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List of people from Orange County, California facts for kids

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This is a list of notable past and present residents of Orange County.

Athletics

  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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

  • Yeat, rapper

Politics

  • 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

  • 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)
  • Miranda Weese, ballet dancer
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