List of people from Long Beach, California
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The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Long Beach, California.
Sports
[edit]- Luis Aguilar: soccer player
- Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long-distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
- Alan Ashby: former professional baseball catcher
- Quinton Bell: National Football League player
- Ken Block: professional rally driver, co-founder of DC Shoes
- Milton Bradley: baseball player
- Tiny Broadwick: pioneering female parachutist[1]
- Antoine Cason: football player
- Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
- J. P. Crawford: Major League Baseball player
- Travis d'Arnaud: Major League Baseball player
- Walt Faulkner: race car driver
- Lisa Fernandez: three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
- Landry Fields: former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and currently the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks
- Bobby Grich: baseball player[2]
- Chris Gwynn: baseball player
- Tony Gwynn: Hall of Fame baseball player[3]
- Sara Hughes: beach volleyball player
- Jason Kapono: basketball player
- Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
- Billie Jean King: tennis Grand Slam winner[4]
- Doug Krikorian: sportswriter
- Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
- 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
- James McDonald: baseball player
- Willie McGinest: football player, three-time Super Bowl champion
- Tommy Nance: Major League Baseball pitcher
- Matt Nieto: ice hockey player
- Marquez Pope: National Football League figure
- Beans Reardon:[5] baseball umpire
- Charles Roberts: CFL running back
- Brian Scalabrine: basketball player
- Matt Treanor: baseball player
- Justin Turner: baseball third baseman
- Chase Utley: baseball player
- Carl Weathers: football player and actor
- Russell Westbrook: basketball player
- Christian Wood: basketball player
Entertainment
[edit]- Millicent Borges Accardi: writer, National Endowment for the Arts award for poetry[6]
- Russell Allen: member of progressive metal band Symphony X
- Fatty Arbuckle: actor
- Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Bad Azz: hip hop artist
- Theda Bara: actress
- Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group
- J Boog: American Samoan reggae singer
- Michael Burger: actor, comedian, and game show host
- Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones)
- Nicolas Cage: actor[7]
- Mary Castle: actress
- George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
- Dick Christie: actor
- Charlet Chung: actress
- Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
- Helios Creed: guitarist and singer
- Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
- Shane Dawson: YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician
- Tray Deee: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz
- Bo Derek: actress
- Scott Devours: drummer and songwriter
- Cameron Diaz: actress[8]
- Don Dixon: astronomical artist
- Nate Dogg: rapper, songwriter, and singer[9]
- Snoop Dogg: songwriter, actor,and rapper[10]
- Domino: rapper
- The Dove Shack (consisting of rappers C-Knight, Bo-Roc and 2Scoops): G-funk/hip hop group
- Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
- Kayla Ewell: actress
- Paloma Ford: R&B singer[11]
- Warren G: songwriter and rapper[12]
- Giveon: singer and songwriter[13]
- Allie Goertz: musician and writer
- Goldie Loc: rapper from Tha Eastsidaz
- Isidora Goreshter: actress
- half•alive (consisting of musicians Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J. Tyler Johnson): indie pop band[14]
- Jeff Hanneman: Slayer guitarist
- Ricky Harris: actor and producer
- Donna Hilbert: poet
- James Hilton: author, wrote 1937 novel Lost Horizon
- John Lee Hooker: blues singer[15]
- Marilyn Horne: opera singer[16]
- Thelma Houston: R&B singer[17]
- Gabriel Iglesias: stand-up comedian[18]
- Robert Irwin: artist[19]
- Kap G: Mexican-American rapper[20]
- Sally Kellerman: actress[21]
- DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor[22]
- Greg Laswell: musician
- David Lau: poet[23]
- Vicki Lawrence: comedian and actress
- LBC Crew (consisting of rappers Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style, and Techniec)
- Laurie Lewis: singer and musician
- Camryn Manheim: actress
- Andy Martin: jazz trombonist
- Jennette McCurdy: former actress;[24] author
- Wendi McLendon-Covey: actress
- Robert Mitchum: actor
- Ericson Alexander Molano: gospel singer
- Manny Montana: actor
- Bradley Nowell: lead singer and guitarist for the band Sublime
- Frank Ocean: singer, songwriter, and rapper[25]
- Frances O'Connor: sideshow performer, without arms
- Ikey Owens: keyboardist of The Mars Volta
- Paulina Peavy: artist, inventor, painter, designer, sculptor, poet, writer, and lecturer
- Yolanda Pérez: singer-songwriter
- Rival Sons: rock band
- Jenni Rivera: singer, television personality
- Lupillo Rivera: Mexican-American singer and songwriter
- Peggy Ryan: dancer and actress
- Upton Sinclair: author
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse: actors, The Suite Life on Deck
- Vince Staples: rapper
- Michael Stuhlbarg: actor
- Norma Tanega: folksinger-songwriter
- Scout Taylor-Compton: actress
- Tiffani Thiessen: actress
- Mike Vallely: skateboarder, musician with Black Flag[26]
- Brooks Wackerman: musician, songwriter and drummer[27]
