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List of people from Orange County, California
Summary
This is a list of
notable
past and present
residents
of
Orange County
.
Athletics
edit
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
edit
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
Scott Fox (author)
, best selling entrepreneurship author
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
edit
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
edit
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
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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). [1]
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
edit
^
"Monte Scheinblum Shines When He's Hitting Off the Tee", Bucky Albers,
Dayton Daily News
, May 19, 1993, Retrieved December 23, 2010
^
"Weedmaps Appoints New Chief Executive Officer".
www.businesswire.com
. March 12, 2019
. Retrieved
August 7,
2019
.
^
"Mike Morhaime: The highlights and lessons of nearly three decades at Blizzard".
VentureBeat
. June 30, 2019
. Retrieved
August 7,
2019
.
^
"Meta Con Announces Power Rangers Stars Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey".
Anime News Network
. April 23, 2012
. Retrieved
June 24,
2013
.
^
"THE BIRTH OF SUSAN LEE".
California Birth Index
. Retrieved
August 1,
2014
.