- Kirk Douglas – actor and L.A. philanthropist (born in New York)
- Tony Dow – actor
- Morton Downey Jr. – talk show host
- Robert Downey, Jr. – actor (born in New York)
- Brian Downing – major league baseball player[6]
- Dr. Dre – musician, composer
- Jack Dragna – organized crime figure (born in Sicily)
- Daryl Dragon – musician
- Don Drysdale – Hall of Fame baseball player (born in Van Nuys)
- Teala Dunn – actress and comedian
- Jerry Dunphy – television news reporter (born in Wisconsin)
- Tony Duquette – designer
- Clea DuVall – actress
- Jakob Dylan – musician
E
F
G
H
- James Hahn – mayor of Los Angeles 2001–05
- Randa Haines – director, film producer
- H. R. Haldeman – Watergate scandal figure, White House Chief of Staff
- Alan Hale Jr. – actor
- Jack Haley Jr. – actor, film director, writer, producer
- Chico Hamilton – jazz drummer
- Armie Hammer – actor
- George Allan Hancock – oilman, real estate developer, donated the La Brea Tarpits to the county of Los Angeles[88]
- Alex Hannum – NBA player and coach
- Darlene Hard – tennis player
- Lula Mae Hardaway – mother and collaborator of Stevie Wonder[89]
- James Harden – professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets
- Mariska Hargitay – actress (born in Santa Monica)
- Mark Harmon – actor (born in Burbank)
- Ray Harryhausen – special effects director
- Noah Hathaway – actor
- Harry Hay – founder of the Mattachine Society[90]
- Julia Sampson Hayward – tennis player
- Chick Hearn – Lakers basketball broadcaster (born in Illinois)
- Hugh Hefner – magazine publisher (born in Illinois)
- Jon Heidenreich – professional wrestler
- John Helwig – American football player
- George Hendrick – baseball player
- Chuck Henry – television newscaster
- Danny Herrera – drummer
- John S. Herrington – cabinet member in Reagan administration
- Barbara Hershey – actress
- Bernardo J. Herzer – founder of LEHR
- Darryl Hickman – actor and studio executive
- Dwayne Hickman – actor
- Robert Hilburn – pop music critic for Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005[91]
- Jonah Hill – actor
- Roy W. Hill – auto mogul and philanthropist
- Carla Anderson Hills – cabinet member in Reagan administration
- Paris Hilton – celebrity, model, actress, DJ (born in New York City)
- Jerome Hines – actor
- Gaynel Hodge – songwriter
- Dustin Hoffman – actor
- Jennifer Holt – actress
- Olivia Hastings Holt – actress, singer
- Tim Holt – actor
- Joshua Hong - member of South Korean boyband Seventeen
- Bob Hope – comedian and actor, Toluca Lake resident (born in England)
- James Horner – composer
- Richard Steven Horvitz – voice actor
- Marques Houston – singer
- Bryce Dallas Howard – actress
- Clint Howard – actor (born in Burbank)
- Ron Howard – director and actor (born in Oklahoma)
- C. Thomas Howell – actor
- Kate Hudson – actress
- Howard Hughes – aviation pioneer and film producer (born in Iowa)
- D. L. Hughley – actor, comedian
- Bob Humphreys – football player
- William Hung – American Idol contestant
- Helen Hunt – actress (born in Culver City)
- Anjelica Huston – actress (born in Santa Monica)
- Timothy Hutton – actor (born in Malibu)
- Aldous Huxley – author (born in England, died in Los Angeles)
I
J
Etta James
- Hue Jackson – NFL coach
- Melvin Jackson – football player
- Michael Jackson (1958-2009) – singer (born in Gary, Indiana)
- Michael Jackson – L.A. radio personality (born in England)
- Edmund Jaeger – naturalist
- Etta James – singer