- Maitland Ward: actress
- Sandy West: singer and drummer
- Adrian Young: musician, songwriter and drummer[28]
Other
[edit]- Elizabeth Milbank Anderson: philanthropist and advocate for public health and women's education; her house is now the Long Beach Museum of Art
- Charlie Beck: retired LAPD chief
- 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)
- Bayless Conley: televangelist
- Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
- William John Cox: public interest attorney, author and political activist
- George Deukmejian: governor of California, 1983–1991
- Lon Milo DuQuette: writer
- Tarek El Moussa: real estate investor and television personality
- John Mack Faragher: American historian and author[29]
- Edwin J. Hill: Medal of Honor recipient[30]
- Jesse James: custom motorcycle and car builder, West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage
- Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
- Paula Jones: civil servant
- Isaac C. Kidd: Medal of Honor recipient[30]
- Charleen Kinser: toy designer[31]
- Greg Laurie: televangelist
- Richard H. Leigh: four-star admiral
- Annabel Parlett McMillin: First Lady of Guam[32]
- 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[33]
- 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
[edit]References
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- ^ "Baseball Hall of Fame". www.longbeach.gov. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Billie Jean King's Long Beach roots run deep". Press Telegram. January 24, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ Grobaty, Tim. "Column: Safe at home—Bluff Park and the Beans House • Long Beach Post News". lbpost.com.
- ^ Luanne (February 6, 2023). "From Mrs. Virtue to the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Interview of Millicent Borges Accardi". Luanne Castle: Poetry and Other Words (and cats!). Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Cage Can Explain It All". GQ. March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "5 Things You Didn't Know About Cameron Diaz". Vogue. September 3, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "Hip-hop star Nate Dogg dies at 41". BBC News. March 16, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "Super Bowl halftime show: 6 questions about the Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem spectacle". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "R&B artist Paloma Ford wants you to know she's from the LBC". Long Beach Post.
- ^ "Warren G showcases Long Beach in new hip-hop documentary, plays Summertime in the LBC July 7". Press Telegram. July 2, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "R&B Singer Giveon Details His California Upbringing & Breaks Down His Latest Single "Like I Want You" [Interview + Premiere]". Okayplayer. February 7, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ Hilton, Robin (August 12, 2019). "half•alive: Tiny Desk Concert". NPR.
- ^ Finz, Stacy (July 28, 1998). "Fire Damages Blues Artist's Los Altos Home / John Lee Hooker escapes unharmed with his 8 guitars". SFGATE. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Marilyn Horne a shoo-in for the Long Beach Music Hall of Fame, and you can't change our mind". Press Telegram. November 2, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "Mississippi to MoWest: An Interview with Grammy-Winning Legend Thelma Houston, PopMatters". PopMatters. May 7, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "About". Fluffyguy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ "Robert Irwin | Biography, Artwork, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ "GEN F: Kap G".
- ^ Chung, Christine (February 25, 2022). "Sally Kellerman, Oscar-Nominated 'MASH' Actress, Is Dead at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Jacobs, Andrew (June 12, 1999). "DeForest Kelley, 79, Creator Of Dr. McCoy on 'Star Trek'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (July 6, 2024). "David Lau". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ "Jennette McCurdy Doesn't Want to Be a "Role Model," Says "None of You Know How I Live My Life"". E! Online. July 25, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ Wallace, Amy (November 20, 2012). "Frank Ocean: On Channel Orange, Meeting Odd Future, and His Tumblr Letter". GQ.
- ^ Guzman, Richard (May 12, 2014). "Black Flag launches tour with new lead singer, Long Beach resident Mike Vallely". Press-Telegram. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ^ "Long Beach home tied to Avenged Sevenfold drummer Brooks Wackerman lists for $2.2 million". Press Telegram. February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "No Doubt's Adrian Young". MTV. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ SCOTT, JANNY (September 25, 1993). "Times Announces Winners of Annual Book Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ a b Archbold, Rich (April 29, 2016). "Long Beach remembers Pearl Harbor and its heroes: Rich Archbold". Press Telegram.
- ^ Mullins, Linda (1995). American Teddy Bear Encyclopedia. Hobby House Press, Incorporated. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-87588-432-5.
- ^ "AU History Photograph and Print Collection". wrlc.org. June 1945. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ "It Can Take a Village to Help the Mentally Ill". Los Angeles Times. May 25, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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