- Jan and Dean – 1960s singing duo
- Jay Z – rapper[37]
- Kendall Jenner – television star, model, celebrity
- Kylie Jenner – television star, model, celebrity
- Kermit Johnson – football player
- Keyshawn Johnson – football player and TV commentator
- Magic Johnson – Lakers basketball star, Dodgers co-owner (born in Michigan)
- Nora Johnson – author
- Angelina Jolie – actress
- Wesley Jonathan – actor, played Jamal Grant on City Guys
- Jack Jones – singer
- Jerome Jones – hip-hop artist
- Jerry Jones – football executive, owner of the Dallas Cowboys[92]
- Jimmie Jones – American football player
- Marion Jones – athlete, winner of five medals at 2000 Summer Olympics
- Rashida Jones – actress
- Florence Griffith Joyner – athlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Ashley Judd – actress (born in Granada Hills)
- Nicole Jung – member of South Korean girl group KARA
- Bob Jury – NFL player
- Victoria Justice – actress, singer (born in Florida)
K
Anna Kendrick
- Ryan Kalish – baseball player
- Diop Kamau – civil rights activist
- Gabe Kapler – baseball player
- Khloé Kardashian – socialite, model, actress, television star and businessperson
- Kim Kardashian – socialite, model, actress, television star and businessperson
- Kourtney Kardashian – socialite, model, television star, actress, and businessperson
- William Katt – actor
- Chris Kattan – actor, comedian
- Julie Kavner – actress, voice actor
- Zoe Kazan – actress
- Diane Keaton – actress
- Michael Keaton – actor (born in Pennsylvania)
- Keb' Mo' – blues singer, guitarist, songwriter
- Val Keckin – football player
- Minka Kelly – actress
- Jack Kemp – football player, politician
- Anna Kendrick – actress and singer
- Asa Keyes – LA County district attorney and criminal[93]
- Val Kilmer – actor
- Holly King – actress
- Kerry King – guitarist of Slayer
- Abbot Kinney – founder of Venice, California[94]
- Jack Kirby – football player
- Jimmy Knepper – jazz musician
- Suge Knight – record producer
- Ty Knott – football coach
- Sandy Koufax – baseball pitcher with Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (born in New York)
- Dave Koz – composer, musician (born in Encino)
- Zoe Kravitz – actress
- Robby Krieger – musician
- Mike Krukow – baseball pitcher (born in San Gabriel)
- Candi Kubeck – captain of ValuJet Flight 592
- Lisa Kudrow – actress
- Sheila Kuehl – actress and politician
- Henry Kuttner – writer
L
M
Liza Minnelli
Marilyn Monroe
- James MacArthur – actor
- Roger Mahony – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Daron Malakian – musician
- Cheech Marin – comedian, musician, actor
- Scott Marlowe – actor
- Jordan Maron – YouTube personality
- Dean Paul Martin – actor (born in Santa Monica)
- Elizabeth Marvel – actress
- Biddy Mason – pioneer African–American businesswoman
- Chris Masters – professional wrestler
- Tim Matheson – actor (born in Glendale)
- Greg Mathews – MLB pitcher
- Clay Matthews – pro football player
- Louis B. Mayer – film mogul (born in Russia)
- A. J. Mayers – Paramount Pictures marketing coordinator; science fiction and crime novelist
- Misty May-Treanor – volleyball player
- Thom Mayne – architect
- Leo McCarey – actor, composer, film director, writer, producer
- Bob McChesney – American football player
- Leigh McCloskey – actor, artist
- Gary McCord – golfer, TV commentator (born in San Gabriel)
- Kent McCord – actor
- Maureen McCormick – actress
- Thayne McCulloh – social psychologist, university president
- Hugh McElhenny – pro football player
- Matt Conable – knife Designer, Owner of William Henry Brand
- Ron McGovney – bassist of Metallica
- Kristy McNichol – actress
- Katharine McPhee – singer and actress
- Aimee Semple McPherson – pioneering radio evangelist[96]
- Carey McWilliams – writer, editor
- Wendy Melvoin – musician
- Mike Mentzer – professional bodybuilder and 1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight champion[97]
- Lee Meriwether – actress and 1955 Miss America
- Russell Metty – cinematographer
- Jillian Michaels – trainer, TV personality
- Miguel – recording artist
- Tomo Miličević – musician
- Michael Milken – financier and philanthropist
- Kevin Millar – baseball player
- Bob Miller – Kings hockey broadcaster (born in Massachusetts)
- Diane Disney Miller – winery owner, daughter of Walt Disney
- Inger Miller – world and Olympic champion sprinter
- Penelope Ann Miller – actress
- Leon Milo – composer, percussionist and sound artist
Daron Malakian
Yvette Mimieux – actress
- Liza Minnelli – actress, singer
- Andrew Mishkin – commander of the Mars rover
- Tyrone Mitchell – murderer
- Christopher Mitchum – actor, writer, film director
- James Mitchum – actor
- Ron Mix – football player
- Mike Moffitt – football player
- Peggy Moffitt – model
- Dick Moje – football player
- Dianna Molzan – painter
- Marilyn Monroe – actress
- Elizabeth Montgomery – actress
- Ray Montgomery – actor
- Warren Moon – football player
- Lisa Moretti – professional wrestler
- Irving J. Moore – television director
- Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) – DJ, producer
- Terry Moore – actress
- Anthony Mora – publicist, playwright
- John Morrison – professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment
- Patt Morrison – newspaper and radio journalist
- William R. Moses – actor
- Walter Mosley – novelist
- Elisabeth Moss – actress
- Paul Moyer – television newscaster
- William Mulholland – engineer, DWP pioneer (born in Ireland)
- Megan Mullally – actress
- Bill Mumy – singer and actor
- Keith Munyan – photographer
- Michael Murphy – actor
- Don Murray – actor
- Eddie Murray – professional baseball player
- Jim Murray – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter (born in Connecticut)[98]
- Lenda Murray – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Murs – rapper
- Elon Musk – entrepreneur
N
O
Bob Ojeda
P
Q
R
Paul Rodriguez
- Mike Ragan – actor
- Jacki Randall – artist
- Dennis Rasmussen – professional baseball player
- Johnnie Ray — singer, songwriter, and pianist[107]
- Maureen Reagan – actress, daughter of Ronald Reagan
- Michael Reagan – radio personality, son of Ronald Reagan
- Nancy Reagan – actress, First Lady (born in New York)
- Ron Reagan – television host, ballet dancer, son of Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan – actor and President of the United States (born in Illinois)
- Robert Redford – actor and director (born in Santa Monica)
- Cornelius Redick – NFL player
- Nikki Reed – actress
- Andy Reid – NFL coach
- Debbie Reynolds – actress (raised in Burbank)
- Rhett and Link – YouTube entertainers on shows "Rhett and Link" and "Good Mythical Morning"
- Harold Rhodes – inventor of the Rhodes piano
- Giovanni Ribisi – actor
- Kyle Richards – television personality
- Sally Ride – astronaut
- Bobby Riggs – tennis player
- Amber Riley – actress
- Richard Riordan – former L.A. mayor
- John Ritter – actor (born in Burbank)
- Herb Ritts – photographer
- Naya Rivera – actress and singer
- Clete Roberts – radio-TV journalist (born in Oregon)
- Jackie Robinson – iconic baseball player (raised in Pasadena)
- Jo Ann Robinson – civil rights activist[108]
- Rachel Robinson – wife of baseball's Jackie Robinson
- Adam Rodríguez – actor and director
- Paul Rodriguez – comedian and actor (born in Compton)
- Paul Rodriguez, Jr. – professional skateboarder
- Kay Rohrer – AAGPBL player
- Mickey Rooney – actor (born in New York)
- Gary Ross – film director
- Katharine Ross – actress
- Tracee E. Ross – actress
- Edward R. Roybal – politician
- Pete Rozelle – longtime NFL commissioner
- John Rubinstein – actor
- Angel Rubio – football player
- Charles Ruggles – actor
- Wesley Ruggles – director, producer
- Patrice Rushen – singer, musician
- Andy Russell – singer
- Rene Russo – actress (born in Burbank)
- Brendan Ryan – baseball player
- Gary Ryerson – baseball player
S
Mike Shinoda
Willow Smith
Earl Sweatshirt
- José Saenz – 492nd on the list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
- Katey Sagal – actress
- Halston Sage – actress
- Mort Sahl – comedian
- Albert Saijo – poet[109]
- Susan Saint James – actress
- Jill St. John – actress
- Adela Rogers St. Johns – journalist, screenwriter
- Rubén Salazar – L.A. Times reporter killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during Chicano Moratorium
- Jim Salsbury – professional football player
- Catherine Sandoval – public utilities commissioner, law professor, Rhodes scholar
- Jay Sandrich – film director, film producer
- Donald Sanford – American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
- Dick Sargent – actor
- Ben Savage – actor, director, producer
- Fred Savage – actor, director (born in Illinois)
- William Schallert – actor
- Ezra Schochet – rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary
- Emily Schulman – actress
- Geoff Schwartz – NFL football player
- Jason Schwartzman – actor, musician
- Byron Scott – basketball player and coach (born in Utah)
- Melody Thomas Scott – actress
- Vin Scully – Dodgers baseball broadcaster (born in New York)
- Jason Segel – actor
- William Nicholas Selig – movie producer and zookeeper[110]
- David O. Selznick – film producer (born in Pennsylvania)
- Eugene Selznick – Hall of Fame volleyball player
- Serio – rapper[111]
- Karen Sharpe – actress, wife of director/producer Stanley Kramer
- Ann Shaw (social worker) – (1921–2015) social worker and civic leader[112]
- Vinessa Shaw – actress
- Harry Shearer – actor, comedian, musician, composer
- Brad Sherman – congressman
- Richard Sherman – NFL player (born in Compton)
- Larry Sherry – baseball player, 1959 World Series MVP
- Mike Shinoda – musician
- Pauly Shore – comedian and actor
- Elizabeth Short – the "Black Dahlia", victim of the city's most famous unsolved murder[113]
- Robert "Fighting Bob" Shuler – Methodist radio evangelist and political player[114]
- Joel Siegel – film critic
- James Sikking – actor
- Jonathan Silverman – actor
- O.J. Simpson – USC and NFL football player, murder suspect (born in San Francisco)
- Tina Sinatra – producer
- John Singleton – film director, writer, producer
- Slash – Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist
- Leonard Slatkin – conductor
- Erika Slezak – actress
- Alexis Smith – actress (born in Canada)
- Steve Smith, Sr. – NFL wide receiver
- Willow Smith – singer
- Smothers Brothers – entertainers (raised in L.A.)
- Duke Snider – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Snoop Dogg – rap artist
- Hilda Solis – politician, Secretary of Labor in the Barack Obama administration[115]
- Ron Spears – professional football player
- Tori Spelling – actress
- Steven Spielberg – filmmaker
- Robert Stack – actor
- Giancarlo Stanton – baseball player (born in Panorama City)
- Hailee Steinfeld – actress (born in Tarzana)
- Brett Sterling – NHL hockey player
- Donald Sterling – longtime owner of Los Angeles Clippers
- Tisha Sterling – actress
- Adlai Stevenson II – politician
- Kristen Stewart – actress
- Michelle Stith – president, Church of Scientology in Los Angeles
- Dean Stockwell – actor
- Peter Stone – screenwriter
- Madeleine Stowe – actress
- Darryl Strawberry – baseball player
- Woody Strode – actor
- Rider Strong – actor, director
- Jeff Stryker – pornographic film actor
- Burt Sugarman – film and TV producer
- Frank Sullivan – MLB pitcher
- Cree Summer – actress
- Dale Swann – character actor[116]
- Earl Sweatshirt – rapper, member of OFWGKTA
T
George Takei
Shirley Temple
- Miiko Taka – actress
- George Takei – actor
- Amber Tamblyn – actress
- Russ Tamblyn – actor, dancer
- Jeffrey Tambor – actor
- Buck Taylor – actor
- Elizabeth Taylor – actress (UK–born but grew up in Los Angeles)
- Shirley Temple – actress (born in Santa Monica)
- Tere Tereba – fashion designer, writer, actress
- Reggie Theus – basketball player and coach (born in Inglewood)
- Robin Thicke – singer-songwriter
- Lavale Thomas – NFL player
- Bart Thompson – publisher
- Klay Thompson – NBA player
- Lawrence Tibbett – Baritone opera singer/actor (born in Bakersfield)
- Kevin Tighe – actor
- Jennifer Tilly – actress
- Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor
- Tone Loc – musician
- Dean Torrence – musician
- Dara Torres – Olympic swimmer (born in Beverly Hills)
- Robert Totten – Gunsmoke television director
- Tamara Toumanova – actress, dancer
- Robert Towne – screenwriter, director, producer
- Helle Trevino – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Larry Tripplett – football player
- Charlie Tuna – radio personality, unofficial mayor of Tarzana (born in Nebraska)
- Tyga – rapper
- Mark Tuan – Member of Got7, Rapper
- Tyler, The Creator – rapper, producer, director, member of OFWGKTA
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V
W
- Lindsay Wagner – actress
- Natasha Gregson Wagner – actress
- Robert Wagner – actor (born in Detroit)
- Duffy Waldorf – professional golfer[118]
- Tyler Walker – NASCAR driver
- Dylan Walsh – actor
- Joseph Wambaugh – LA police officer, novelist
- Burt Ward – actor
- Rick Ware – NASCAR driver
- Earl Warren – Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States
- Casey Wasserman – sports and entertainment figure
- Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins – singer
- Bob Watson – Major League Baseball player and executive
- Henry Waxman – politician
- Patrick Wayne – actor
- Doodles Weaver – comedian
- Jeff Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)
- Jered Weaver – baseball player (born in Northridge)
- Ryn Weaver – singer (born in Salta)
- Jack Webb – actor, television producer (born in Santa Monica)
- Rose Weiss - costume designer on The Lawrence Welk Show (lives in Los Angeles)
- Michael Welch – actor
- Jerry West – Lakers basketball player and executive (born in West Virginia)
- Nathanael West – author[119]
- Edward Weston – photographer
- Kitty White – jazz singer
- Sidney Wicks – basketball player
- Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitarist of The Go–Go's, actress
- Louis J. Wilde – 17th Mayor of San Diego, resident (died in Los Angeles)
- William R. Wilkerson – founder of Ciro's, The Hollywood Reporter, Flamingo Hotel (born in Tennessee)
- will.i.am – rapper, producer
- Anson Williams – actor
- Anthony A. Williams – mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Cindy Williams – actress
- Colleen Williams – television newscaster (born in North Carolina)
- Esther Williams – actress, swimmer (born in Inglewood)
- Guy Williams – basketball player
- Serena Williams – tennis player (born in Michigan)
- Venus Williams – tennis player
- Larry Wilmore – television personality
- Brian Wilson – singer, composer (born in Inglewood)
- Rita Wilson – actress, producer
- Paul Winfield – actor
- Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman – professional boxer
- Anna May Wong – actress
- John Wooden – Hall of Fame basketball UCLA coach (born in Indiana)
- Shailene Woodley – actress (born in Simi Valley)
- Ilene Woods – actress
- Cal Worthington – auto dealer (born in Oklahoma)
- James Worthy – Lakers basketball player and broadcaster (born in North Carolina)
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